Culturally Mindful: Global Majority Artists Call-out

Deadline 13 April

As part of Wandsworth’s London Borough of Culture, we are focusing on harnessing the power of the arts to tackle health inequities and improve wellbeing. We will be running an exciting sector development programme for global majority artists to learn about creative health practice and deliver culturally relevant residencies in primary care and secondary settings and local grassroots organisations. 

Running from June 2025 through to March 2026, we’re looking for 10 talented artists to contribute to developing a representative creative health sector by engaging with a mix of online and in-person training, action learning sets and a residency to co-design and test creative health programmes with their host organisation. 

This project aligns with our Arts and Culture strategy aiming to ‘support residents to start well, live well, and age well, using culture as means to improve health and wellbeing’ alongside the 5 key themes of Wandsworth’s London Borough of Culture year – ‘the power of culture to connect, unite, heal, nourish and activate.’ 

Who? 

To be eligible for this opportunity, you must: 

• Be aged 25+ 
• Identify as part of the global majority 
• Have the right to work in the UK
• Have a minimum of 3-years track record of arts, health or community practice
• Be studying, living or working in Wandsworth

Artists will also need to demonstrate the following characteristics and skills:

• Have good communication and organisation skills
• Be patient, caring and accepting of other people’s lifestyles
• Willing to work with people from all walks of life
• Able to work in a team, use your own initiative and deal with people with potentially challenging behaviour
• Be willing and able to follow procedures

Artists with any kind of artistic practice are welcome to apply. 

Applications by neuro-divergent, disabled and LGBTQA+ artists are encouraged, if they identify as part of the Global Majority. 

Each participating artist will receive up to £4,000 in total, including:

• 9 paid training sessions at £100 per day 
• Up to 12 days residency at £200 per day
• Up to £500 for materials and equipment for their residency 

Participating artists will also benefit from: 

• Mental Health First Aid Training 
• Introduction to trauma-informed practice
• Induction, shadowing and co-designing sessions with their host organisation
• Up to 3 professionally facilitated action learning sets and/or reflective practice sessions
• Up to 3 hours of group psychotherapy 
• Peer to Peer support 
• Invitation to join Wandsworth’s Community of Creative Health Practice 

When? 

Overall, each selected artist will need to commit to 1 day a week (Thursdays) from June 2025 to March 2026, excluding school holidays

Training days : 5th June – 16th Oct, with a summer break from 23rd July to 1st Sept 

Residency Dates: 16th Oct – 18th Dec 2025 and 8th Jan – 12th Feb 2026

Evaluation: 26th Feb 2026

Where?

Training sessions will take place at a Wandsworth venue, with weekly visits to host organisations, whilst additional sessions might happen online. 

Residencies will take place at allocated placements. 

Have questions? Need more details?

There will be a Q&A session for artists on Tues 27th March at 6pm. You can join on Teams by pressing here.

Meeting ID: 395 523 393 998

Passcode: fv6G57pQ

How to Apply

Apply through the form below by midnight on Sun 13th April 2025

APPLICATION FORM

Applications can be made via text, audio or video format. For video or audio submission please upload a file (max 5 mins) to answer the following questions

• Tell us about your work as an artist and relevant experience
• What excites you about being a part of the programme?
• Why is now the right time to participate in this programme?
• What impact would this programme have on your artistic development?

You will also be asked to upload a link to a portfolio of your work. 

Interviews will take place at Wandsworth Town Hall during the first week of May.