Micro Grants

Micro Grants

MICRO GRANTS FOR PROFESSIONAL FOLK ARTISTS

Thanks to further donations, we are delighted to award a second round of Micro Grants for Professional Folk Artists who live and work in England.

Award Recipients 2022

  • Christina Alden and Alex Patterson for purchase of a new mixing desk and a powered stage monitor
  • Germa Adan for recording costs of a set of songs for her second album
  • Lambrego for recording costs for a new music project the Migrant Song Cycle
  • Finn Collinson for studio costs and costs of guest musicians for a new recording project 
  • Miranda Rutter to compose and record a suite of folk tunes inspired by birdsong
  • Simon Roth to purchase a Tsimbl, Jewish cimbalom
  • Richard O’Neill & George Hoyle for studio time to record songs and spoken word pieces
  • Mike Ruff for equipment to play recordings at calling and teaching workshops 

Please see the news page for more infomation.

Eight grants of £500 have been offered to folk artists to support anything that will help their professional career development. This could be:

  • Time to develop creative projects
  • Support for the production of new albums
  • Instrument purchase
  • Technical equipment purchase (eg portable sound equipment
  • Other training and development activities (including courses) 

This list is not exhaustive

Applicants could be at any stage of their career but must be working as a professional artist in the folk arts (eg music, dance, storytelling). Applications were accepted from individuals and groups of artists. The maximum award to each successful application is £500, regardless of the number of artists involved in the application. 

Grants must be used by 30 June 2022.

The applications for micro grants are now closed.

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