Our core mission is to energise diversity in arts and heritage. We know that diversity is different for everyone. Diversity for us means: Cultural diversity | Different ethnic backgrounds | Low socio-economic backgrounds | LGBTQ+… Read more »
FAQ Category: Commission
Our commission call outs are open to creative practitioners working across any media, at any levels of career, as individuals or as part of a collective or a company. This includes, but is not limited… Read more »
Our commissions are often ‘place-based’, inviting creative practitioners to respond to a particular place. This has included cities, towns, beaches and waterways, National Trust sites, forests, and even a housing development that has not yet… Read more »
Expressions of Interests for commissions and proposals are usually shortlisted by a panel of at least three people representing the commissioners, on the strength of the following: Response to the brief and relevance to ‘Place’… Read more »
ECDP and our commission partners are committed to minimising the potential for negative impacts on the environment. ECDP as an NPO (National Portfolio Organisation) has a leadership role in the arts/cultural sectors and can therefore… Read more »
The Primadonna Festival commission has a two-stage application process; STAGE ONE is a call for ‘expressions of interest’. Five artists/potential projects will then be shortlisted and invited to continue to STAGE TWO, when they will… Read more »
We are here for a 1-2-1 if you have any questions, or if you want to talk through your ideas, the commissioning process and ideas. Email Jo at jo@essexcdp.com to arrange a meeting or a… Read more »
The budget for the commission is £9,000 (including VAT). This will be treated as a grant, and paid to the creative practitioner(s) in three instalments at the start, middle and end of the project (the… Read more »