From arts education to professional artistic productions: There's a huge variety of funding options. Get to know them and learn how to approach successful application writing.
Phase(s)
Pre-Production, Post-Production
Subject
Sources of support
Target groups
Artists, Creative and Cultural Professions
Sectors
for all sectors, photography, visual and graphic arts, music, webdesign, dance, media, performing arts
Level of experience
Intermediary
Prerequisites
None
Description
In this training, participants are enabled to research funding options based on a grid of criteria
Content
- Who funds artistic projects, and in which context (dedicated art funds vs. funds that can be used for artistic projects)
- Principles of funding (Flatrate based, "Fehlbedarfsfinanzierung", "Vollfinanzierung" etc)
- Find possible funds for own ideas out of a pool of funding options
- Writing a pitch of an own project directed at a specific funding program
Method
- presentation of some principles and sources of funding
- participants try to connect their own previously developed ideas with funding programme profiles that are spread in the room on papers
- participants write a pitch of their project directed at a selected funding programme
Objectives
- to get a first gasp at funding mechanisms and resources
- to learn how to connect own ideas and existing funding sourdes successfully
Results
The module results in a better understanding of funding possibilities and, in the best case, lays grounds for actual funding applications
Resources
- Whiteboard or Flipchart with suitable markers (or projector, in case digital presentation is used)
- Paper and pens
Evaluations
Online Questionnaire (Google Drive)
Support material
Sheets presenting various funding options (have to be updated ~anually to stay connected to funding reality)
Duration
6 h
Participants
3 to 20
Course language(s)
Deutsch, Français, Español, English
Past track experience
since 2015
Trainer
Sascha Düx
Organisation
ROOTS & ROUTES Cologne e. V. (RRCGN)Contact
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📎 Module PDF (0.11 MB)Personal curriculum