The Black Heart Foundation is pleased to support future artists with our new Art Scholarship Programme
The Black Heart Art programme aims to provide financial scholarships to underrepresented and under-resourced young people for arts education, empowering the next generation of diverse arts talent.
The art sector remains one of the UK’s most overwhelmingly underrepresented industries, with only 18.2% of the music, performing and visual arts workforce coming from working class backgrounds and just 2.7% of the UK’s art sector come from Black, Asian and other ethnically diverse backgrounds. The UK government has also recently announced that its moving ahead with plans to cut funding for art and design courses by 50% across higher education institutions in England, further widening the gap to participation for many young people.
By providing diverse young talent with funding to pursue their artistic talent, we hope to ensure more equitable opportunities for all to create and experience the arts, no matter their background. Education is key to growth, and as money is the primary barrier to entry in the arts, by removing this barrier, it starts to chip away at the exclusionary way things have always been done in the art world and change the narrative to create greater inclusion.
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The Black Heart Foundation
Art Scholarship Programme
PO Box 7789
London
W1A 6PW
United Kingdom
Applications are accepted twice a year.
Cohort 1 2025: Applications will be accepted between Monday 24th March 2025 to Sunday 17th August 2025 at 23.59. Successful* applicants will be informed of the outcome by 31st October 2025.
Cohort 2 2025: Applications will be accepted between Monday 18th August 2025 at 00.01 and 31st October 2025 at 23.59 . Successful* applicants will be informed of the outcome by the 31st January 2025
We will not be accepting applications between 1st November 2024 – 23rd March 2025. If you submit an application during this time, it will be added to the applications to be reviewed as part of Cohort 1 2025
*Please note that only successful candidates will be contacted and all scholarships will be announced on The Black Heart Foundation website.
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The Black Heart Foundation
PO Box 7789
London
W1A 6PW