Sky Academy Arts Scholarship

Sky Academy Arts Scholarship was a scholarship award for artists, launched in 2011 by Sky and run in conjunction with IdeasTap[1] and Hiive (Now Screenskills). The annual scholarship supported selected artists and creative individuals under the age of 30 with a £30,000 bursary and mentor support to help them develop to the next stage of their careers.[2] It was part of the Sky Academy programme from 2013 until its final year in 2016.[3]

History

The Sky Academy Arts Scholarship originally started as the Sky Arts Ignition:Futures Fund in 2011,[4] before becoming part of the new Sky Academy in 2013. Applicants were required to complete an application detailing the project they would complete while they were on the scholarship, and with around a 1000 applicants a year this would be whittled down for a panel of art experts to make the final decision. The panel changed each year and former members have included Godfrey Worsdale (former Director of BALTIC Contemporary Art Gallery); Louise Jeffreys (Director of Arts, Barbican); Radio presenter Jo Whiley; Nancy Durrant (Arts Commissioning Editor for The Times); Iwona Blazwick (Director of Whitechapel Gallery); Cam Blackwood (Music producer).[5][6]

Melvyn Bragg, who was an ambassador at the Sky Academy stated "I genuinely believe that the Sky Arts Scholarships are a substantial and far-sighted contribution to the best arts practice in this country, and already we see tremendous talents being encouraged and developed as a result of it"[7] and in an interview with the Radio Times he said about the scholarship "People seem to think the arts just pop out of the ground. They don’t. Young people need support, and our scheme should be replicated all over the place. The National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House all get whacking great subsidies from us as taxpayers. Why don’t each of them sponsor five or ten scholarships a year?"[8] The winners of the scholarships were announced at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards until 2016 when the scholarship was dropped.[9][10]

Winners of the scholarship have included Mark Simpson who went onto win the South Bank Sky Arts Award for Classical Music which he wrote while on his scholarship,[11] while Sabrina Mahfouz whose Edinburgh Festival play Chef was written during her scholarship[12] and won the Fringe First Award.[13]

Past Scholars
Scholar Name Discipline Year Awarded Scholarship Highlights
Phoebe Boswell Visual Arts 2011[14] First recipient of the scholarship.[15]
Daisy Evans Opera Director 2011[16] Developed Silent Opera theatre company which she is the artistic director of.[17][18][19]
Laurence Payot Performance Arts 2012[20] Developed project 1 in a Million You.
Drew Roper Animator 2012[21] Developed Yamination Studios.[22]
Felix Mortimer Theatre director 2012[21] Produced The Trial with RETZ theatre company (along with previous recipient Daisy Evans).[23]
Aakash Odedra Dancer and choreographer[24] 2013[25] Developed Murmur.[26]
Mark Simpson Music 2013 2015 South Bank Sky Awards - Classical Music Award for work The Immortal[27]
Sabrina Mahfouz Poetry and Playwright 2013 Fringe First Award for scholarship project Chef and was nominated for the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award.
Sisi Lu Digital artist 2013[28] Produced The Age of Digital / Analogue film.[29]
Kate Whiley Creative producer 2013[30]
Eleesha Drennan Dancer and choreographer 2014[4] Produced the show Channel Rose.[31][32]
David Shearing Theatre designer 2014[4] Produced The Weather Machine in conjunction with West Yorkshire Playhouse and stage@leeds.[33]
James Lomax Visual Arts 2014[4] Youngest recipient of scholarship.[5]
Ollie Howell Jazz drummer and composer 2014[4] First Jazz artist to receive the scholarship.[34] Produced his album Self Identity was created while on the scholarship.[35]
Tom Mcdonagh Creative producer 2014[4]
Sarah Maple Visual Artist 2015[36]
Anisa Haghdadi Creative Producer 2015[36]
Adebayo Fakos Music Producer 2015[36]
Jonnie Bayfield Writer and Performer 2015[36] Formed Caligula's Alibi[37] and co-wrote an adaption of Dostoevsky's Idiot.[38] Also wrote his first novel Pleasureland.[39]
Kevin Gaffney Artist 2015[36] First Irish recipient of the scholarship. Produced short film A Numbness in the Mouth.[40]
Gearoid O’Dea Visual Arts 2016[11] Produced his first solo exhibition The Had, The Have and the Should.[41]
Sarah Grant Film Production 2016[11] Produced the short film The Magic Word and was the first Scot to receive the reward.[42]
Yinka Ayinde (aka PureYinkz)[43] Creative Production 2016[11] Produce a reimagined 21st century version of cult TV show Kenan and Kel.[44][45][46]
Jasdeep Singh Degun Music 2016[11] Produced his debut album 'Anomaly'.
Caitlin McLeod Theatre and Comedy 2016[11] Set up the female focused writing company The Coterie.[47]

See also

References
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