Lucky Dip Bursaries
Applications are now open for Lucky Dip 2026 / 2027
The Lucky Dip bursary scheme offers eight artists in the SO postcode £500 to fund the creation of a new artwork or activity.
The application process is light-touch and proposals are not assessed. The bursaries will be awarded to artists through a lottery selection. This experimental approach seeks to proactively remove barriers around application and selection processes. ‘a space’ arts is committed to becoming an anti-racist organisation and as part of this work four of the Lucky Dip Bursaries will be offered to global majority* artists.
Please note, this bursary scheme is only open to artists aged 18+. Unfortunately previous recipients of the Lucky Dip bursary are not eligible to reapply.
How to apply:
Follow the links below to read the application guidance and access the online form.
Click here to read the full brief
Deadline for applications: Monday 11th May, 9am
Questions? You can contact Mia Delve by:
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone or WhatsApp : 07917850603
If you have any questions please also contact Mia Delve before Thursday 7th May 2026 at 5pm.
Objectives:
- To fund new and exciting works of art or artistic activity.
- To encourage artists to experiment and take risks.
- To get more money directly to local artists to make work.
- To support artists in the city from a variety of communities.
- To remove the barriers created by conventional application and selection processes and reduce discrimination towards artists who find funding applications lengthy and difficult.
*Notes on terminology:
- We acknowledge language is fluid and evolving and aim to ensure our use of language remains inclusive and inoffensive.
- As an organisation we have joined the movement to reject the acronym BAME as this state-manufactured term flattens and depoliticises global solidarity between people with a lived experiences of racism.
- We acknowledge the term ‘people of global majority’ as it is factually true with over 80% of the world’s population making up the global majority of non-white peoples.
Please note, this bursary scheme is only open to artists aged 18+. Unfortunately previous recipients of the Lucky Dip bursary are not eligible to reapply.