… and that includes Romsey!

THE LATEST funding round, offering grants of up to £15,000 for small-scale public art projects, has been launched by Cambridge City Council.

Based on a particular type of S106 developer contributions, this grant funding is aimed at local organisations, working with professional artists and crafts people. It could help to pay for high quality, original public art in Cambridge which engages local communities in the city, is publicly accessible and has a lasting legacy.

Proposals are particularly invited from the Trumpington, Coleridge, Romsey and Queen Edith’s wards (which have the most S106 public art funding), but bids would be welcome from other parts of the city where public art S106 funds are still available.

Proposals can cover a wide range of artwork. For example, previous schemes have involved light projection animation, public displays of highly-decorated shop mannequins, willow artwork in a community garden, a stained glass window at a local school, short films and history trails celebrating local history and sense of place. Engagement with local schools has been a key feature of many projects.

Public art grant applications are invited between now and Monday 19 December 2016. More details (including a short application form and the council’s S106 funding selection criteria) can be found at www.cambridge.gov.uk/s106-priority-setting.

City Council News release from 2 November 2016

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