The 2019 Mike Howley Trust awards, which help support young actors, musicians, dancers, writers and technicians aged between 18 and 30 and living on the Isle of Wight, are now open for applications.
Mike Howley, who worked for many years as Director of Cultural Services for the Isle of Wight Council, died in May 2013. Under the terms of his will, a share of the residue of his estate was left “for the specific benefit of aspiring young actors, musicians, dancers and writers, between the ages of 18 and 30, living on the Isle of Wight”.
Trustees welcome applications from people in the stated age range and art forms for investment in areas such as training, equipment, marketing and promotion, recording, rehearsal space, staging, publishing costs, or simply time to create.
Lauran Hibberd, a recipient in 2018, has said:
“The Mike Howley Trust is an extremely special organisation for so many reasons. It provided me with opportunity and almost a lifeline musically as without that contribution I believe I would be in a very different situation now.
“The Isle of Wight is a great place to live, but sometimes a hard place to be creative and I think this is the biggest encouragement to the youth trying to break some sort of mould or refine a talent. I can’t thank the team enough for the support”.
Quay Arts is hosting a ‘surgery’ from 11:00-13:00 on Saturday 16th March to offer help and advice to individuals on completing their application. The deadline for applications is Tuesday 2nd April 2019.
This year priority will be given to applicants whose projects celebrate, explore or interpret our unique Island cultural heritage.
In the meantime, to see the guidelines and for an application form, email Shannon Carey [email protected] or download from www.quayarts.org.
