Funding is available to provide arts organisations in Northern Ireland with skills in the use of digital technology to create digital art.

The Organisations Digital Evolution Awards programme aims to support those arts organisations who are making digital art for the first time or are working with digital or immersive technology which they have not used previously.

Applications will be accepted from arts organisations, registered charities and other non-profit organisations. Collaborative applications from organisations working together in cross-discipline projects and activities are encouraged.

Examples of the types of projects that the programme will support include:

Creation of a virtual environment or augmented reality environment, such as augmented reality visual arts or sound overlay on venues or geographical spaces.
Using technology, such as 3D rendering and printing, to create artwork digitally which can either exist digitally or be manufactured into 3D physical objects.
Using technology to translate data into artistic content, for example algorithms that create music or visual content from data input.
App development for the delivery of artistic content - this could include gamification or making an artistic experience for consumption on digital devices.
Piloting new forms of support to individual artists or organisations that results in the creation of digital art.

Projects must take place between 1 February 2024 and 31 January 2025.

Grants of up to £10,000 are available.

The deadline for applications is 1 December 2023 (12 noon).

For more information and to apply, please visit National Lottery Organisations Digital Evolution… | Arts Council NI (artscouncil-ni.org)