Jerwood: The Foundation and the Founders

Matthew Sturgis

Hardcover | 20.17 x 2.77 x 25.68 cm | 304 pp | 120 illustrations

Unicorn Press | 2009 | 9781906509033

An illustrated history and portrait of the Jerwood Foundation, a major UK funder of arts, education and science. This is a very readable history of enterprise, inspired investment decisions and enthusiastic support of the arts with strategic funding. But more than that, it can be read as a series of case studies which reveal both the highs and lows, the successes and failures of working to support the arts. For everyone who needs to raise money for their own particular arts enterprise, there are ideas and lessons here to be absorbed for a greater understanding of the arts-funding market place and a sharper focus on the essentials of grant applications in a time of financial strictures.