ART SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME

The Black Heart Foundation is pleased to support future artists with our new Art Scholarship Programme

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Our new Art focussed scholarship programme aims to improve access to education and industry by providing funding and opportunities to talented artists.

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.

APPLICATION PROCESS

To apply to the Black Heart Foundation Art Scholarship Programme, please visit our application portal. As part of the application we request a personal summary of no more than 1200 words providing a brief outline of the educational activity for which you seek a scholarship, outlining how the scholarship would align with the aims of The Black Heart Foundation and presenting a clear case of financial need. Take care to complete all of the sections in the application before submitting. You are able to save drafts and come back to your application. For further information on completing the application, or alternate forms of submission, please refer to our frequently asked questions (FAQ’s).
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Application

If you wish to apply using an alternative format, please download our traditional application form here

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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

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Please note that we have moved to a digitalised application portal. We do prefer that applications are made via the new application portal, however, we are still able to accept traditional application forms. Please see our FAQ’s for more information on how to download and submit an alternative application.

Arts Scholarship

Please note that we have moved to a digitalised application portal. We do prefer that applications are made via the new application portal, however, we are still able to accept traditional application forms. Please see our FAQ’s for more information on how to download and submit an alternative application.

The Black Heart Foundation is a registered charity both in the UK (Charity Number 1136813 and US registered (EIN 98-0670335) with The Charities Commission.