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We're raising £5,000 to print our festival programme and support artist activities for Plymouth Art Weekender 2026.
Plymouth Art Weekender (PAW) is an artist-led DIY arts festival where artists take over spaces across the city to showcase the rich talents of creatives based in the city. Running since 2015 PAW offers a platform for artists at all stages of their career to be promoted and supported alongside one another - from community art groups to Turner Prize winning artists! This allows artists from across the region, and the wider UK, to come together to celebrate their work and participate in some incredible projects. In 2024 the festival moved to a biennial model and put renewed focus on the practices of artists based in Plymouth and in 2026 we want to build on this legacy and keep the city’s art festival running long into the future. The festival returns between 16 -18 October 2026, and we are hoping that with your help we can make it another incredible year.
Every year our funding helps us generate jobs and paid opportunities for artists, curators, producers, and a team of creatives that help us bring it all together. Having scaled back delivery in 2024 to make the festival deliverable, we want to ensure we can still provide our wonderful print programme, as well as our Artists Seed Funding pots to help artists deliver their projects at the festival. Reaching our target would mean that we can do this, and will hopefully help us unlock further funding from Arts Council England to pay for the logistics of the festival delivery. So we have brought together an amazing selection of rewards, including artworks by previous Plymouth Art Weekender artists, in return for your donations to make 2026 another outstanding year for the arts in Plymouth!
From as little as £4 you can help us deliver our DIY arts festival, raise the profile of arts in the South West, and support artists. We will be updating the rewards with new offers from previous PAW artists over the coming weeks so look out for some amazing exclusive artworks for your own collection.
Thank you for reading and for any support you can offer! We look forward to celebrating with you in the Autumn.
Funding method
Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made by 16th September 2026 at 1:36pm