Call for Proposals Shoeburyness Commission Budget: £10,000 Deadline: 24 November 2026 (11.59pm – closes at midnight) Timeline: January to September 2027 Interview: w/c 7 Monday December 2026 Essex Cultural Diversity Project invites proposals for a… Read more »
Archives: Commissions
Essex Cultural Diversity Project has teamed up with artist and writer Lora Aziz, and mental health charity Trust Links for a creative commission inspired by the Growing Together community in Vange, Basildon. Trust Links’ Growing… Read more »
We are delighted to announce that artist Sally Chinea has been commissioned for a project to celebrate the Festival of Thetford & Punjab, led by Arts La’Olam in partnership with Essex Cultural Diversity Project and… Read more »
We are delighted to announce that Colchester based artists Anisha Thampy and Dwarka Nath Sinha have been commissioned to illustrate the journeys, memories, and traditions of migrant communities who have made the city their home.… Read more »
We are pleased to announce that artists Tom Hobden and Phoebe Stapleton have been selected for a creative commission that celebrates the 250th anniversary of John Constable’s birth, a partnership between the National Trust in… Read more »
In Winter 2025/26 Gemma Garwood was commissioned for a new creative health project that engages with residents in Tendring. Gemma’s project, Storylines: Remembering Roads to Healing, will use folk lore, practice, art and knowledge as… Read more »
We are pleased to announce that Laura Trevail has been commissioned for a new project that creatively responds to Coalhouse Fort, a partnership between Essex Cultural Diversity Project and Start Thurrock. The commission aims to… Read more »
Kwesi Johnson from the Cultural Assembly was commissioned to deliver a project that creatively responded to Lavenham Guildhall in Suffolk, cared for by the National Trust. For this commission, we were looking for a project… Read more »
In Summer 2025, we commissioned Moving House Films to deliver a project celebrating the changing faces of Diss, in partnership with Diss Corn Hall, DesignerMakers21 and No 8 Market Place. For this commission, the artists… Read more »
We are delighted to announce that Dulce Duca has been commissioned to develop a new community-driven arts project to be performed at Witham’s Street Entertainment Festival in September 2025. For this commission, Essex Cultural Diversity… Read more »