THE AMPERSAND FOUNDATION AWARD
In 2019, the Ampersand Foundation launched the Ampersand Foundation Award, a biennial UK prize offering an organisation the funds to produce their dream exhibition or visual art project. We aim to let curators and directors realise a project that they have always wanted to do but have been unable to achieve due to funding constraints.
The Award will be given to any visual arts project in the format of an exhibition, new artwork commission, public space intervention, or any other kind of visual art project. There are no restrictions on the subject or format of the proposal except that it must be delivered by a curator, director or a team of curators working within the organisation.
The Award is currently open only to organisations that are members of Plus Tate, a network of 45 UK visual arts organisations facilitated by Tate.
The winner is chosen from a shortlist of five proposals. The winning organisation is awarded £125,000 to realise their proposed project plus an additional £25,000 to produce a related publication. The remaining shortlisted organisations receive £5,000 to cover the costs of preparing the proposal.
The next Award will be in 2025. Check back end of November 2024 year for more information.