The Abbey Harris Mural Fund

The Abbey Harris Mural Fund makes grants to artists to create semi-permanent or permanent public murals or site specific works on walls, in any medium, in the United Kingdom.

Funding of up to £7000 is available for an artist or organisation producing a public mural in the UK.

DEADLINE 10th October 2025

The Abbey Harris Mural Fund was established in 1926 to make grants to artists producing murals and work on walls in the UK, with a tradition of supporting serious and ambitious work. Since then, the Trustees of the Fund, who are all artists themselves, have been committed to funding high quality, artistically rigorous public art. The artistic sense of the proposed art work is the first criteria of selection. The Trustees study images and review the artist’s previous works to make their decisions. Additionally, the Trustees want to know who the audience is for the project, what is its duration (min 3 months) and how the work relates to its site/demographic. The following guidance suggests considerations when making your application. Not all sections will be relevant to all proposed projects.

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  • Artists and organisations based in the UK are eligible to apply.

    • A mural is understood to include work on walls, floors, ceilings

    • In a UK site accessible to the general public

    • Semi-permanent/permanent duration (min 3 months)

    • Any medium will be considered

  • Consult the application guidelines and for any enquiries or advice contact megan.watkins@abbey.org.uk.

    Your proposal should include:

    • Description of the project

    • Lead Artist’s CV

    • Budget

    • 10 images

    To be sent by email or We Transfer to contact@abbey.org.uk before 10/10/2025.

  • The Abbey Harris Mural Fund archive is held at the Royal Academy of Arts. Contact megan.watkins@abbey.org.uk for archive enquiries.

Chair: Eddie Peake

Trustees: Sacha Craddock, Vanessa Jackson, Danny Rolph, Paul Huxley, Bernice Donszelmann

Administrator: Megan Watkins

(Image: River Lea, by mural artist Dominika Karc, London E9, 2024)

The EA Abbey Memorial Trust Fund for Mural Painting in Great Britain & The E Vincent Harris Fund for Mural Decoration