CAREER ADVICE
How do I get a grant?
Carolyn Mendelsohn, artist and photographer, reveals her experiences of applying for arts funding
Council funding Mabel (aged 10)
Aaisha (11)
Heavens (10) from Carolyn’s series
Being Inbetween,
which received funding from the Arts Council in 2016
What arts grant(s) have you received and what did they fund?
Over the years, I have been lucky enough to receive a few grants from the Arts Council that have either enabled me to complete an exhibition of my work in partnership with a gallery, or develop an artistic project.
Most recently, I applied for and received Arts Council Project funding which enabled me to continue developing my ‘Through Our Lens’ (www.instagram.com/through_our_lens_covid19_proj) project. That started as a project enabling young people to tell their story of Covid 19 through photography. I ran workshops and mentored young people online, and then exhibited their work via Instagram. The work was picked up and soon appeared in the national and international media, and led to an open-air public art exhibition on billboards and the side of buildings.