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The Art Fund launches second round of acquisition awards

September deadline to apply for £400,000 scheme
The Art Fund has launched a second round of its acquisition scheme for curators, with an increased budget of £400,000.
 
The New Collecting Awards
, which were given a £100,000 boost following a high demand for the first round in 2014, aim to help curators develop their acquisition skills, build new collections or deepen existing ones and promote curatorial expertise.
 
Successful recipients will receive funding to cover 100% of the cost of purchases. They also receive up to £5,000 for their own professional development, which can be spent on research, travel and training costs, as well as support from the Art Fund and a mentor.
 
“Round one of the New Collecting Awards brought huge interest and many applications from a variety of museums and galleries, reflecting the sector’s needs and wishes to help along curatorial careers,” said Stephen Deuchar, the director of the Art Fund.
 
The scheme is open to fully or provisionally Accredited UK museums and galleries. The Art Fund said it is particularly interested in applicants who are in the early stages of their career or have previously had limited opportunities to collect.
 
The deadline to submit an expression of interest is 4 September. Selected curators will then be invited to make a formal presentation to the New Collecting Awards panel in November.
 
Five curators received awards through the scheme in 2014. The successful research projects included the formation of a fine art collection of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender culture and history at National Museums Liverpool; French haute couture at the Bowes Museum in County Durham; and contemporary applied art from the Middle East at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
 
The New Collecting Awards are supported through a consortium of funders, including the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, the Wolfson Foundation and other contributions from private individuals such as Richard Reed.
 
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