Spill The T - Creative Conversations: Volume 4 with Future Everything

Welcome to "Spill the T"; a series of talks designed to inspire, educate, and foster meaningful discussions among the vibrant community of creatives in Manchester. Join us as we dive into expert-led insights, share experiences, and learn from one another's journeys.

We’ve got Future Everything joining us for the fourth instalment of Spill the T, the event will discuss 'How to Get Money to Make Art'.

Want to develop your creative practice but first need to secure funding? Got a great idea for an arts project and looking to make a funding application, but don’t know where to start? Had a grant application rejected and want to gain some insight to better prepare for next time?

Join us for How to Get Money to Make Art, an intimate workshop designed to set you on the path towards getting ‘grant ready’!

During this intimate two hour long workshop led by FutureEverything’s Jonathan McGrath, an arts professional with over 20 years experience in the sector, and Hattie Kongaunruan, an artist in her own right who has successfully navigated the grant funding landscape, you’ll gain a basic understanding of arts funding. You’ll get insider tips on how to assemble the organisational foundations of a project, learn the types of vocabulary to use (and avoid) in your application, and which venues and funding opportunities might be best suited to you and your artistic practice.

So come with a project in mind and get guidance to make your idea a reality.

Where will the workshop take place?

This is an in-person session taking place at SEESAW space in Manchester, places are

limited and you will need to register on Eventbrite via the link below. If you would like to

attend, but are unable to make it in person, then join the Zoom livestream where you’ll be

able to access the session and your questions will be answered in a follow up email at a

later date.

Who is this workshop for?

● Creatives interested in applying for Develop Your Creative Practice and Project

Grants with Arts Council England

● Creatives looking for alternative funding routes but don’t know where to start

The Organisation

Future Everything is an award-winning innovation lab and arts organisation that has helped shape the emergence of digital culture in Europe. Through a curated programme of art commissions, exhibitions, participatory events, critical conversations and collaborative projects, FutureEverything pushes creative boundaries and stimulates new ways of thinking, across a diverse range of sectors, disciplines and audiences, exploring, sharing and experiencing new ideas for the future, while creating opportunities to question and reflect on the world around us. From their base in Manchester, they’ve been delivering national, international projects & strategic partnerships with organisations in the UK and across the world.

The workshop leaders

Jonathan McGrath is a Producer and facilitator with 20 year’s experience working across

theatre, opera, outdoor arts, site specific art, live art practice and contemporary

performance as well as developing and expanding artist development programmes for

creatives across the North. Previously working with Arts Council England, first within the

investment centre and then as a Relationship Manager in Combined Arts, Jonathan was

responsible for several NPO’s in the North and championed artists who would not

normally engage with ACE.

Hattie Kongaunruan is an artist, facilitator and producer, often working with young people

and schools in collaborative ways to explore creative reuse and climate breakdown as well

as supporting alternative pathways and advocacy into the arts sector. She was recently

awarded in Round 19 of the Arts Council ‘Develop Your Creative Practice’ grant to pursue

skills in digital creation and cocreation ethics.

Host or Publisher SEESAW