The period covered by this blog was the start of my formal DYCP year but I had already had a couple of sessions with my mentor Susan Stockwell. She had introduced me to the artist Ann Hamilton and my journal is full of notes about her work and writing. I was astounded by the helpfulness and yet the seeming unreachability of some of her words. I…
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Setting intentions for my DYCP year
This is part of an ongoing series of posts in which I examine my experience of being funded by an Arts Council England Developing Your Creative Process Grant. You may find this index of all the posts in this series with a description of their main content useful. Every new project requires a new notebook of size and design perfectly matched to the feel of…
DYPC Grant Application process
What is a DYCP grant? The Arts Council of England (ACE) run a Developing Your Creative Programme Grant which runs several times a year. it provides individual creative or cultural practitioners with between £2,000 and £12,000 . the money is intended for development purposes such as researching, networking or time to create new work rather than to fund a specific project project. the work has…