Visual Arts News and Opportunities
Visual Arts Newsletter from the Scottish Arts Council
09 January 2009
Opportunities
Commission for Sporting Sculptures
Deadline: Monday 12 January 2009, 12pm
Musselburgh and Inveresk Community Council have been awarded grant aid to commission an Artist/Designer to design and create two sculptures to promote the sport of horse racing and golf. The sculptures are to be sited at entrances to the east and west of the town - one sculpture on Levenhall roundabout and one on Newhailes roundabout (subject to local authority approval). Interested Artists/ Designers are invited to submit designs and full costing for the sculptures. Artists/Designers are also requested to submit a CV, artist statement, images of work and details of relevant past projects.
For more information contact: Mr Alan Hay of Musselburgh & Inveresk Community Council on 0131 665 5812.
Creative and Professional Development Awards
Deadline: Monday 26 January 2009 for projects taking place after 3 April 2009
The Scottish Arts Council is seeking applications from visual artists for the Creative and Professional Development Awards. The awards are to assist individual artists with the costs of creating and presenting work, for example research, production of new work, materials or exhibition costs, as well as professional development. There are three fixed levels of bursaries available: £1,500, £3,000, £5,000. Funding is also available to assist curators with professional development costs relating to curatorial practice. The maximum funding curators can apply for is £3,000.
For more information and an application form visit: www.scottisharts.org.uk
Visual Arts Awards: Edinburgh
Deadline: Thursday 29 January 2009
The Visual Arts Awards: Edinburgh (formerly known as the Edinburgh Visual Arts and Crafts Award Scheme) scheme offers awards to individual artists living and/or working in Edinburgh towards costs in creating new work or developing current work. Awards up to a maximum value of £1,000 are available.
For more information or to request an application package contact: Tracy Scodellaro on 0131 529 6720 or by email at: tracy.scodellaro@edinburgh.gov.uk
Internship Opportunities at Deveron Arts
Deadline: Friday 30 January 2009
Deveron Arts is offering internships in curatorship and arts development in socially engaged / collaborative arts. They are seeking motivated individuals with an interest in working with artists in residence in the community context. Experience offered in all forms of curatorial development, arts administration and event organisation. Internships are for 3 months, full time and are paid £50 per week plus accommodation. Apply in writing stating your interest in the internship and include a CV and details of one referee.
For more information contact: Kelly Anderson 01466 794494 or email info@deveron-arts.com Website: www.deveron-arts.com
Creative Initiatives – Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop Professional Development Programme
Deadline: Saturday 31 January 2009
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop (ESW) is seeking proposals for their Creative Initiatives Programme - designed to assist an artist(s), through financial, technical and practical support, to develop and realise a significant project which will be included in ESW’s public programme. The selected projects must demonstrate a high artistic standard and reflect an exciting and contemporary approach to visual arts practice. There will be two Creative Initiatives each with a fee of £2,500 including materials. There is also a further £150 each for documentation. In addition to this the artist(s) will have free use of the workshop and use of the project space, along with technical and administrative support
For more information visit the ESW website: www.edinburghsculpture.org
The Aberdeen Visual Artists Awards Scheme
Deadline: Friday 27 February 2009
The Aberdeen Visual Artists Awards Scheme is open to Aberdeen based artists of all ages, at any stage in their career, working in any visual media. You must be able to demonstrate a commitment to your work and to advancing your skills base and ideas. You must live within the Aberdeen City Council boundary or work, maintain a studio space, or be a member of and regularly use a visual arts facility within Aberdeen.
For more information contact: jmelville@aberdeencity.gov.uk
Web: www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/avaa
Calls for Works
Silent Charity Auction – Calls for Submission
Deadline: 23 January 2009
01 February – 20 March 2009
Submissions are being sought for a silent art auction to be held at Montgomery’s Café, Glasgow on behalf of Yorkhill Children’s Foundation. The work will be exhibited through February and March and a closing party will be held to announce the successful bids at the end of March. To cover costs, a £5 per piece entry fee is required and a 40% commission on the sale of the work, which will be donated to Yorkhill Children’s Foundation. A reserve bid price up to £150 may be placed on the work.
To apply submit up to two pieces of work for the auction, please email a jpg image including, title, medium, size and estimated price to: Stephaniespindler@earthlink.net
Location: Montgomery’s Café, 9 Radnor St., Glasgow G3 7uA
News and Events
Children’s Art Workshops at Out of the Blue Drill Hall
Fridays 9, 16, 23 and 30 January 2009, 2pm-4pm
Artist Julie Dawson leads themed art classes for children aged seven and up
Saturdays 17, 24, 31 January 2009 11am-12pm
£4.50 per child per workshop
Artist Julie Dawson leads themed art classes for children aged 3-6 years
Under 5’s should be accompanied by an adult
For more information email: jbdawson@tesco.net or Call: 07951 137 218
Location: The Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 36 Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh
Website: www.outoftheblue.org.uk
David Cohen – Talk and Demonstration at the Pitclay Gallery
Friday 09 January, 2-4pm
Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 January 2009, 1.30 - 3.30pm
The ceramic artist David Cohen will be giving a talk and demonstration of his work plus a tour of the studios at the Pitclay Gallery in a series of short sessions in January.
Location: Pitclay Gallery, Halflinbarns Schoolhouse, North Berwick, East Lothian
To book a session please email Esther: pitclaygallery@mac.com
Website: www.pitclaygallery.co.uk.
New Year Stock Sale at Project Ability
12 January – 27 March 2009
Project Ability is having a New Year Stock Sale in preparation for their move to Trongate 103. The sale features artwork from their archives and work recently returned from external exhibitions.
Location: Project Ability, 18 Albion Street, Glasgow
Ceramics in the Park – Project Ability Outreach Project
January – March 2009
The intergenerational art project, working with Carelink and North Glasgow Carers, involves the creation of small scale ceramic pieces to be placed in Springburn Park, semi hidden in people’s favourite places.
Location: Springburn Park, Balgrayhill Road, Springburn, Glasgow
For more information call Project Ability: 0141 552 2822
Website: www.project-ability.co.uk
Film Festival: The Co-operative Young Film-Makers Festival
Thursday 12 February 2009, 11am – 12.15pm – for schools and groups
Saturday 14 February 2009, 1.45 - 3pm – open to the public
Project Ability and The Co-operative Group Scotland, will be hosting the The Co-operative Young Film-Makers Festival. The festival is jam packed with short films, film making surgeries and workshops.
Location: Glasgow Film Theatre - free entry - Recommended for ages 8+
To book contact Project Ability on 0141 552 2822.
For more information visit: www.youngfilm-makers.coop
I Had Too Much to Dreamweave Last Night
Building your own artist’s website – A Workshop by Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
Dates: 26, 27, 28, 29 January, 2 February 2009, 6-8.30pm
Cost: £125 per person (plus technical costs relating to hosting and domain names)
Venue: Edinburgh’s Telford College
The Artist and Graphic Designer, Tommy Grace, will run a workshop over five evenings taking you through the stages of building your own website from start to finish. The workshop is intended as a means of getting your portfolio online whilst learning about html, css and Adobe Dreamweaver.
To apply and more information email Dan Brown: dan@edinburghsculpture.org call: 0131 5514490
Website: www.edinburghsculpture.org
New Artistic Director at Giant
Giant is excited to announce the appointment of Maria McCavana as the new Artistic Director of the company. Under a new organisation structure Maria and her team will be taking forward Giant’s vision of enabling any child under 12 years to engage in a creative life by accessing high quality collaborative art form experiences.
To contact Giant call: 0141 334 2000, email: info@giantproductiond.org
Website: www.giantproductions.org
Exhibitions
Exhibitions at the Collective Gallery
Sandy Smith and Alex Gross – New Work Scotland
Sat 20 December - Sat 31 January 2009
Opening Times: Tuesday - Saturday, 12-5pm
Concluding installment of New Work Scotland Programme featuring a joint show by Glasgow School of Art graduates Alex Gross and Sandy Smith. New video work and sculpture.
The Guest Room by echo
Echo will programme ‘The Guest Room’ as an autonomous space with their own series of exhibitions and events. Echo is an artist run initiative dedicated to diversifying the role of contemporary art in Edinburgh and beyond.
Location: Collective Gallery, 22-28 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh
For more information email: mail@collectivegallery.net Call: 0131 220 1260
Website: www.collectivegallery.net
Anne Forte/ Joyce Gunn Cairns/ Leena Nammari at Edinburgh Printmakers
17 January to 07 March 2009
Opening Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 6pm
Anne Forte, ‘Feels Like Forever’: An exhibition exploring the cognitive processing of memories and the unconscious re-writing of personal histories.
Joyce Gunn Cairns, ‘Bodily Traces’: An exhibition of etchings and drawings reflecting the artist's fascination with all sentient life, whether it be literary figures or crows.
Leena Nammari, ‘Space to Breathe’: An exhibition of photography, printmaking and film reflecting her constant search for what she considers as home in all its manifestations.
Location: 23 Union Street, Edinburgh Call: 0131 557 2479
For more information visit: www.edinburgh-printmakers.co.uk
Set Off Set at Arts Complex and Forest Cafe
23 to 28 January 2009
Private View - Thursday 22 of January, Arts Complex
‘Set Off Set’ is an exhibition spanning two venues in Edinburgh with works by London based artists Ed Atkins, Leah Lovett, Rebecca Kressley and Richard Whitby. The artists will use sculpture, video and performance to investigate the spatial and temporal attributes of the set, which may be interpreted theatrically or cinematically.
Venue 1: Forest Café, 3 Bristo Place, Edinburgh, 10am-12am
Website: www.theforest.org.uk
Venue 2: Arts Complex, St. Margaret's house, 151 London Road, Edinburgh, 10am-6pm
Website: www.artscomplex.org
Parallel Lives 2 – ‘The Tower of Leith’ at Out of the Blue Drill Hall
30 January - 21 February 2009, 10am - 8pm (not Sundays)
Preview 29 January 2009, 6-8 pm- All welcome!
‘Parallel lives 2’ - an exhibition of a new work - the ‘Tower of Leith’ created by artist Gavin Lockhart and people from Leith. ‘Parallel Lives 2’ is an outreach initiative from the National Galleries of Scotland which asked people in Leith to investigate and update Marcel Broodthaers’ surreal Visual Tower (1966) – part of the NGS collection. The new ‘Tower of Leith’ is created from 100 MP4 players showing videos produced by members of the community. The exhibition also features work from the projects at WHALE and North Edinburgh Arts.
Location: The Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 36 Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh
For more information visit: www.parallellives2.org
Somebodyelse - Graham Fagen at The Changing Room
14 February 2009 - 11 April 2009
Preview 13 February 2009, 6-8pm. All welcome
Artist Talk: Thursday 12 February, 1-2pm. All welcome
‘Somebodyelse’ is a solo exhibition of photographic portraits by Graham Fagen exploring cultural identity at The Changing Room, Stirling. The exhibition includes new work and work exhibited for the first time in Scotland. The portraits in Somebodyelse combine real and imagined figures in order to explore the country’s contemporary and historic culture.
Location: The Changing Room, Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, Stirling
For more information email: changingroom@stirling.gov.uk Call: 01786 274005
Website: www.stirling.gov.uk/changingroom
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