Samuel Ross launches 2021 Black British and POC artist grants
(Image: Samuel Ross).
Samuel Ross, the designer behind A-Cold-Wall*, has announced the 2021 edition of his Black British and POC Artists Grant.
First launched in 2020, the programme makes available 10 £2,500 grants across the fields of sculpture, painting, literature, writing, photography, fashion, industrial design, furniture, film, and VR and AR.
Writing about the grants, Ross said: “Our community has been in constant thought; how to not distil a single moment as a success, how not to equate trauma response to surface level redemption, how to generate constant reverbs of consistent quantitative and qualitative progress, and how to induce collective optimism through exposure.”
The 10 grants will be awarded under the advisement of the Design Museum, Royal College of Art and the British Fashion Council.
Ross said: “Fundamentally, the vanguard of Britain’s soft-power, on a global stage, is missing far too many Black, POC, non-linear voices on both the front and back end of operations.
“Already a reality amongst the marginalised, barely visible - often invisible - communities that form Britain’s modern society, it seems implausible to not embed a layer of structure and coordination to begin changing this reality, step by step, year on year.
“For this idea to become a reality, the operations must come from within Black & POC communities. Our primary objective is to bridge community to industry by forming a layer of trust and understanding.
“We believe in developing the creative landscape through talent recognition, academic integration, advocacy, institutional support, long-term partnerships, and long form dialogues with leadership institutions who recognise that optimised change comes through infrastructure and design thinking.”
Those wishing to apply for the grant can do so here.
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