Without Walls: Blueprint R&D Fund

Without Walls is looking for proposals from UK artists, for work of any scale, from all disciplines and genres, that are innovative and ambitious and challenges the idea of what outdoor arts can be. The work needs to be designed for outdoor touring.

They are inviting artists and companies to request support through the Blueprint R&D programme.

Without Walls’ Blueprint supports the Research and Development phase of new and ambitious outdoor arts projects, designed to enable artists to experiment with new ideas, collaborations and approaches to creating work. We recognise that ambitious new work takes time to bring to fruition and that artists can benefit from the opportunity to explore new ideas as part of the development process, before committing to a production.

This Open Call is part of Without Walls process of recovery from the pandemic and is designed to create an open and accessible invitation for artists to propose ambitious and exciting outdoor projects to the commissioning partners of Without Walls, who collectively are the Artistic Directorate of the consortium, responsible for selection of the artistic programme.

Without Walls issues Open Calls to ensure that all artists have the opportunity to present their ideas to the consortium in an equal and democratic way. We have found that this is a great way of finding out about new artists and projects – though the large response that we usually receive means that there are always far more projects than we are able to support. We very much value the work and time that artists put into these Open Calls and thank you in advance for your interest.

A call out for 2023 commissions runs alongside this Blueprint open call, which is designed for artists and companies who already have clear details about a project that they wish to present and tour in 2023.

Please note, being supported through Blueprint does not necessarily lead to a full commission from Without Walls, but applicants are welcome to apply for creation support separately if they wish to do so.

Full details and how to apply at the link below.

For more information visit https://www.withoutwalls.uk.com/open-calls/blueprint-fund-2022/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=announcing_our_open_call_for_blueprint_r_d_support_for_2022_and_creation_touring_support_for_2023&utm_term=2021-10-26