Ayrshire Visual Artist and Craft Makers Award Scheme (VACMA)

South Ayrshire Council, North Ayrshire Council and East Ayrshire Leisure in partnership with Creative Scotland are running a local combined Visual Artist and Craft Maker Awards (VACMA) Scheme. The VACMA scheme is currently offering 2 routes through the standard application form.

You should apply for the one that best suits your situation:

• Artist Bursary of £750
• Early-Career Bursary of £500 (For applicants that have less than 5 years' experience outside of education/training, graduated in 2018 or later, or that have not studied art formally but have been practising as an artist for up to 5 years)

Deadlines

• Autumn deadline: 5pm, Tuesday 24^th October 2023
• Winter deadline: 5pm, Tuesday 6^th February 2024

Applications

• Application form (Word doc) [82KB]
• Equalities monitoring form (Word doc) [44KB]
• Guidance for applicants (PDF) [121KB]
• Artist checklist (PDF) [21KB]
• VACMA FAQs (PDF) [369KB]

Visit Creative Scotland VACMA for general helpful tips on applying.

For further information please visit

East Ayrshire Leisure Trust.