Student Opportunities

The programme enables students to explore an interest in the arts alongside future career options, while providing organisations with extra capacity which is skilled and accountable.

At Art Fund, we support a growing community of 20,000 Student Art Pass members at over 200 universities across the UK. The Student Art Pass breaks down cost and awareness barriers to students engaging with UK art and culture, offering 600+ admission discounts and weekly communications that keep them informed of what to see. A key feature of the membership is our rolling programme of paid arts opportunities. With the average student graduating with £60,000 debt, these opportunities are highly valued as they help students gain relevant experience and explore potential career paths before they graduate.

The aim of this funding is to help museums, galleries and visual arts organisations provide paid opportunities for full-time university students to gain meaningful, developmental work experience that enables them to explore their interest in the arts, and related future career options. In turn, museums, galleries and visual arts organisations gain skilled and accountable resource to help realise projects important to them.
Applications are assessed on quality of opportunity, the scope of professional development and evidence of the impact on your organisation. We will also take into consideration the location of the venue. We encourage applications that benefit as many students as possible.
We encourage applications that focus on facilitating public engagement with art – whether that be online or in real life.