Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief
Pocc, the creative network driving cultural change, has partnered with Clear Channel UK and Shutterstock to bolster the second year of their Art Fund designed to champion the work of underrepresented creatives in 2022 whilst bringing art to the outdoors through an artist-in-residence programme.
In 2021, Pocc and Clear Channel’s Art Fund promoted the profiles of 41 underrepresented and overlooked Black, Brown and ethnically diverse artists through outdoor media and social channels, delivering an estimated six million impressions.
This year, alongside offering free outdoor media space in the UK to artists, with the support of Shutterstock, they will also be investing GBP 15,000 on championing UK artists through artist grants. Across the year, Pocc will be launching four themes for artists to respond to in a bid to support a diverse range of creators with unique perspectives on topics that are relevant to the world today.
This month, they’re kicking off with the first theme of the year ‘EQUITY – What Does It Mean To you?’ Artists are invited to submit their artistic expression of this brief for a chance to win GBP 500 and have their work displayed across outdoor media in the UK.
This opportunity is open to all visual and verbal artists of Black African, Caribbean and Asian descent residing in the UK. This is inclusive of photographers, illustrators, artists, painters, designers, motion graphic designers, creatives, copywriters. There is no age limit. For details on how to enter, please see here.
Pocc was cofounded by Kevin Morosky and Nana Bempah to drive cultural change within the creative industry. Now home to 1000+ creative professionals of African, Caribbean and Asian descent spanning the U.K., Amsterdam and the U.S., Pocc builds programmes, events and opportunities to support the needs of their growing creative community. Alongside this Pocc also provides a range of cultural and creative services with Pocc Studios and Pocc Productions to create the work they want to see in the world with like-minded brands and partners.
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