Free introductory session: 4th June, Saturday, 15.00-16:00

Followed by the (online) workshop made of 4 sessions (see below)

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In this introductory session, apart from being introduced to the content of the workshop, we will discuss tips on the required mindset and how to approach writing a funding application.

After that, you can make your mind about joining the workshop.

* The upcoming round of the workshop:

Starting June 15th, 2022 (Wednesday), 18-20h (CET), repeating every Wednesday on June 22nd, June 29th and July 6th.

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This is a workshop on structured writing (and thinking) in the context of funding (grant) applications in the cultural sector.

In other words, this is a workshop for developing a set of skills, essential for translating your ideas and practice, as an artist/architect/designer/art collective, into a concrete funding application. It contains 4 weekly sessions of 2 hours each, via Zoom.

For more info and registration, please visit:

https://sarmadmagazine.com/Funding-Application-Writing

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For Whom is it?

- Recent graduates (or soon to be graduates) of a (Dutch) art or design academy.

- Artists, architects and designers with a range of experience with funding applications – as long as you are wondering “there must be something that I don’t do right.”

- Especially non-EU citizens who are obviously in a more vulnerable position, both because of unfamiliarity with the professional environment and the dependence of their "right to stay" on their practice being confirmed by the local cultural sector.

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Why Are We Doing This Workshop?

We decided to initiate this workshop because of our familiarity with conditions of precarity, and navigating a space that sometimes lacks transparency. We notice that the subject is mostly missing in the curricula of art/design schools, and as a result, young practitioners will have to learn through trial and error; which could proceed to more potential precarity and disappointment. This, in the case of persons in more vulnerable states (for instance vulnerable citizenship status), could create more serious consequences.

So creating a space to structurally share this knowledge, and information in an in-depth manner, is the intention of this writing workshop.

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Image: The Letter Writer Surprised (c. 1660), by Gabriel Metsu