Organisation
Project
SpringTide
Year, type of grant
2022-23, Investing in Young Women
Grant awarded
£15,000 over 12 months
Summary
To support SpringTide, an experimental programme of creative support for a group of talented neurodivergent (ND) women facing barriers to the artworld.
Mainspring had recently relocated and this project helped them to build new relationships in Lancashire and Cumbria.
Who, what, where
How this project supported Ragdoll Foundation aims
Projects funded through Investing in Young Women explored how arts and cultural organisations could support gifted young women from disadvantaged backgrounds to develop their talents and skills with a view to embarking on careers in the arts and creative media.
This proposal took a focused, clear, and practical approach to working with a group of young female artists, and had the potential to make a significant difference to their opportunities within the artworld. The project’s focus on developing socially engaged practice, an area which can be particularly challenging for neurodiverse people, was significant because many visual artists earn their living through community arts engagement projects.
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