Contribution to a new kiln

Lord Leycester Hospital – £500

To fund summer activities for children

Art in Dunchurch – £200

Towards their presence at Warwickshire Open Studios 2026

Lighthaus Arts CIC – £500

We have supported the “Parents in Mind” workshops. This project focuses on providing accessible, artist-led creative workshops for parents and carers supported by NCT Parents in Mind (PIM) in Warwickshire.

ArtLAB – £950

Funding for “Create Together”, a programme of sessions at Leamington Spa.

Find out more about ArtLAB at https://www.artlabart.com/

Awarded in 2025

Warwickshire County Council – £500

We contributed towards the restoration and redisplay of the ‘Sheldon Master’ portrait of Henry VIII at Market Hall Museum, Warwick. This award followed the talk to Art Friends Warwickshire by Adam Busiakiewicz at the Lord Leycester Hospital

Rugby Artists and Makers – £300

We funded the purchase of a new printer. Find out more at https://rugbyartistsandmakers.com/

Leamington Studio Artists – £100

We sponsored the prize for the inaugural Leamington Spa Mini Print competition, to the winner of the Peoples Choice Vote. Find out more at https://lsa-artists.org/

Whittle Productions – £810

We part-funded 5 creative learning workshops in 5 local schools.

Compton Verney – £1000

We facilitated the partnership between Compton Verney and Kineton High School by funding activities for gallery visitors.

MA Ceramics – £500

We provided funds towards a student’s expenses for a 2nd year support as a mature student studying a 2 year MA in ceramics. See her work at https://www.shenac.co.uk/porfolio

Leamington Studio Artists – £500

We part-funded two 1 year bursaries

Pangaea – £500

We contributed to their three-day sculpture courses for disadvantaged children. Details of Pangaea can be found HERE

Art in Dunchurch – £300

We contributed to the costs of Warwickshire Open Studios 2025

Warwick University – £800

We provided funds to support the print-making courses related to the major exhibition at the University.

Brink Contemporary Arts, Leamington – £1000

We funded the design, preparation and production of a mural at Strathearn Gardens on the theme of ‘Nature, the Environment and Sustainability’ involving primary school pupils.

To see more, click HERE

Awarded in 2024

Pangaea – £1500

We funded the design & development and the planning & preparation of the art education course.

ArtLAB – £700

We provided support for an art-related course for disadvantaged Ukrainian children

Leamington Studio Artists – £1550

We part-funded places on the courses for three digital fundamentals course places and two bursary places.

Shout Out for the Arts (SOFTA) – £1750

We funded a professional street artist to plan and lead street art skills and design workshops and co-create a mural with young people from Bedworth and all of the materials for the Murals Project Bedworth Phase.

Dunchurch Open Studios – £450

We funded the hire of the scout tent. tables and chairs and purchased sundry materials for Dunchurch Open studios  event in June 2024

ArtLAB – £500

We part funded a workshop for Ukrainian children to design and produce headdresses on the occasion of their National Day

To see more click HERE

Awarded in 2023

Compton Verney – support for an exhibition of art from Kineton School – £1000

“Sensing Naples in Kineton” was an innovative project between Compton Verney and Kineton High School involving the loan of Compton Verney’s dramatic eighteenth-century oil painting, ‘Vesuvius Erupting at Night’ (c.1770) by Pierre-Jacques Volaire to Kineton High School for 3 months. The AFW Award funded a public display at Compton Verney art gallery in Spring 2024, of works of art produced by the young people, inspired by the painting. .

To see more, click HERE

Leamington History Group  –  “Creative Leamington” – – £1000

Contribtion towards the costs of printing a community book to celebrate the diversity of arts in Leamington from past to present 

Whittle Productions on behalf of Leamington BID – £1000

AFW funded workshops prior to the Leamington Lantern Parade 

A  report from Sue Yeomans when she visited the Parade. I watched many lanterns arrive, mostly held by children. Some lanterns were cartoon characters, others were festive trees and fairies, a large fish, Edwardian style lanterns, some were more individual and all varied in size, from handheld to the size of a large child. It was heartening that a crowd of some 200 had gathered there. I passed many more walking to join the parade as I walked back up the hill. Shame the weather possibly prevented a larger turnout but a pleasant atmosphere with Christmas songs and music.

See more at https://leamingtonlanternparade.co.uk

Lighthaus Arts – to sponsor two free places in Art Courses – £440

AFW funded two places on these  courses for people on benefits.

The Leamington Mural Festival – £2940

The Leamington Mural Festival runs throughout the year providing public art. The project which AFW has sponsored has been painted on the side of a terraced building. It commemorates the opening of the Shrubland Street Community Primary School, in the 1890s. Also, it is an addition to the Leamington Street Art Trail which promotes health and well-being as well as regeneration and creativity in the town. Work started in October. 

To see more, click HERE

Escape Arts, Nuneaton – £1990

Nuneaton is the focus of an art project which we have supported to create a mural celebrating the people, heritage and nature of the town. Over seven weeks, members of the local community worked with Warwickshire artist, Ros Ingram, inspired by the collections of Chilvers Coton Heritage Centre. The artwork, created in clay, has been installed on an exterior wall of the centre. It was opened by the Mayor of Nuneaton in April 2024. For more detail click HERE

https://www.escapearts.org.uk/

Leamington LAMP – £1350

Leamington LAMP is a non-profit company that delivers arts education to autistic young people aged 14-19, mainly those whose education is disrupted due to their condition. AFW  funded the purchase of 5 panels so the students’ work can be displayed. Previously LAMP borrowed the panels which AFW sponsored at All Saints church, for external displays but now have their own for permanent use in their premises. For more detail visit https://www.leamingtonlamp.co.uk/

Dunchurch Open Studios 2023 – £1000

For more information click HERE

Art in the Park Leamington 2023 – £1000

For more information click HERE

Cat Hamilton, artist – £1000

We match-funded a special computer with which Cat creates her artworks. These are printed on either aluminium or in acrylic

Warwick University – £2000

We contributed to Warwick University’s ‘Making Paintings’ programme for Primary Schools. For more information click HERE

Awarded in 2022

All Saints Church, Leamington – £1000

We funded display boards for paintings and similar works of art to be used for local exhibitions and are available for hire. To see more detail click HERE

The Mead Gallery, Warwick University – £2500

The Mead Gallery at Warwick Arts Centre received an grant in support of their autumn/winter exhibition Radical Landscapes. To see more detail click HERE

Art in the Park, Leamington 2022 – £900

The general event has exhibitors in many art forms, mainly painting and pottery. We funded tailor-made workshops, depending on age and ability, so there is maximum enjoyment and challenge.

Within the whole event are a number of community outreach workshops which we are funding. These are run both face-to-face and digitally. Art is a well-known therapy for mental illness, especially when the artwork is displayed at the festival. The workshops are tailor-made, depending on age and ability, so there is maximum enjoyment and challenge.

Culturefest exhibition at Hill Close Gardens, Warwick – £1050.

We part-funded the photographic exhibition by Catriona Dunnett, a local artist. She converts digital photographs into contact negatives to create handcrafted prints. This project was part of Culturefest, which is developed in support of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Her photographs are of aspects of the gardens, displayed in an innovative way across the summerhouses throughout the gardens so as to provide an interactive trail for families.

Sculpture in Willow at Priors Marston school – £500

To commemorate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee a willow sculpture was made by a local artist which involved all the children at the school. For images and background click HERE

Warwickshire Artisans, Creative Café – £1000

A creative workshop programme of 10 sessions with a focus on improving well-being through art isbased in Wootton Wawen. Eight participants had their first session at the beginning of May. There is a range of ages, a single mother of 3 young children to an 80 year old. Most participants were struggling with getting out and about post Covid.

Warwickshire Open Studios 2022 – £1000

An award to the central organising body to support their two-week summer show in Coventry and Warwickshire.

Dunchurch Open Studios 2022 – £1000

An award to support their participation in during the Warwickshire Open Studios 2022

Coventry ArtSpace – £1,060

An award to support residencies for two emerging artists this charity’s premises.

Coventry ArtSpace is a charity dedicated to supporting and developing the visual arts in Coventry for the benefit of its citizens. The residencies provide space in which to work together with mentoring on how to promote their activities.

Awarded in 2021

Art in Dunchurch 2021 – £500

An award towards publicity materials and insurance during Warwickshire Open Studios 2021.

“Healing Arts – Artie” – £1000

Towards art materials for patients at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire