Production of Works

Who may apply

Visual artists working primarily in Denmark may apply. Exhibition spaces, etc., may not apply to this fund.

Purpose of the program

The Danish Arts Council Committee for Visual Arts sees it as its main purpose to support the production of new works of visual art to be exhibited in Denmark or abroad.

First and foremost the Committee wishes to provide support for those areas which cannot gain funding through other means. Grants for the production of works can only be sought by the individual artists themselves.

The committee wishes to provide grants to cover the costs to the artist of materials, practical or technical assistance etc.. Grants can also be awarded in the form of a subsistence allowance to support the artist during the production of the work/project (max. DKK 5000 for max. four (4) weeks).

How your application will be evaluated

 The Danish Arts Council Committee for Visual Arts supports the following:

• production of particularly ambitious works or works of a particularly comprehensive character
• works which are displayed in a professional context accessible to the public 
• productions which represent a unique effort or a new departure for the artist in relation to his/her previous body of work

The committee places emphasis on:

• Artistic experiments
• Productions by upcoming artists
• Diversity and a differentiated notion of art and the art work
• Works produced for the following biennals: São Paulo, Istanbul, Manifesta, Gwangju, Liverpool, Sydney og Documenta (this list can be revised)

Grants are not available for:

• public decorative art
• works completed prior to the application deadline
• rent of studio
• students

Who will evaluate your application

An artistic assessment of the application is made by the Danish Arts Council Committee for Visual Arts.

 

What the application must contain

We recommend that you read the application form carefully and have all the necessary information and documents/files to hand before completing the application.

The following specific information must be entered on the application form:

• Budget 
• Project description

The following enclosures must be attached to the application:

C.V.(s) of the artist(s) involved

Exhibition agreement (written agreement with the exhibition space, e.g. in the form of an e-mail confirming the time-frame of the exhibition)

Pictures giving an impression of the work - max. 5A4 pages (PDF)

Attached files can not exceed 19,5 MB in size.

Any other material submitted will not be taken into account in assessing the application. Any documents sent by post will not be returned.

Applications that do not contain the required information will not be considered.

Once you have submitted the application

Once you have submitted your electronic application, you will immediately receive a receipt by e-mail.

If it appears that your application should have been submitted to a different fund administered by the committee than the one to which you have applied, the Danish Arts Agency will pass your application to the fund administered by the committee.

You will be notified of the committee’s decision no later than 12 weeks after the application deadline. During those 12 weeks, the applications will have been processed, sent out to the committee members, read and considered. Should there be any conflict of interest within the committee regarding a particular application, this will go through an additional process of asessment. Once all applications for the same deadline have been handled, grants will be announced together.