Artists of the Year 2025 FAQs

Unfortunately we are not able to discuss individual artists’ eligibility or applications. If you have a specific query please email it to [email protected] and we will add it to the FAQs on the Artists of the Year call page. All FAQs received are posted anonymously on the call page. We recommend that you join the webinar on Thursday 16th January, for artists and artist collectives who are considering applying to the programme. There will be an opportunity to ask questions during the webinar. To register click here. The webinar will also be recorded and published to the webpage.

You are eligible to apply if you are working as an artist creating your own original work and meet the other eligibility criteria in the guidance. One of the eligibility criteria is that you must be available to start the programme in April 2025, and you can commit to attending Artists of the Year activity throughout the year, so you would need to consider how your studies would fit around this in your application. If you were to reach the interview stage, this is something that would be discussed with you then.

• were featured or profiled in press/media.
• had your work shown / performed / exhibited multiple times
• had a fan-base, audiences, buyers or commissioners
• publishing credits
• won an award
• earned income as a result of your creative output

You can submit a relevant excerpt/chapters from your book, up to the word count stated in the guidance. You can also upload a synopsis to give an overview of the work if you wish.

Yes, those who applied last year and were offered / received mentoring (but did not win Artist of the Year) can reapply this year.