{"id":66327,"date":"2025-11-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/?p=66327"},"modified":"2026-02-09T14:57:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:57:41","slug":"arts-in-libraries-creative-commissions-25-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/opportunities\/arts-in-libraries-creative-commissions-25-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Arts in Libraries Creative Commissions 25\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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St Helens Library Service<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Free to Apply<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Closing: 20th February 2026<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

St Helens Library Service invites artists and creatives to apply for three \u00a33,000 commissions (\u00a39,000 total fund) to create original, site-specific works for Moss Bank Library, Thatto Heath Library, and Eccleston Library. Each commission is worth \u00a33,000 inclusive of material budget, with works remaining as semi-permanent fixtures for a minimum 12-month period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open to artists\/creatives working in any visual, textual, sculptural, or other form who are living in or connected to St Helens Borough. St Helens particularly encourages applications from global majority, LGBTQIA+, disabled, and\/or working-class people underrepresented in the Arts. Artists should be open to projects being shaped by engagement with library staff, building heritage, and service users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Apply by 20th February 2026 for St Helens Arts in Libraries Creative Commissions. Three \u00a33,000 awards for site-specific artworks at Moss Bank, Thatto Heath, and Eccleston Libraries. 12-month semi-permanent installations with production support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"wp-custom-template-post-opportunity","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[880],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opportunities"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66328,"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66327\/revisions\/66328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}