A BRADFORD-based arts organisation has secured £150,000 of funding to start a new residential arts programme.

Fuse Art Space, based in Rawson Place in the city centre, will use the money, provided by the Arts Impact Fund, for a new project called CAMP.

CAMP, which will be based in the picturesque town of Aulus-les-Bains in the French Pyrenees, will offer world class arts facilities and residential accommodation, with profits from the facility being used to fund art projects in Bradford at Fuse Art Space.

The investment is part of a £7 million initiative by the Arts Impact Fund to invest in and support the arts and cultural sector in the UK. Fuse Art Space is the only Yorkshire-based project to receive funding in the third round of investment.

The fund brings together public and private investors, including the Arts Council England, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Nesta, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

At CAMP, which will open in 2018, people can enrol in a range of short courses while staying in full board accommodation and getting unlimited access to facilities including digital editing suites, rehearsal and performance spaces, a cinema, fine arts studios and an arts library.

Some of the centre’s courses will be led by prominent figures in the arts, including composers, sound engineers and musicians.

Chris Watson, a founding member of Cabaret Voltaire and sound recordist who has worked with Sir David Attenborough, will lead a course on environmental sound recording.

Celebrated composer Gavin Bryars will take a course on modern composition, while soundtrack composer Jozef van Wissem will teach composing for film.

American musician Laraaji, who has previously worked with Brian Eno, will take a course titled ‘Deep Listening, Meditation and Laughter’, while artist and musician Eli Keszler will lead a course on experimental performance and composition.

After studying at CAMP, artists can then showcase their work at Fuse Art Space.

James Birchall, director of Fuse Art Space, said the investment is a “really exciting development in Bradford’s cultural offering”.

He said: “As we can no longer rely on Arts Council funding, this is an investment which will help us set up CAMP.

“It is an education centre for artists, writers and thinkers, and currently there isn’t anything quite like it around at the moment.

“It serves to push the arts forwards and will also generate income for Fuse Art Space to continue with our programme.

“We want CAMP to be a catalyst for experimental art and music, a place where people get together, learn from world famous artists and musicians, form new projects and collaborations, pull art and music apart, and reform it in new configurations.

“In the long term we want to support the people who get involved, and we expect big things to come out of here.”

To book a place on one of the courses, visit campfr.com.