Freelands Foundation powers UK non-profits with £1.5m cash boost for emerging artists

6/18/2018

By Gareth Harris. From The Art Newspaper. Posted on 6/08/18.

The Freelands Foundation, a philanthropic organisation founded by the media executive Elisabeth Murdoch, says it is “championing emerging talent” across the UK through a new funding initiative called the Freelands Artist Programme. The new scheme pairs regional non-profit arts bodies with emerging artists.

The first recipients—G39 in Cardiff, PS2 (Paragon Studios/Project Space) in Belfast, Site Gallery in Sheffield and Talbot Rice Gallery at the University of Edinburgh—will receive £1.5m in total over five years. Arts organisations in London were not eligible for the awards.

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