“We believe passionately that those with the most potential are often the least able to pay for education, the least able to pull favours or access helpful networks, to work for free, or find shortcuts into paid creative and cultural work.”
Josie Long, Co-Founder
Arts Emergency helps young people flourish in higher education and the cultural industries.
creative and cultural opportunities shared in 2022
mentoring sessions in 2022
of mentees said they understood more about the world of work by the end of their mentoring year (2022)
The 2024-25 Arts Emergency Youth Collective has been convened and already has big plans
We asked Nina Robinson about her her work as a freelance artist and maker, the challenges of running her own business and if she has any advice for people who would like to do something similar.
Mat Baynton, Nish Kumar, Yomi Adegoke, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Joe Lycett told us the advice they'd give their 17-year-old self.