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Monday 10th, September, 2012

Funding to create new, original and ambitious art work in any artform

If you are you between 12 and 23 years old, you can apply to the Arts Council’s Young Ensembles Scheme Fund. The application is usually due around March / April every year.

The award is open to ensembles whose membership consists of young people between the ages of 12 and 23.

Examples of ensembles may include the following:

• a youth theatre;
• a youth film, animation or digital media group;
• a youth dance group;
• a youth circus, spectacle, or street theatre group;
• a youth orchestra;
• a youth choir;
• a young band;
• a young traditional music group.

The award is also open to groups that may not define themselves as ensembles but take a similar, collective approach to creating art, such as:

• a group of young visual artists who work collaboratively to create exhibitions of their work (or single, collaborative works of art such as mural or graffiti pieces);
• a group of young poets or writers who publish or perform work together;
• a group of young people who combine a number of art forms to create shared performances/events.