Frances Arnold
FREE STUFF!
Bid Writing
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Creative Business
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Bid Writing ✒️ Creative Business 💡
Expanding Your Drawing Practice
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Expanding Your Drawing Practice ✏️
Welcome to the free stuff!
Here are TOOLS & TEMPALTES to help you shine with:
Bid writing
Expanding your drawing practice
Running a creative business
I’m sharing learning from 15 years as a Creative Producer and Artist working in the UK arts sector, including a successful Arts Council England DYCP application.
I hope these ingredients help shape your recipe for success!
Feeling like you need a little extra support?
Book a one-to-one session with me that’s all about YOU!
Join me on Mondays from January - March 2026 for a one-to-one call that supports your fundraising ideas and applications!#
Pre Call
I will contact you to find out more about your fundraising, research you or your organisation, and prepare questions and creative ideas to discuss on our call.
During Call
In our session, we’ll dive into your application(s) on a 60 minute, recorded call. I’ll ask open questions and share tailored creative ideas and strategies for us to refine together that support you to clarify your thinking
Post Call
Within 72 hours, I’ll send you a summary of our conversation, connections we’ve identified that support your next steps and key actions to realise your goal
£150
Mondays from 5 January to 2 March 2026
10am / 11am / 2pm / 3pm
Hi! I’m Fran
I’m an Artist and Creative Producer.
I grew up in the North York Moors National Park, graduating in 2009 from Newcastle University with a BA (Hons) Fine Art. I now live in Northumberland, working as an Artist & Creative Producer to create original works of art.
I co-produce large-scale projects with creative teams & communities that enable more people to take part & make decisions about arts & culture.
I worked in Creative People and Places programmes across the North East of England for 9 years. Prior to that, I worked freelance in film, music and visual arts projects as well as for leading North East participatory arts charity Helix Arts for 6 years as Projects Assistant and later Project Manager.
I’ve curated exhibitions in professional galleries to community venues, produced live music performances with musicians, choirs, brass bands and young people, commissioned outdoor arts events for heritage venues and more.
My training and practice as a visual artist, creating drawings and screenprints, enables me to bring a creative eye and curatorial experiences to projects.
I currently work freelance with clients across the North East, including as Associate Project: New Projects with Northumberland-based theatre company Novo Theatre.
Testimonials
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Fran managed to see what I wanted to do with such clarity; I feel much better armed for my DYCP application!
Louise Bradley, Artist
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Fran is a strategic thinker who has an eye on the bigger picture at the same time as paying attention to the detail of project delivery. She enjoys collaboration and there are rich two-way benefits flowing between her work as an artist and as a producer
Rachel Adam, Mentor & Consultant (former Director MN bait)
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“The best news! We were successful with the grant to Paul Hamlyn Foundation - we couldn’t have done it without all your help and support throughout this process
TimbaDash Theatre
Frances Arnold
www.francesarnold.co.uk