Eight projects have received a share of the £500,000 Digital Research and Development Fund for Arts and Culture.
The initiative – funded by Arts Council England, the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, and the Arts and Humanities Research Council – is for participants to develop projects that will benefit the wider arts and cultural sector.
Among the winners are the Site Gallery in Sheffield for its project to embed small teams of designers in arts organisations; the New Art Exchange in Nottingham, which has teamed up with online arts service Artfinder to create a sharing portal for artists and galleries; the Exhibition Road Cultural Group, which is working with the Dickens Museum on an app that will take users on a cultural journey across London; and the Imperial War Museum, which is working with two partners on a project to share cultural experiences with audiences.
There is no more money available under the fund, although the fact that nearly 500 projects applied for a total of £28.5m shows high levels of interest.
The scheme is a pilot and should lead to future funding opportunities. An ACE spokesman said: “It will inform our thinking about how we can best support digital projects.”
Funding for digital projects is an area that the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is looking to further support.
In its recent consultation, nearly two-thirds of respondents backed proposals to allow for digital-only projects.
More details will be available in the spring, when the HLF publishes its strategic framework for 2013 onwards.
www.nesta.org.uk
www.hlf.org.uk
The initiative – funded by Arts Council England, the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, and the Arts and Humanities Research Council – is for participants to develop projects that will benefit the wider arts and cultural sector.
Among the winners are the Site Gallery in Sheffield for its project to embed small teams of designers in arts organisations; the New Art Exchange in Nottingham, which has teamed up with online arts service Artfinder to create a sharing portal for artists and galleries; the Exhibition Road Cultural Group, which is working with the Dickens Museum on an app that will take users on a cultural journey across London; and the Imperial War Museum, which is working with two partners on a project to share cultural experiences with audiences.
There is no more money available under the fund, although the fact that nearly 500 projects applied for a total of £28.5m shows high levels of interest.
The scheme is a pilot and should lead to future funding opportunities. An ACE spokesman said: “It will inform our thinking about how we can best support digital projects.”
Funding for digital projects is an area that the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is looking to further support.
In its recent consultation, nearly two-thirds of respondents backed proposals to allow for digital-only projects.
More details will be available in the spring, when the HLF publishes its strategic framework for 2013 onwards.
www.nesta.org.uk
www.hlf.org.uk
