Artist Callout: Creative Fellowships 2026/27
Arts and Culture, University of Exeter Closing date: Sun, 15 Nov 2026
- Part time
- £30k-£40k
- Apply now
Wed, 04 Nov 2026 "> published -
Job Summary
Job Description
Arts and Culture University of Exeter is inviting applications from creative practitioners for two Creative Fellowships running during this academic year (ending July 2027). Each will be a 4-5 week exploratory placement, working in an interdisciplinary context. The Creative Fellowships are open to practitioners of any artform, including visual, digital, sound and performing arts, craft, design, film, literature and music.
Rather than being a residency, these opportunities are described as placements. The creative practitioner is a peer, opening up new approaches and conversations with the University hosts while developing and enriching their own creative practice. This scheme encourages mutually beneficial exchange, where both the host and the creative practitioner gain new insights and potential ways of working.
The University of Exeter Creative Fellowship hosts in 2026-27 are:
- 'The Coast of Good Health' research project group. (Exeter Campus) Led by the Department of Archaeology and History
- 'A Different Lens: Engaging with images from the Imperial Institute Archive.' (Exeter Campus) Led by Special Collections
The total budget per Creative Fellowship is £6,000 (inclusive of VAT) on a freelance basis, to include practitioner's fee, travel and accommodation, production costs and documentation.
Job Requirements
The Creative Fellowships are designed to benefit both the Creative Fellow and the host, providing inspiration for new approaches to creative practice and generating fledgling ideas that could be the springboard for future initiatives. The emphasis is on process, so documentation and evaluation will be intrinsic to project delivery, and we will be making a short film summarising each Creative Fellowship.
The Creative Fellow will be introduced to key contacts working on a specific area of research or enquiry. They will be supported to work alongside research or professional services communities, producing creative outputs that investigate and interrogate the processes and practices of research or enquiry undertaken at Exeter, using creative skills and supporting the aims of the University.
Working hours and working pattern can be flexible and agreed with academic hosts.
Job Responsibilities
On a practical level, this may involve attending informal department meetings, working with students and audiences, building 1-1 relationships with particular researchers and staff groups and exploring novel perspectives on the activities that support the University's work. It is important that a Creative Fellowship builds towards a tangible outcome that communicates the process and value of the project.
Our preference is for Creative Fellows to come into this process without a fixed output in mind, but to develop, working closely with their University host, new work rooted in their established practice and responding to the university context. We are not anticipating fully resolved work to be made, but we would expect draft work to be in development. We anticipate that the Creative Fellow will liaise closely with Arts and Culture during the Creative Fellowship, to share their process with a broad audience, across the University and the region.
Job Overview
- Job Title: Artist Callout: Creative Fellowships 2026/27
- Salary: £30k-£40k (pro-rata)
- Hours: Part time
- Artform: Combined arts
- Role: Creative
- Contract: Contract
- Closing date: Sun, 15 Nov 2026
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Location:
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Job: Artist Callout: Creative Fellowships 2026/27
Job: Artist Callout: Creative Fellowships 2026/27
Organisation: Arts and Culture, University of Exeter
Postcode: EX4 4PY
How to Apply
View the full callout and how to apply here: https://www.artsandcultureexeter.co.uk/news/callout-for-artists-creative-fellowships-2026-27
- Contact name: Naome Glanville
- Contact email: [email protected]
About Arts and Culture, University of Exeter
Our work spans the University of Exeter’s four campuses and the surrounding communities in Devon and Cornwall. We work with the University’s community of staff and students, as well as creative practitioners, and South West cultural organisations to help strengthen creative networks, raise the profile of creativity at the University and foster interdisciplinary collaborations.