The Art Fund launched the Jonathan Ruffer Curatorial Grants scheme last month. The initiative, which aims to help curators maintain and develop their specialist knowledge and expertise, will award grants totalling £50,000 per annum for five years.
The grants are designed to give curators greater opportunities to travel and pursue research, so that they can better support the development of their museums’ collections.
They are open to those who work with fine and applied art collections in museums and galleries that hold at least provisional accreditation and are open to the public.
Applications will open on 3 October. There are two categories of grant: up to £2,000 and more than £2,000. The Art Fund has also announced five projects that will get a share of £600,000 in funding for new collections under its Renew initiative.
The recipients are Glasgow Museums; the University of Durham Oriental Museum; Wolverhampton Art Gallery in partnership with the Imperial War Museum London; York Art Gallery; and Cambridge University’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
The Renew scheme is supported by a grant from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (EFF), as part of its 50th birthday celebrations. The EFF is also involved in a funding scheme, managed by the Museums Association, to increase the use of, access to and knowledge of collections.
The Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund awards grants of £20,000-£50,000 and the next deadline for application is 31 October. In the last round, seven projects shared £413,000.
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Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund
The grants are designed to give curators greater opportunities to travel and pursue research, so that they can better support the development of their museums’ collections.
They are open to those who work with fine and applied art collections in museums and galleries that hold at least provisional accreditation and are open to the public.
Applications will open on 3 October. There are two categories of grant: up to £2,000 and more than £2,000. The Art Fund has also announced five projects that will get a share of £600,000 in funding for new collections under its Renew initiative.
The recipients are Glasgow Museums; the University of Durham Oriental Museum; Wolverhampton Art Gallery in partnership with the Imperial War Museum London; York Art Gallery; and Cambridge University’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
The Renew scheme is supported by a grant from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (EFF), as part of its 50th birthday celebrations. The EFF is also involved in a funding scheme, managed by the Museums Association, to increase the use of, access to and knowledge of collections.
The Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund awards grants of £20,000-£50,000 and the next deadline for application is 31 October. In the last round, seven projects shared £413,000.
www.artfund.org
Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund
