Up to £100,000 Grants Open for UK Museum and Gallery Artist Commissions
This programme of commissions is delivered through a partnership between Art Fund and Jerwood Foundation. The programme will award two commissions ranging from £70,000 to £100,000.
The funding is intended to enable museums and galleries to fully fund commissions for early to mid-career artists to create innovative, high-quality new work. It supports artists at a pivotal stage in their development while contributing new contemporary works to public collections.
The programme also aims to strengthen the commissioning capacity of UK museums and expand audience engagement with the work of living artists.
Applications will be accepted from public museums, galleries, historic houses, libraries and archives based in the UK or Channel Islands. To be eligible, applicants must:
- Be open for at least half the week for at least six months of the year.
- Be at least provisionally accredited through the Arts Council Accreditation Scheme or other national equivalents.
The programme also encourages partnerships between museums and other partners or other institutions who want to commission work that will have a permanent legacy for artists, cultural organisations and audiences.
The programme seeks to support early to mid‑career artists based in or connected to the UK, for whom a commission of this scale would represent significant professional development, across all artistic media, with opportunities for works to enter permanent public collections or the public realm.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: Friday 02 October 2026. Apply here: Jerwood Art Fund Commissions - Get funding - Art Fund