SOLVEIG HERZUM ~ NURTURING TALENT 2024/25
Find out about how the Nurturing Talent programme influenced Solveig’s facilitation skills as well as her own artistic development.
nurturing talent applications 2026/27
Nurturing Talent is Create’s training programme aimed at upskilling professional emerging artists in community workshop facilitation.
Artists joining the programme will work as supporting artists alongside Create’s professional artists to plan and deliver creative arts projects with different community groups. They will also attend seven professional training days, during which they will explore their own facilitation style, practise leading activities and deliver their own workshop in one of Create’s community settings.
Nurturing Talent will run between March 2026 and March 2027. Five artists based in London and one artist based in Greater Manchester will be selected, who are interested in gaining hands-on workshop experience to apply their professional practice in a community setting. We are open to applications from animators, dancers, drama artists, filmmakers, musicians, photographers, visual artists and writers. The programme is a 25-day commitment.
Create is committed to delivering high-quality professional development that is accessible to everyone. The Nurturing Talent programme is offered free of charge with a bursary of £1,800 towards expenses.
Applications will be open from 3 October 2025 and will take place in three stages. We will first determine your eligibility to apply through the completion of a short form. Eligible candidates will then be invited to proceed to the application stage. The final stage will be an interview with the Chief Executive and a Senior Project Manager.
HOW TO APPLY – NURTURING TALENT APPLICATIONS 2026/27
Download the relevant brochure to learn more about the programme and the application process:
Nurturing Talent Greater Manchester
The first stage of the application stage of Nurturing Talent 2026/27 has now closed.
If you submitted an eligibility form, next steps have been disclosed directly via email.
