We’ve been looking at the figures following Tuesday’s funding announcement by Arts Council England to get a picture of where the money invested in the visual arts in England is going.
While many organisations received standstill or even, in some cases, a slight drop in funding , there are some that have received significant increases. New Art Exchange Ltd in Nottingham benefited from an additional 70%, Site Gallery in Sheffield an extra 62% and John Hansard Gallery in Southampton an additional 34%, based on their annual awards in the previous portfolio.
For a full list of the new visual arts NPOs and other statistics, see the link to Arts Council England’s NPO data 2018-22 below. It includes information about the total portfolio funding for 2015-18, and the percentage increase or decrease for each organisation in the current round.
Top ten NPO funded galleries and organisations 2018-22
Baltic Flour Mills Visual Arts Trust, £12,632,000 (0%)
Crafts Council, £10,015,412 (0%)
Whitechapel Gallery, £6,040,672 (0%)
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, £5,250,584 (0%)
Serpentine Galleries, £4,774,900 (0%)
Ikon Gallery, £4,038,912 (0%)
FACT, £4,023,636 (0%)
Nottingham Contemporary, £4,023,184 (0%)
Camden Arts Centre, £3,678,692 (0%)
The Hepworth Wakefield Trust, £3,624,404 (0%)
Other organisations receiving over £1million 2018-22
The Photographers’ Gallery, £3,609,060 (0%)
Modern Art Oxford, £3,569,388 (0%)
Walsall Council, £3,525,948 (0%)
Institute of Contemporary Arts, £3,449,764 (0%)
New Art Exchange Ltd, £3,411,592 (+70%)
The Artangel Trust, £3,409,332 (0%)
Firstsite Ltd, £3,258,108 (0%)
South London Gallery, £3,245,660 (0%)
Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art Ltd, £3,153,420 (0%)
Autograph ABP, £2,800,000 (0%)
Turner Contemporary, £2,677,892 (+16%)
John Hansard Gallery, £2,406,044 (+34%)
Teesside University, £2,043,028 (0%)
De La Warr Pavilion, £2,033,720 (0%)
Sunderland Culture, £2,000,000 (NEW)
Wysing Arts Centre, £1,827,072 (14%)
Creative Foundation, £1,600,000 (NEW)
MK Gallery, £1,533,228 (0%)
Film and Video Umbrella, £1,517,284 (0%)
Newlyn Art Gallery Ltd, £1,447,044 (0%)
Towner Art Gallery, £1,437,400 (0%)
Film London, £1,287,616 (0%)
Site Gallery, £1,256,428 (62%)
Kettle’s Yard, £1,163,028 (95%)
Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, £1,149,924 (0%)
Shape London, £1,146,204 (0%)
Triangle Arts Trust, £1,139,464 (0%)
Spike Island Artspace Ltd, £1,120,000 (0%)
Photoworks, £1,073,260 (0%)
Forma Arts and Media Limited, £1,038,708 (0%)
Project Space Leeds, £1,000,000 (NEW)
Organisations gaining or losing more than 8% of funding as compared to 2015-18
GAINS
Action Space London Events
TOTAL Portfolio funding 15/18 – £220,248
TOTAL Portfolio funding 18/22 – £353,664
% Real change between 15/18 and 18/22 = 20%
Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival
TOTAL Portfolio funding 15/18 – £143,740
TOTAL Portfolio funding 18/22 – £280,000
% Real change between 15/18 and 18/22 = 46%
Disability Arts in Shropshire
TOTAL Portfolio funding 15/18 – £211,217
TOTAL Portfolio funding 18/22 – £480,000
% Real change between 15/18 and 18/22 = 70%
Intoart
TOTAL Portfolio funding 15/18 – £278,394
TOTAL Portfolio funding 18/22 – £481,192
% Real change between 15/18 and 18/22 = 30%
John Hansard Gallery
TOTAL Portfolio funding 15/18 – £1,342,533
TOTAL Portfolio funding 18/22 – £2,406,044
% Real change between 15/18 and 18/22 = 34%
Kettle’s Yard
TOTAL Portfolio funding 15/18 – £446,271
TOTAL Portfolio funding 18/22 – £1,163,028
% Real change between 15/18 and 18/22 = 95% (Technical uplift – For 2015-2018, Kettle’s Yard is an National Portfolio Organisation and is a partner of a Major Partner Museum consortium. For 2018-2022, the technical uplift is a consolidation of their NPO and consortium allocation.)
Manchester Craft And Design
TOTAL Portfolio funding 15/18 – £120,000
TOTAL Portfolio funding 18/22 – £320,000
% Real change between 15/18 and 18/22 = 100%
New Art Exchange Ltd
TOTAL Portfolio funding 15/18 – £1,508,694
TOTAL Portfolio funding 18/22 – £3,411,592
% Real change between 15/18 and 18/22 = 70%
Open Eye gallery
TOTAL Portfolio funding 15/18 – £576,903
TOTAL Portfolio funding 18/22 – £969,204
% Real change between 15/18 and 18/22 = 26%
Peckham Platform Ltd
TOTAL Portfolio funding 15/18 – £150,000
TOTAL Portfolio funding 18/22 – £300,000
% Real change between 15/18 and 18/22 = 50%
Peer UK
TOTAL Portfolio funding 15/18 – £156,270
TOTAL Portfolio funding 18/22 – £342,360
% Real change between 15/18 and 18/22 = 64%
Project Art Works
TOTAL Portfolio funding 15/18 – £279,000
TOTAL Portfolio funding 18/22 – £598,704
% Real change between 15/18 and 18/22 = 61%
Site Gallery
TOTAL Portfolio funding 15/18 – £582,320
TOTAL Portfolio funding 18/22 – £1,256,428
% Real change between 15/18 and 18/22 = 62%
The Creative Art House
TOTAL Portfolio funding 15/18 – £395,061
TOTAL Portfolio funding 18/22 – £988,348
% Real change between 15/18 and 18/22 = 88%
Turner Contemporary
TOTAL Portfolio funding 15/18 – £1,724,883
TOTAL Portfolio funding 18/22 – £2,677,892
% Real change between 15/18 and 18/22 = 16%
University of the Arts London – Afterall
TOTAL Portfolio funding 15/18 – £196,923
TOTAL Portfolio funding 18/22 – £282,564
% Real change between 15/18 and 18/22 = 8%
Wolverhampton City Council
TOTAL Portfolio funding 15/18 – £383,265
TOTAL Portfolio funding 18/22 – £671,020
% Real change between 15/18 and 18/22 = 31%
Wysing Arts Centre
TOTAL Portfolio funding 15/18 – £1,199,304
TOTAL Portfolio funding 18/22 – £1,827,072
% Real change between 15/18 and 18/22 = 14%
LOSSES
London Print Studio Ltd
TOTAL Portfolio funding 15/18 – £572,675
TOTAL Portfolio funding 18/22 – £443,560
% Real change between 15/18 and 18/22 = -42%
Selection of artist-led organisations new to the portfolio
A Space Arts, £400,000
AA2A Limited, £160,000
Art Gene Limited, £440,000
Chapel Arts Studios, £580,008
Friction Arts, £270,000
Grand Union, £392,000
In-Situ, £556,000
International Curators Forum, £600,000
Invisible Dust, £720,000
KARST, £560,000
Open School East, £360,000
Outside In, £400,000
Photofusion, £571,580
PopUp Initiative CIC (The NewBridge Project), £280,000
Project Space Leeds, £1,000,000
Somerset Art Works, £360,000
Vivid Projects, £298,000
Download the full list of National Portfolio Organisations.
Image:
1. New Art Exchange. Photo: Vika Nightingale
