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ICA Community Workshop - members of Clean Break charity exploring Insider Art exhibition
ICA Community Workshop - members of Clean Break charity exploring Insider Art exhibition

The ICA has championed new art and ideas for over sixty years, supporting emerging artists by providing an institutional platform in advance of more mainstream cultural spaces.

Ultimately, the ICA is not so much a place as a principle. It embodies a belief in the new; in art as inspiration; in an enduring faith in the creativity of tomorrow.

The ICA is a non-profit organisation. A quarter of the ICA's funding comes from Arts Council England; the remainder comes from our own fundraising efforts.  To retain its independence as an organisation, and its commitment to new artistic practice, it is vital that the ICA secures additional long-term funding.

Without the generosity of ICA Investors, Members and Sponsors, the ICA could not continue to produce an innovative and diverse programme, which progresses traditional understanding of contemporary art and ideas. 

Photo: private tour of Alien Nation exhibition with ICA Artistic Director, Ekow Eshun
Private tour of Alien Nation exhibition with ICA Artistic Director, Ekow Eshun

 

A vitally important strand of the ICA's fundraising is the New Commissions Fund, designed to support the commissioning of new work by artists within our exhibition and off-site programmes. The support of emerging artists has always been a central part of the ICA's remit, and this renewed emphasis on commissioning is of particular benefit to artists at breakthrough points in their development, allowing them to work with a greater level of resources and to extend their ambitions.

Supporting the ICA also allows us to invest in education initiatives. Education is at the core of the ICA's activities, establishing relationships between artists and some of the most socially disadvantaged communities in British society, from vulnerable or at risk young people to ex-offenders and the unemployed.

Please contact Rosie Allerhand, ICA Development Manager, on 020 7766 1414 or rosie@ica.org.uk, for further information on how to support the ICA.

 

Photo: ICA panel discussion
ICA panel discussion

 

 

 

 

Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England
The ICA is supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England
 

 

The ICA is located on The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH. Box Office: 020 7930 3647 / Switchboard: 020 7930 0493

Open Monday 12pm-11pm, Tues-Sat 12pm-1am, Sunday 12pm-10.30pm
Galleries open daily 12pm - 7pm (9pm on Thursdays) during exhibitions.
Bookshop open 12pm-9pm daily (entry free). Call 020 7766 1452 for bookshop queries.

 

Admission price covers entry to exhibitions, café and bar. Mon-Fri: £2/£1.50 concs Sat-Sun £3/£2 concs

 

Box office open daily 12pm - 9.15pm. Buy tickets online/call 020 7930 3647 during opening hours. Textphone: 020 7839 0737

 

The Institute of Contemporary Arts is a registered charity in England No 236848 and a Limited Company registered in England No 444351. Registered offices as above. VAT No 853 7217 17

 

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