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ARTQUEST APRIL DEADLINES
The Artquest Opportunities section contains deadlines and dates listings for a huge range of residencies, exhibitions, funding, international opportunities, talks, training, commissions; in fact, everything you might find useful to know about and want to apply for.
April Highlights:
BigCi Environmental Awards
Australian and International Artists from various fields – visual art, installation, multimedia, performance, literature, music, photography, film making, curating – are invited to submit entries for the BigCi Environmental Awards 2017. The two winning artists will each receive 4 free weeks of BigCi residency and AUD$2,000 (approx. £1,226) spending money. In addition to that, up to AUD$2,000 ARTFLIGHT travel subsidy will be shared between the two winners. Submissions must show how the artist will respond to the environment around BigCi. BigCi is located 1.5 hours drive from Sydney, Australia, on the edge of the Wollemi National Park in the Greater Blue Mountains.
Deadline: 1st April 2017
Website: https://bigci.org/new-news/
On Paper Award
The On Paper Award first prize is 1000€. The second prize is The Awagami Paper Award – 100 sheets of Awagami editioning paper worth 500€, sponsored by The Awagami Factory, Japan. The shortlisted artists for the On PAPER Award 2017 will be exhibited in The Chicago Printmaking Collaborative, Chicago USA, in July – August 2017. Artists can submit one piece of work on a paper size of 300mm x 400mm. The work must have been made using any traditional printmaking techniques, including screenprinting, lithography, etching, collagraph, monotipe, electro-etching, woodcut, photopolymer, etc. There is a submission fee of 25€.
Deadline: 1st April 2017
Website: http://www.onpapercontest.com/
Woon Foundation Prize
The Woon Foundation Painting and Sculpture Art Prize offers an opportunity annually for students currently in the final year of their undergraduate study within the United Kingdom. The first prize is a £20,000 fellowship with a 12-month studio space in the Woon Tai Jee studio at BALTIC 39 in Newcastle’s city centre. The year-long fellowship includes mentoring from staff from both institutions and a final exhibition with catalogue at the end of the Fellowship. There are also two runner-up prizes of £9,000 and £6,000.
Deadline: 3rd April 2017
Website: http://www.baltic39.com/woonprize/
Friday Island – Power
Friday Island is looking for artists working in any medium (performing arts, fine arts, video/film, literature, etc.) for its next event, taking place in May 2017 in Luxembourg. The theme of the event is Power. The theme should be approached in a critical way in relation to social/political/philosophical perspectives. The artists will receive a remuneration of 600,- euro per artistic contribution, travel refund to Luxembourg City up to 150,- euro are also available upon request. Accommodations for three nights will be provided by the organisation.
Deadline: 3rd April 2017
Website: http://www.fridayisland.net/call-for-proposals/
Jon Schueler Scholarship, Visual Artist in Residence
Applications are now being accepted for the fifth Jon Schueler Scholarship, Visual Artist in Residence, an international residency opportunity to take place in the Isle of Skye, Scotland in the summer/autumn of 2017. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to come and research, develop and produce work for 3 months in the dedicated artist’s studio. The Scholarship is open to international artists (including Scottish and UK) working in contemporary professional practice in a visual medium and with a particular interest in landscape and the environment. Artists must have completed formal arts education at least 3 years previously. The Artist will receive: A residency fee of £8,000 for the 12 week period. An allowance of £500 for materials. Provision of an artist’s studio with ICT support. Reasonable travel costs of a single return trip to undertake the residency in Skye (12 weeks) met in full as part of the scholarship. Accommodation on campus.
Deadline: 3rd April 2017
Website: http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/en/ealain-is-cultar/jon-schueler/
Jerwood/FVU Awards: Unintended Consequences
The Jerwood/FVU Awards are an annual opportunity for moving-image artists in the first five years of their practice. The open application programme invites artists to make proposals for new works, two of which are selected each year. The selected artists will each be given a £20,000 award to create the proposed work over a 10-month period. Each recipient will also receive production support from FVU, as well as access to the moving-image facilities of University of East London, School of Arts and Digital Industries. Finished works will be exhibited at Jerwood Space, London, before touring nationally. There is a £10 submission fee.
Deadline: 4th April 2017
Website: http://www.jerwoodfvuawards.com/
Chisenhale Studios Summer Residencies
Chisenhale Studios are inviting proposals for Studio4 Residencies. Residencies will take place between July and September 2017, ranging between one and two months depending on project needs. The residencies provide free use of the Studio4 Project Space to artists seeking a short-term studio to develop an idea or execute a project. In exchange for use of the studio, the artist undertaking each residency is expected to engage a wider artistic network as well as people who live and work in the local area, involving them in the artistic process through the development of the work itself or a few small public events, showings, workshops, studio conversations etc. Studio4 is on the first floor and the building unfortunately has no lift.
Deadline: 6th April 2017
Website: http://chisenhale.co.uk/chisenhale/studio4-summer-residencies-call-for-proposals/
The Elephant Trust Grants
The Trust was set up in 1975 to make it possible for artists and those presenting their work to undertake and complete projects when frustrated by lack of funds. It is committed to helping artists and art institutions/galleries that depart from the routine and signal new, distinct and imaginative sets of possibilities. The Trustees’ main objective is to support new work. Given The Elephant Trust’s modest resources, grants have usually been limited to £2,000, but with the recent addition of the Shelagh Wakely Bequest some larger grants of up to £5,000 may be awarded. Priority is given to artists in the fine arts and small organisations and galleries who should submit well argued, imaginative proposals for making or producing new work or exhibitions.
Deadline: 10th April 2017
Website: http://www.elephanttrust.org.uk
The Artist Entrepreneur Residency
PRAKSIS, Unge Kunstneres Samfund (UKS) and The Moving Museum are working with artist Jeremy Bailey(CA) to develop PRAKSIS’s summer 2017 residency The Artist Entrepreneur. Artists are invited to apply for a one month residency at PRAKSIS in Oslo in May – June 2017. This residency is multidisciplinary: applications are welcomed from artists, designers, curators, writers, and anyone else with relevant experience and interests. PRAKSIS aims to provide an environment for development and professional growth: applications are welcome from practitioners of differing ages and experience levels. This residency offers accommodation for non-Oslo based residents.
Deadline: 12th April 2017
Website: http://www.praksisoslo.org/residencies-blog/2016/5/march-april-2017-jeremy-bailey
Pete Lloyd Lewis Studio Award
Applications are now open for the 2017/18 Pete Lloyd Lewis Studio Award, which offers a free studio to one artist for one year from 1st June. The award is open to applications from Fine Art MA/MFA graduates who completed their courses in either 2015 or 2016. This annual award commemorates the work and life of Pete Lloyd Lewis, an artist and founding member of Chisenhale Art Place which encompasses Chisenhale Studios. The successful application should demonstrate how aspects of the applicant’s own practice could make connections with, or respond to, the themes and ideas that shaped Pete’s work. Chisenhale Art Place is an arts education charity and all studio artists are expected to contribute to its public benefit. The recipient of the Pete Lloyd Lewis Award would also be expected to contribute to the Studios’ public programme through occasional showings/events and assisting with community engagement. The studio is on the 1st floor with no lift access.
Deadline: 13th April 2017
Website: http://chisenhale.co.uk/chisenhale/pete-lloyd-lewis-studio-award-201718-call-for-applications/
John Ruskin Prize
The 4th John Ruskin Prize invites applications from artists and makers. This year’s theme: Hand & Eye: Master of All Trades in The Age of Jack refers to the Artist as Polymath. The selection panel will select 20 prize finalists to be included in a shortlist exhibition at The Millennium Gallery, Sheffield in June – October 2017. Three prizes are available: 1st Prize (£3000), 2nd Prize (£1000) and Student Prize (£1000). There is an entry fee of £12 – £20 (depending on the number of works).
Deadline: 24th April 2017
Website: http://www.ruskinprize.co.uk/
Micro Residency Programme
Applications are invited from artists working in any medium for the 2017/18 Micro Residency Programme at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop. The Micro Residency programme is a research and development opportunity for artists at any stage of their career. Designed to foster experimentation and innovation, the Micro Residencies allow the participants to engage in an intensive six week period of production, testing and investigation while living in the onsite apartments. There are four Micro Residencies throughout the year with each lasting six weeks, artists will receive:£1,000 stipend; Studio; Accommodation; Training and support from the technical team in material processes and equipment; Support from the programme team; Access to all workshops / spaces; 1 year’s Membership of ESW.
Deadline: 28th April 2017
Website: http://www.edinburghsculpture.org/opportunities-featured/micro-residency-programme-201718-call-applications/
ARTQUEST: Artquest encourages critical engagement and provides practical support to visual artists at any stage in their careers.
ARTQUEST APRIL DEADLINES
The Artquest Opportunities section contains deadlines and dates listings for a huge range of residencies, exhibitions, funding, international opportunities, talks, training, commissions; in fact, everything you might find useful to know about and want to apply for.
April Highlights:
BigCi Environmental Awards
Australian and International Artists from various fields – visual art, installation, multimedia, performance, literature, music, photography, film making, curating – are invited to submit entries for the BigCi Environmental Awards 2017. The two winning artists will each receive 4 free weeks of BigCi residency and AUD$2,000 (approx. £1,226) spending money. In addition to that, up to AUD$2,000 ARTFLIGHT travel subsidy will be shared between the two winners. Submissions must show how the artist will respond to the environment around BigCi. BigCi is located 1.5 hours drive from Sydney, Australia, on the edge of the Wollemi National Park in the Greater Blue Mountains.
Deadline: 1st April 2017
Website: https://bigci.org/new-news/
On Paper Award
The On Paper Award first prize is 1000€. The second prize is The Awagami Paper Award – 100 sheets of Awagami editioning paper worth 500€, sponsored by The Awagami Factory, Japan. The shortlisted artists for the On PAPER Award 2017 will be exhibited in The Chicago Printmaking Collaborative, Chicago USA, in July – August 2017. Artists can submit one piece of work on a paper size of 300mm x 400mm. The work must have been made using any traditional printmaking techniques, including screenprinting, lithography, etching, collagraph, monotipe, electro-etching, woodcut, photopolymer, etc. There is a submission fee of 25€.
Deadline: 1st April 2017
Website: http://www.onpapercontest.com/
Woon Foundation Prize
The Woon Foundation Painting and Sculpture Art Prize offers an opportunity annually for students currently in the final year of their undergraduate study within the United Kingdom. The first prize is a £20,000 fellowship with a 12-month studio space in the Woon Tai Jee studio at BALTIC 39 in Newcastle’s city centre. The year-long fellowship includes mentoring from staff from both institutions and a final exhibition with catalogue at the end of the Fellowship. There are also two runner-up prizes of £9,000 and £6,000.
Deadline: 3rd April 2017
Website: http://www.baltic39.com/woonprize/
Friday Island – Power
Friday Island is looking for artists working in any medium (performing arts, fine arts, video/film, literature, etc.) for its next event, taking place in May 2017 in Luxembourg. The theme of the event is Power. The theme should be approached in a critical way in relation to social/political/philosophical perspectives. The artists will receive a remuneration of 600,- euro per artistic contribution, travel refund to Luxembourg City up to 150,- euro are also available upon request. Accommodations for three nights will be provided by the organisation.
Deadline: 3rd April 2017
Website: http://www.fridayisland.net/call-for-proposals/
Jon Schueler Scholarship, Visual Artist in Residence
Applications are now being accepted for the fifth Jon Schueler Scholarship, Visual Artist in Residence, an international residency opportunity to take place in the Isle of Skye, Scotland in the summer/autumn of 2017. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to come and research, develop and produce work for 3 months in the dedicated artist’s studio. The Scholarship is open to international artists (including Scottish and UK) working in contemporary professional practice in a visual medium and with a particular interest in landscape and the environment. Artists must have completed formal arts education at least 3 years previously. The Artist will receive: A residency fee of £8,000 for the 12 week period. An allowance of £500 for materials. Provision of an artist’s studio with ICT support. Reasonable travel costs of a single return trip to undertake the residency in Skye (12 weeks) met in full as part of the scholarship. Accommodation on campus.
Deadline: 3rd April 2017
Website: http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/en/ealain-is-cultar/jon-schueler/
Jerwood/FVU Awards: Unintended Consequences
The Jerwood/FVU Awards are an annual opportunity for moving-image artists in the first five years of their practice. The open application programme invites artists to make proposals for new works, two of which are selected each year. The selected artists will each be given a £20,000 award to create the proposed work over a 10-month period. Each recipient will also receive production support from FVU, as well as access to the moving-image facilities of University of East London, School of Arts and Digital Industries. Finished works will be exhibited at Jerwood Space, London, before touring nationally. There is a £10 submission fee.
Deadline: 4th April 2017
Website: http://www.jerwoodfvuawards.com/
Chisenhale Studios Summer Residencies
Chisenhale Studios are inviting proposals for Studio4 Residencies. Residencies will take place between July and September 2017, ranging between one and two months depending on project needs. The residencies provide free use of the Studio4 Project Space to artists seeking a short-term studio to develop an idea or execute a project. In exchange for use of the studio, the artist undertaking each residency is expected to engage a wider artistic network as well as people who live and work in the local area, involving them in the artistic process through the development of the work itself or a few small public events, showings, workshops, studio conversations etc. Studio4 is on the first floor and the building unfortunately has no lift.
Deadline: 6th April 2017
Website: http://chisenhale.co.uk/chisenhale/studio4-summer-residencies-call-for-proposals/
The Elephant Trust Grants
The Trust was set up in 1975 to make it possible for artists and those presenting their work to undertake and complete projects when frustrated by lack of funds. It is committed to helping artists and art institutions/galleries that depart from the routine and signal new, distinct and imaginative sets of possibilities. The Trustees’ main objective is to support new work. Given The Elephant Trust’s modest resources, grants have usually been limited to £2,000, but with the recent addition of the Shelagh Wakely Bequest some larger grants of up to £5,000 may be awarded. Priority is given to artists in the fine arts and small organisations and galleries who should submit well argued, imaginative proposals for making or producing new work or exhibitions.
Deadline: 10th April 2017
Website: http://www.elephanttrust.org.uk
The Artist Entrepreneur Residency
PRAKSIS, Unge Kunstneres Samfund (UKS) and The Moving Museum are working with artist Jeremy Bailey(CA) to develop PRAKSIS’s summer 2017 residency The Artist Entrepreneur. Artists are invited to apply for a one month residency at PRAKSIS in Oslo in May – June 2017. This residency is multidisciplinary: applications are welcomed from artists, designers, curators, writers, and anyone else with relevant experience and interests. PRAKSIS aims to provide an environment for development and professional growth: applications are welcome from practitioners of differing ages and experience levels. This residency offers accommodation for non-Oslo based residents.
Deadline: 12th April 2017
Website: http://www.praksisoslo.org/residencies-blog/2016/5/march-april-2017-jeremy-bailey
Pete Lloyd Lewis Studio Award
Applications are now open for the 2017/18 Pete Lloyd Lewis Studio Award, which offers a free studio to one artist for one year from 1st June. The award is open to applications from Fine Art MA/MFA graduates who completed their courses in either 2015 or 2016. This annual award commemorates the work and life of Pete Lloyd Lewis, an artist and founding member of Chisenhale Art Place which encompasses Chisenhale Studios. The successful application should demonstrate how aspects of the applicant’s own practice could make connections with, or respond to, the themes and ideas that shaped Pete’s work. Chisenhale Art Place is an arts education charity and all studio artists are expected to contribute to its public benefit. The recipient of the Pete Lloyd Lewis Award would also be expected to contribute to the Studios’ public programme through occasional showings/events and assisting with community engagement. The studio is on the 1st floor with no lift access.
Deadline: 13th April 2017
Website: http://chisenhale.co.uk/chisenhale/pete-lloyd-lewis-studio-award-201718-call-for-applications/
John Ruskin Prize
The 4th John Ruskin Prize invites applications from artists and makers. This year’s theme: Hand & Eye: Master of All Trades in The Age of Jack refers to the Artist as Polymath. The selection panel will select 20 prize finalists to be included in a shortlist exhibition at The Millennium Gallery, Sheffield in June – October 2017. Three prizes are available: 1st Prize (£3000), 2nd Prize (£1000) and Student Prize (£1000). There is an entry fee of £12 – £20 (depending on the number of works).
Deadline: 24th April 2017
Website: http://www.ruskinprize.co.uk/
Micro Residency Programme
Applications are invited from artists working in any medium for the 2017/18 Micro Residency Programme at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop. The Micro Residency programme is a research and development opportunity for artists at any stage of their career. Designed to foster experimentation and innovation, the Micro Residencies allow the participants to engage in an intensive six week period of production, testing and investigation while living in the onsite apartments. There are four Micro Residencies throughout the year with each lasting six weeks, artists will receive:£1,000 stipend; Studio; Accommodation; Training and support from the technical team in material processes and equipment; Support from the programme team; Access to all workshops / spaces; 1 year’s Membership of ESW.
Deadline: 28th April 2017
Website: http://www.edinburghsculpture.org/opportunities-featured/micro-residency-programme-201718-call-applications/
ARTQUEST: Artquest encourages critical engagement and provides practical support to visual artists at any stage in their careers.