OUTSET PARTNERS AWARDS

Outset Partners Awards: Guidance for Applicants

The Outset Partners Transformative and Impact Awards are unique in their open approach and non-prescriptive criteria. The objective is to provide a space for the cultural sector to develop innovative ideas and models of working. The fund has been specifically devised to offer institutions a rare opportunity to experiment and create impactful projects that inspire audiences and embolden thinking.

About Outset

Outset is a charity that has always been collectively funded by inspired philanthropists to respond to the needs of the international art sector.

Led by institutions, we support artists and curators to realise ambitious and risk-taking projects that interrogate the issues of the day.

Outset is a responsive, flexible and open partner for institutions, from the grassroots to the world stage. We champion open dialogue between artists, institutions and their funders.

About Outset Partners

Outset Partners is a group of up to 15 internationally-based patrons. United by a shared passion for the arts, the Partners come together to provide crucial funding for international arts institutions, with a commitment to support all forms of diversity.

Since 2018, Outset Partners has provided over £1.8 million in funding to 29 international projects.

Outset Partners and the Outset team in the UK work with successful applicants for the duration of their projects and beyond. Regular updates from funding recipients foster genuine connections and knowledge exchange.

Driven by consensus and underpinned by open, respectful but robust dialogue about applications, the Partners work together to respond to and meet the evolving needs of the global cultural sector to build its resilience.

Submissions for the Outset Partners Awards open in February and close in March. Applications are extended by invitation to the international network of institutions and art spaces supported by Outset to date, as well as those institutions additionally invited by Outset Partners, Trustees and staff members.

If you would like to submit your institution to be considered to join this network, please get in touch with grants@outset.org.uk.