Bradford 2025 announces next round of successful recipients of Artist Awards

Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture (Bradford 2025) has announced a new cohort of artists who will receive awards to create projects forming part of next year’s events programme.  

The Artist Awards were designed by Bradford 2025 to support creatives within the local diverse cultural sector, helping them bring their ideas to life as the district celebrates its UK City of Culture year in 2025.  

The successful artists and organisations from the second round of awards include: interdisciplinary artist Aamta Tul Waheed; soul singer and musician Sinead Campbell; queer and experimental artists Theatre with Legs; Joseph Cole and James Arkwright who together form Double Pivot; inclusive arts organisation, Mek Summat; theatre maker Natalie Davies; Claire Kearns and Shi Blank on behalf of Yorkshire Sound Women’s Network; costume specialist Naomi Parker; dance practitioner Tricia Arthur- Stubbs;  Summat Creative, who collaborate with people who have learning disabilities; musicians and composers Matthew Bourne and Ben Cottrell.  

This is the second round of Artist Awards that have been distributed through Bradford 2025 and is one of the many ways the organisation is supporting the district’s vibrant cultural community. The first round of awards was distributed in summer 2024, seeing ten projects receive financial backing.

Mek Summat, one of the successful applicants, said: “We are incredibly excited to have been selected to bring our event to Bradford’s UK City of Culture year!  2025 is going to be an amazing opportunity for Bradford district to show the world all it has to offer, and we can’t wait to play our part in that.”