News
We share news for people working in the Creative Sector – offering career progression, skills development, business development, or funding opportunities.
Principal Officer, Culture Programmes Vacancy
Join the Culture Programmes team to support work in promoting Leeds as a leading cultural and creative city.
Advertise Your Creative Job Opportunity or Industry Event For Free
You can now advertise your creative job opportunity or industry event for free on the Creative Wakefield website.
Developing Your Creative Practice
Grants of £2,000 - £10,000 are available for individual artists/or creative practitioners.
Light Up 2022 Videography Commission brief
A commission is to capture vibrant footage of the Light Up Festival in Wakefield City Centre and at Pontefract Castle.
Wakefield Council City Centre Sculptures Community Engagement Brief
Wakefield Council is looking to commission an arts and community engagement specialist to design and deliver community engagement activity to
Wakefield Council City Centre Sculptures Schools Engagement Programme Brief
Wakefield Council is looking to commission a consultant / organisation to research, design and deliver a schools engagement programme supporting
Learning Programmes Assistant Vacancy
The Hepworth are seeking a Learning Programmes Assistant to coordinate the day-to-day administration of learning programmes.
Grants for Young Musicians
The Youth Music NextGen Fund offers young creatives grants of up to £2,500 to make their ideas happen.
Win Tickets to the LEEDS 2023 Opening Show
LEEDS 2023 wants you to get creative to be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets to
Volunteer for LEEDS 2023
Got a passion for Leeds? Then you're exactly who’s needed to volunteer for LEEDS 2023.
Apply for the Dylan Thomas Prize for Young Writers
The 2023 International Dylan Thomas Prize for Young Writers is open for applications.
Arts Funding for International Partnerships
Cultural Bridge Fund are now accepting applications for a share of their £180,000 funding pot.
Artist commision – Wakefield Museums and Castles
Wakefield Museums &Castles is looking to commission an artist to work with the local community.
Call Out for Visual Artists
Make It York is looking for visual artists to create a character or creature, to be transformed into a sculpture.
Sell at the Tetley’s Maker’s Market
The Tetley are looking for independent artists and makers for their winter edition of their Maker’s Market.
Opportunity for Yorkshire Based Wordsmiths
Guardians of Leeds are seeking exciting, innovative and diverse wordsmiths to explore the stories in and around Leeds.
Community Singing Facilitator Opportunity
Find Your Voice are looking for community singing facilitators to join their ambitious team and expanding organisation.
Development Manager Vacancy
YORKSHIRE SCULPTURE PARK DEVELOPMENT MANAGER PERMANENT, FULL TIME (37.5 HOURS PER WEEK) SALARY £28,000 - £32,000 PER ANNUM, DEPENDANT ON
Wakefield Council Culture Grants Information Sessions
Learn more about Wakefield Council Culture Grants and the application process.
Support Wakefield’s Future Creatives
Get involved by responding to the artwork and music around you, created by our district's youth.
Unlimited Launch Artist Database
Unlimited have launched a database of artists on their website, putting artists publicly at the heart of the organisation.
FREE Games Design Project For Ages 8-16
If your child has been affected by Covid, we have an opportunity for them to design a video game with
a-n Artists Bursaries 2022-23
As part of their commitment to supporting artists, a-n is offering bursaries of £500 to £1,500 on a monthly cycle
Cultural Bridge Funding
Cultural Bridge Funding Cultural Bridge celebrates intercultural artistic exchange through the collaboration of all UK arts councils and leading German
#WhatSupWakefield Mental Health Awareness Submissions
#WhatSupWakefield - Get involved in an online art project raising awareness for mental health issues/illness!
Collaborate Fund Applications to Open
The Centre for Cultural Value’s Collaborate fund supports innovative new research partnerships between cultural sector practitioners and academics.
The White Pube Creatives Grant funded by Creative Debuts
The White Pube Creatives Grant is a one-off £500 grant to be given out to a different working class creative
Exploring Art and Mental Health
Explore organisations in our district making a difference through art-based therapies and how you can practice art-based mindfulness.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation: Arts-based Learning Fund
This Fund supports work which enables pupils in formal education settings to thrive through engagement with high quality, arts-based learning.
IUK Women in Innovation Awards 2022-23
The 2022-23 Women in Innovation Awards aim to fund and support women with innovative ideas and ambitious plans that will
Art Fund Grants to Support the Commission of New Work
Grants are available to all public museums, galleries, historic houses, libraries and archives in the UK or Channel Islands to
Artists & Facilitator Recruitment
Be part of the Speak Up project in Wakefield, working with selected secondary schools.
Theatre Trust Small Grants Scheme
Theatres Trust's Small Grants is funding small projects that make a big impact to a theatre’s resilience, sustainability, accessibility or
An interview with Robert Broad, Photographer
We catch up with Wakefield-born photographer, Robert Broad.
National Lottery Heritage Innovation Fund
The Heritage Innovation Fund support projects to explore, test and grow new ways of working across the heritage workforce.
5 Tips For Networking Effectively
Networking effectively is one of the best things you can do to develop your creative career.
Studio 21 Drama Script Competition
Studio 21’s Drama Script Competition is open for submissions, designed to identify and nurture a new international drama.
Discover, Develop, Create with Xplor
Discover creative solutions, develop new products and services and understand about the potential of virtual production and XR.
Year of Culture 2024 – Update
Wakefield Council are pleased to share an update on the developing plans for a Year of Culture 2024.
HSBC Supporting Female Entrepreneurs
HSBC are offering funding investments for small and medium-sized female led businesses to realise their potential.
Freelance Printmaking Workshop Facilitator Needed
West Yorkshire Print Workshop are currently recruiting freelance workshop facilitators.
Help Musicians: Creative Collaboration Funding
Collaboration between musicians and creatives from other fields can create powerful results.
CW Spotlight: One to One Development Trust
We catch up with One to One Development Trust – an award-winning digital media arts organisation based in Wakefield.
£3.5m State-of-the-Art Live Events Facility to Open in Wakefield
The Hub will support the live events industry and a business support programme to assist small and medium enterprises.
Wakefield Council Launch New Culture Grants
The funding will support cultural, creative and heritage activity across the district.
Wakefield Council Launch New Culture Grants
Wakefield Council are pleased to announce their new Culture Grants are now live.
Grants for Arts, Culture & Heritage Charities
The Schroder Charity Trust makes grants of up to £5,000 to charities that work in arts, culture and heritage.
