Description
Jaivant Patel Company, Wolverhampton and Kala Sangam, Bradford are once again offering seed commissions to a South Asian LGBTQIA+ identifying artist/creative to support the development of innovative new performance-based work. SamÄnatÄ translates as equality.
What we're looking for:
- New work: new ideas, or projects still at the early work-in-progress stage and performance-based in nature created by South Asian LGBTQIA+ identifying artists/creatives.
- Work exploring lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual + (LGBTQIA+) and/or gender themes.
- Work that reflects current social, political, or cultural concerns.
- Bold, unconventional, and innovative work, that takes performance artforms in new directions. Applications involving cross-artforms welcome.
- Devised, self-made and/or solo work.
What we're offering:
- Ā£2800 seed commission.
- An opportunity to test and develop ideas in early stages that is free of any expectation or finished end product.
- 5 days R&D space in Bradford or Wolverhampton in Autumn 2025 (Sept-Dec). Note this is subject to availability.
- 2 days mentoring from Jaivant Patel, Artistic Director of Jaivant Patel Company.
- Additional access, counselling, or coaching costs up to Ā£200.
This opportunity is for:
- Emerging and early career artists with a minimum of 2 years experience of developing independent work (This will need to be demonstrated in the application).
- Ideally will have some experience of sharing own independent work (please demonstrate this in the application).
This opportunity will unlikely be for:
- Artists with established practices and careers who have extensive experience of making and touring work.
- Ideas that are at a late stage of development and/or ready for touring.