Grants made in 2005
Arts and Heritage
Grants approved over £20,000
AN - The Artists Information Company - £60,000
Towards the costs over three years of a bursary programme to support the careers amd artistic development of artists.
Ankur Arts Productions Ltd - £39,000
Towards the costs over three years of the Act of Translation programme to encourage the development of emerging Scottish-based writers in non-European languages.
Arcadea - £71,616
Towards providing a two year comprehensive programme of professional development activities for disabled artists and arts professionals working in the North East.
Artangel Trust - £95,000
Towards the fees of the artists, writers and composers commissioned to produce new work for the Exodus project.
Artes Mundi - £20,000
Towards exhibition installation costs to present international contemporary visual arts in Wales.
Arts & Media Training Ltd - £64,858
Towards the provision of an 18-month programme of support for 15 emerging visual artists in the West Midlands.
Arts Council England Inspire programme - £144,000
Towards tackling the under-representation of BME staff in museums by providing two year curatorial fellowships in several national museums.
Artsway Trust Ltd - 77,200
Towards increasing support for the production and presentation of new contemporary work and the continuing support and mentoring of visual artists.
Autograph ABP - £73,551
Towards the salary over three years of a Senior Photography Curator.
Bishopsland Educational Trust - £10,350
Towards the costs over three years of providing bursaries for the professional development of artists.
Black Country Touring - £20,000
Towards the salary of a part-time Co-ordinator to manage the South Asian programme.
Bungay Arts & Theatre Society - £19,500
Towards restoring and displaying the Grade II listed Georgian Fisher Theatre's original proscenium arch header.
Castlefield Gallery - £27,490
Towards the costs over three years of a professional development programme for artists and curators in North West England.
Castleward Opera Ltd - £20,000
Towards production and touring costs.
Centre for Contemporary Arts - £55,000
Towards the costs of a programme to support Scottish-based emerging visual artists, including the salary of a Project Co-ordinator.
Clackmannanshire Heritage Trust - £15,000
Towards the costs of preserving a Robert Adam mausoleum.
Cockpit Arts - £100,000
A loan to be distributed over three years as smaller loans to designer-maker businesses.
Cockpit Arts - £100,000
Towards the salary over three years of the Business Development Manager.
Crafts Study Centre - £90,000
Towards the salary over three years of a part-time Marketing Manager.
Creative Kernow Ltd - £19,950
Towards a number of development projects to improve the artistic practice and business skills of contemporary craft makers in Cornwall.
Dance South West - £57,382
Towards providing artistic mentoring, commissioning new work and developing the South West dance touring circuit.
Dance Touring Partnership - 78,930
Towards developing dance work and audiences at middle-scale venues across the UK.
Dance Umbrella Ltd - £90,000
Towards the costs over three years of six tours to small-scale venues in the UK.
Dancefest - £11,000
Towards the costs of commissioning two dance pieces from Motionhouse Dance Theatre and Ace Dance Music.
Derby Museums & Art Gallery - £100,000
Towards the costs over three years of a programme of craft commissions, training and retail development for museums in the East Midlands.
Design Museum - £16,000
Towards organising a national tour of the Design Mart 2005 exhibition, showing the work of ten young British furniture and product designers at regional museums and galleries throughout the UK.
Designed & Made - £76,000
Towards the salary over three years of a general manager to enable the organisation to promote and support work of designer-makers in North East England.
Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association - £13,000
Towards the costs of a professional development programme for emerging and established songwriters.
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop - £20,000
Towards the costs of a professional development programme for artists.
Emergency Exit Arts - £60,000
Towards producing an original outdoor theatre performance that will visit 14 venues.
Exeter Phoenix (Exeter and Devon Arts Centre) Ltd - £49,050
Towards increased hours for the gallery manager to extend the visual arts programme and a contribution towards costs.
Extant - £20,000
Towards rehearsal and turning costs to re-tour a theatre production to six new regions in the UK.
Farnham Maltings Association Ltd - £75,000
Towards the salary over three years of a Creative Business Adviser.
Fermynwoods Contemporary Arts - £19,500
Towards the salary of a Business Development Director and associated marketing costs.
George Piper Dances - £90,000
Towards the costs over two years of developing two new dance works and touring to venues across England.
Gloucestershire Dance - £51,722
Towards the salary and costs over two years of a development director to promote and develop contemporary dance practice in the county.
Hayward Gallery - £107,692
Towards the costs of an advertising campaign in participating cities to promote the British Art Show exhibition.
Hestercombe Gardens Trust Ltd - £85,995
Towards the salary of a business development manager to help secure the future sustainability of the Grade I listed gardens.
Historic Churches Preservation Trust - £50,000
Towards providing funding for essential fabric repairs to historic churches.
IMS Prussia Cove - £20,000
Towards core costs over three years to support the development of emerging artists.
Institute of International Visual Arts - £72,400
Towards seven visual arts commissions and creating regional tours across national borders within the UK.
Jasmin Vardimon Dance Company - £19,600
Towards the costs of touring a new dance production.
Kali Theatre Company - £41,000
Towards developing the organisation's infrastructure and supporting a trainee director scheme.
Kneehigh Theatre Trust Ltd - £80,000
Towards the costs of staging a production in Cornwall.
Live Art Development Agency - £19,900
Towards artists' fees and presentation costs to develop younger artists while creating a more sustainable infrastructure for Live Art.
Lydia Eva and Mincarlo Charitable Trust Ltd - £19,000
Towards maintaining the historic vessel Mincarlo as a floating museum in East Anglia.
Market Gallery - £17,331
Towards delivering a year-round programme of contemporary art exhibitions, residencies and events.
Meadow Gallery - £11,000
Towards the costs of three commissions for an exhibition that will bring new work to Gloucestershire.
Metropole Arts Centre Trust - £99,000
Towards providing a contemporary art programme in Folkstone.
Mull Theatre Ltd - £15,61
Towards commissioning and touring a play by a Highland-based writer that will explore the life of Gavin Maxwell.
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology - £64,008
Towards the development and delivery of the Pasifika Styles exhibition, demonstrating the relevance of historical Oceanic collections by linking exhibits with new works by leading Pacific artists.
Music in the Round - £35,000
Towards the costs of expanding a touring programme in under-served areas.
National Art Collections Fund - £200,000
Towards giving grants to improve the art collections of regional museums.
National Galleries of Scotland - £46,000
Towards the costs of bringing the gallery's Venice Biennale exhibition to Scotland.
National Rural Touring Forum - £100,000
Towards expanding and improving the provision of visual arts, culturally diverse and international work in rural communities.
Navrang - £17,050
Towards the costs of a project to provide professional development opportunities for BME artists.
Newbattle Abbey College - £33,125
Towards the costs of restoring the drawing room.
Newlyn Art Gallery - £20,000
Towards core and programming costs of the newly developed galleries.
No Limits Theatre - £19,800
Towards touring a second run of a production to venues across England and Scotland.
Norfolk Dance Ltd - £15,000
Towards supporting the artistic development of dancers and developing new audiences for dance in rural Norfolk.
North East Arts Touring - £20,000
Towards developing the programming of rural touring events in North East Scotland.
Northern Rock Foundation - £100,000
Towards a series of initiatives e.g. exhibitions and publications, to enhance the collections at the Shipley Art Gallery and the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art.
Nowhere Arts Ltd - £19,000
Towards the salary over two years of a technician to provide artists with access to film facilities.
Pavilion Ltd - £19,933
Towards supporting the creative and professional development of an artist through commissioning new work.
Pendeen Community Heritage - £10,630
Towards restoring and repositioning a set of tin stamps at a tin mining heritage site.
Perth Repertory Theatre Company Ltd - £90,000
Towards a series of flagship events over two years in theatre, music and visual arts.
PhotoArts2000 - £20,000
Towards commissioning new site specific artworks in Leeds.
Photoworks - £90,000
Towards costs of a series of photographic commissions by mid-career artists in collaboration with key national partners.
Picture This Moving Image - £86,469
Towards the costs over three years of a programme of commissions and professional development for artists.
Pilgrim Trust - £100,000
Towards partnership to support a pilot funding programme through The National Archives.
Powys Arts Forum - £19,500
Towards improving the marketing of the arts in Powys.
Prime Cut Productions Ltd - £65,000
Towards core costs over three years to bring contemporary theatre to audiences in Northern Ireland.
Protein Dance - £50,000
Towards the costs over two years of producing, touring and marketing a new work across the UK.
PRS Foundation - £20,000
Towards the costs of a joint commissioning fund with Scottish Arts Council.
Red Rose Chain - £20,000
Towards the costs of producing an outdoor theatre production.
Scotland and Medicine Partnership - £70,000
Towards developing a collaborative touring exhibition, combining items from historic medical collections with commissioned contemporary art.
Scottish Churches Architectural Heritage Trust - £90,000
Towards maintaining church buildings in Scotland.
Scottish Opera - £60,000
Towards the costs over three years of the company's touring programme.
Scottish Sculpture Workshop - £19,785
Towards the costs of a residency and mentoring programme for visual artists.
Scottish Touring Theatres Consortium - £15,000
Towards creating and supporting high-quality touring theatre.
Serious Events Ltd - £58,568
Towards a series of contemporary music concerts in Cambridgeshire.
Sgript Cymru - £70,000
Towards developing audiences for new writing in Wales, nurturing the talent of Welsh playwrights and touring across the UK.
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory - £62,000
Towards continuing the production of classic plays.
Shetland Amenity Trust - £60,000
Towards the costs of developing and delivering a programme of artistic activity.
Society for the Promotion of New Music - £95,400
Towards the costs over three years of research and development into new music and touring work in Scotland and Wales.
South Asian Diaspora Literature and Arts Archive - £20,000
Towards preserving and increasing public access to an archive of South Asian Literature and Arts.
Southbank Sinfonia - £60,000
Towards the costs over two years of a touring programme by a chamber orchestra of recently graduated musicians.
St George's Bristol - £120,000
Towards core costs over three years.
St John's Hospital and Other Almshouse Charities - £20,00
Towards restoring a Grade I listed Chantry in Cirencester using traditional methods.
St Magnus Festival - £50,000
Towards the costs of the Orkney Conducting Course.
Tamasha Theatre Company - £36,000
Towards the costs over three years of running professional development courses for emerging theatre artists.
Tangere Arts - £15,000
Towards the costs of presenting a new piece of theatre based on DH Lawrence's The Fox.
Tara Arts Group - £69,915
Towards the costs of touring two productions to Wales and Scotland.
The Big Picture Company - £20,000
Towards producing and touring a second run of a production to new audiences in England.
The Cathy Marston Project - £18,000
Towards core costs to help develop two touring productions in England and Scotland.
The Dartington Hall Trust - £45,000
Towards the costs over two years of conserving the photographic archive.
The Dorset Natural History & Archaeological Society - £97,222
Towards the salary of a fundraising assistant and improving the temporary exhibition programme.
The Federation of British Artists - £60,000
Towards enhancing a national resource for living artists and extending the practice and appreciation of fine art by living artists.
The Isle of Lismore Historical Society - £39,449
Towards the salary over two years of an Archivist.
The MacDougall Trust - £12,312
Towards enabling communities and visitors in the Highlands and Islands to see a new touring exhibition from the MacDougall collection.
The Memorial Arts Charity - £75,420
Towards helping professionals improve their skills in the field of stone letter cutting.
The Museum of English Rural Life - £100,000
Towards the salary over three years of an Archivist to catalogue the Ministry of Agriculture and National Dairy Council's film collections.
The National Gallery - £87,012
Towards the costs over three years of the Touring Partnership scheme.
The Puppet Centre Trust - £19,294
Towards the costs of commissioning and developing new work.
The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts (RSA) - £86,904
Towards helping mid-career designers to develop new approaches to their practice.
The Settle and Carlisle Railway Trust - £30,000
Towards core costs over three years.
The Showroom Gallery Ltd - £15,000
Towards the costs of creating a new work.
The Two Moors Festival Ltd - £19,500
Towards the costs of composer and librettists' fees.
Theatre Cryptic Ltd - £12,000
Towards the costs of touring in Scotland.
Theatre Writing Partnership - £20,000
Towards creating opportunities for emerging writers in the East Midlands.
Tinderbox Theatre Company Ltd - £20,000
Towards creating and touring a new theatrical production throughout Northern Ireland.
Told by an Idiot - £18,220
Towards the costs of a multi-disciplinary BME artistic team to develop approaches to new art forms.
Vincent Dance Theatre Ltd - £20,000
Towards the costs of creating, producing and touring a new dance theatre production.
Wales at the Venice Biennale of Art - £18,000
Towards enabling people in Wales to see the exhibition of the artists that represented Wales at the Venice Biennale 2005.
War Memorials Trust - £15,081
Towards promoting the conservation, protection and greater understanding of war memorials, as part of our national heritage.
Wasps Artists' Studios - £19,000
Towards the salary of a Project Officer to deliver a national event for the professional development of artists.
Watts Gallery - £147,554
Towards the salary over three years of the Marketing and Development Officer, and costs of a series of exhibitions.
Welsh Religious Buildings Trust - £20,000
Towards the conservation of non-Anglican, redundant religious buildings in Wales that are of particular historic or architectural interest.
Wordsworth Trust - £66,4370
Towards continued support to core costs to enable the public to have access to material retain to Wordsworth and his circle.
Writernet - £20,000
Towards delivering a professional development programme for playwrights based in the South West and Yorkshire.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park - £200,000
Towards expanding the breadth and scale of Yorkshire Sculpture Park's artistic programme.
Grants approved up to £10,000
ASF Weave Contemporary - £3,000
Association of Independent Museums - £6,000
Belfast Exposed Photography - £6,600
Blocprojects - £5,985
Ceramica Cymru 2005 - £2,000
Contemporary Art Society - £5,000
Dance Ihayami - £10,000
Independent Theatre Council - £10,000
Low-fi - 5,750
Metro - Boulot - Dodo Ltd - £10,000
Miracle Theatre Trust Ltd - £4,000
Orkney Museums and Heritage - £7,000
Rejects Revenge Theatre Company Ltd - £6,453
Surrey County Arts - £10,000
Suspect Culture - £9,540
The Fry Art Gallery Society - £7,000
The Gordon Russell Trust - £5,752
Touchdown Dance - £9,930
Uckfield and District Preservation Society Ltd - £5,000
Wise Thoughts - £7,000
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