Our artist micro-bursary opportunity will provide funding (valued at £500) to an artist/producer who lives, or is working, in the North Pennines National Landscape. Artists/producers who do not live, or are not prepared to work, in the North Pennines National Landscape are not eligible to apply. We will engage an artist/artist team/creative producer to produce an arts project that connect with project priorities. The micro-bursary project will produce a high-quality creative output. The work can take a variety of formats, and we welcome your ideas. We are interested in visual and performing arts and produced work that exists physically or digitally, and encourage animators and filmmakers to apply. This bursary is intended to support an artist/producer to develop work that will appear in an exhibition at the end of the project in spring 2026. Please note that the work will need to be stored until the event, so durability and manner of storage (based on medium) will be discussed at the agreements phase. The micro-bursary opportunity will artistically respond to one of the following broad themes: Final outputs could be installed work, published work, animation, film, performance or events. Applications for the micro-bursary should identify potential outputs and must be explicit about how the money will be spent to create high quality arts activity/outputs that respond with imagination and ambition to the Adders Up project priorities. To apply, please send a PDF (no more than 500 words) including: We encourage applications from artists or producers at any stage of their career. To apply you must live, or be willing to work in, the North Pennines National Landscape or in close proximity. We especially welcome applicantsJob Summary
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1. Exploring the serpentine
2. Vanishing vipers
3. Adders in the landscapeUseful Links
How to Apply
• A brief biography and an indication of the stage you are at in your arts career, please include relevant photographs of your work
• A description of the creative output this bursary will support noting achievability and how it represents value for money
• A brief description of how this bursary will support you in your arts development
from artists/producers who have felt historically marginalised or excluded from arts and cultural professional development opportunities.