Visual Artist and Craft Maker Award, Argyll and Bute 2025/26

chartsargyllandisles; Scotland; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Overview

The Visual Artist and Craft Makers Awards (VACMA) offer small grants to visual artists and craft makers for their creative development at all stages of their careers. This includes activities such as mentoring and skills development, testing new ideas, experimenting with sustainable and renewable materials, purchasing necessary equipment, and residencies tailored to the artist’s creative and professional development.

Established by Creative Scotland, these partnerships provide support at a local level and work with local panels to offer funds to practitioners at all stages of their careers who have demonstrated a commitment to their work and to developing their practice through new work, new skills, or new opportunities.

VACMA offers fixed bursaries of £500 or £1000.

Funding and Eligibility

£500 Early-Career Bursary: for artists and makers who have graduated within the past 3 years or those who can demonstrate experience of the public presentation of their work within the same timeframe.

£1000 Bursary: for artists and makers who can demonstrate more than 3 years’ experience of the public presentation of their work.

CHARTS is an Argyll and Bute wide member network designed to promote the sector and increase opportunities. Membership is free; if you haven’t already registered for membership, please see: https://www.chartsargyllandisles.org/register/

The deadline for Argyll and Bute will be 5pm, Tuesday 3 February 2026

Information sessions

Information sessions, delivered by partner representatives and members of Creative Scotland’s Visual Arts Team, are to be announced.

VACMA is supported by Creative Scotland through funding from the National Lottery in partnership with Argyll and Bute Council and made possible in Argyll and Bute by support from CHARTS.

Image credit: Mhairi Killin, VACMA Awardee 2024/25