The IW Creative Network has announced the recipients for this year’s bursary awards.
Earlier this year, members of the network were invited to apply for a bursary award of £1,000 each to help develop their creative practice.
Two grants were available and an additional £1,000 bursary was offered to a Brave Island member to be commissioned to create a new, exciting work for this year’s Ventnor Fringe.
The bursaries were awarded to applications that were innovative, well developed, realistic and deliverable.
The recipients for the 2023 bursaries are Joshua Raffell and Sarah Redrup, and the additional bursary for Brave Island member was awarded to Izzy Kori.
Joshua Raffell
A visual artist and studio holder at Monkton Arts in Ryde. His work takes ideas, images and headlines from current affairs or historical events, gay erotica, and complex memory of the self.
For Joshua, this bursary will allow time to focus on learning, working with new mediums, participating in an extensive course in mosaics and learning how to cross over with other materials.
To follow Joshua online, visit: www.joshuaraffellart.com
Sarah Redrup
An illustrator and visual artist with a particular interest in portraiture, digital drawing and mixed media.
She is inspired by hidden histories, human connection and the link between people and place.
She said:
“I hope to use this to encourage the public to approach me with more stories so I can continue uncovering hidden histories.”
To follow Sarah online, visit: www.sarahraeillustration.com or https://youtube.com/@sarahraedraws
Izzy Kori
A Fine Art student from the Isle of Wight and in her second year studying at the Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford.
Her practice involves creating figurative sculptures, varying in size and medium as part of worldbuilding.
This bursary will support Izzy to create a new piece of work for this years Ventnor Fringe and gain 1-2-1 mentoring from Lexi Zelda Stevens - Visual Arts Producer for Green Man festival, who grew up in Ventnor.
Izzy says:
“A large part of my practice involves storytelling and worldbuilding, and so having a location like the Ventnor Fringe is ideal for enhancing that element of my work."
You can check out Izzy's commissioned work at this year’s fringe online.
Brave Island is a free platform delivered by the Ventnor Exchange which helps support young people aged 14-25 on the Isle of Wight wanting to develop their skills in the creative industries.
The IW Creative Network’s talent development programme is designed to help creatives and artists on the Isle of Wight develop their practice - involving Creative Training sessions, 1-2-1 creative business mentoring, photo shoots, portfolio sessions, away days, networking events and bursaries.
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