The Stanley Picker Trust

The Stanley Picker Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 271185).

The Stanley Picker Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales that exists to support emerging and early career artists and arts education. It was set up at the behest of its namesake, who made an endowment to preserve his house and gardens, the art collection within them, and to provide support to emerging and early career artists. Its awards and bursaries scheme remains in operation, and it also supports the Stanley Picker Fellowship at Kingston University. In its annual report it records £130,749 awarded.

Priority Areas

The Stanley Picker Trust supports arts education through annual scholarships and fellowships, including the Picker Fellowships in art and design with Kingston School of Art and The Stanley Picker Gallery. It describes its awards as supporting emerging and early career artists and students across contemporary and fine art, theatre, opera and classical music. It also maintains longstanding relationships with organisations providing curatorial training and youth outreach. Awards are channelled through educational institutions rather than individual applications, with institutions putting forward students in different arts disciplines, including vocational programmes, internships, craft and design, and mainstream arts courses. It seeks to support candidates showing exceptional promise who would benefit from financial support.

Themes

• Arts education
• Early-career artists
• Fine art and design
• Performing arts
• Curatorial training
• Youth outreach

Geographic Focus

UK.

Educational institutions apply for students; individuals cannot apply directly. The institution emails an application in PDF format during the annual window. The application should include a cover letter, organisation history and mission, a description of the programme, project or individual, relevant testimonials and supporting documentation, updates where applicable, and financial information including a brief budget. Applications should be no longer than 10 pages.

Deadlines: Applications open annually from January 1 to February 26.

Application windows:

• Applications open annually January 1st - February 26th

Who can apply:

• Applications must be made via an educational institution; the Trust will not accept applications from individuals.

What to send:

• A cover letter.
• A brief description of your organisation, its history and mission.
• A description of the scholarship or fellowship programme, project or individual you are applying to fund.
• Testimonials from previous awardees or programme leaders who can speak to the value of support (if applicable).
• Photographic documentation for previously supported projects, exhibitions or events (if applicable).
• Updates from current awardees (if applicable).
• Any supporting financial data including a brief budget for how funding will be used.

What the charity says:

• Institutions should put forward candidates who show exceptional promise and would benefit from financial support, ideally naming them in advance.
• Institutions should demonstrate diverse and equitable selection processes for their student body and reflect this in the students put forward.
• Applications should be written with integrity and originality rather than generated by computer.
• The Trust aims to communicate personally and specifically with applicants and offers feedback to unsuccessful applicants where desired.