Worcester Open 2013: Call for artists

The Worcester Open is open to all national and international artists 18+.

All work must be original, and completed since 2010. Selectors include Wendy Law, Director of Turning Point West Midlands, Anne De Charmant (Director at Meadow Arts), Juneau Projects (Artists), Nada Prlja (Artist) and Gavin Wade (Artist, Curator and Director at Eastside Projects)

Entry fee applies. Deadline Tuesday 11 June 2013. 

 

Latest Artists' News & Opportunities Bulletin published

The latest Artists' News & Opportunities Bulletin has been published. Click to find out all about New Art West Midlands and the latest opportunities and events for artists within the region and further afield... ISSUE 60.

The next issue will be published on Thursday 9 May 2013.

Of All The People In All The World

Of All The People In All The World, Birmingham-based Stan's Cafe's award-winning exhibition has returned home for a landmark tenth year after touring 50 cities around the world. The show at the newly opened Two Snowhill offices in Birmingham uses grains of rice to bring formally abstract statistics to startling and powerful life. 

The rice grains and mounds tell stories from all over the world. Each grain of rice = one person and you are invited to compare the one grain that is you to the millions that are not. Over a period of days a team of performers carefully weigh out quantities of rice to represent a host of human statistics. The show adapts to each city and current news. 

Of All The People In All The World is open until Sunday 21 April and is a must see. It is open from 11am – 7pm on weekdays and 11am – 6pm at the weekend. 

Q&A sessions and TPWM events

Don't forget - the second Question and Answer session takes place tomorrow at the School of Art, Birmingham City University. It is the perfect opportunity to ask questions about anything! ... Making applications, commissions, professional development or where to find opportunities.

Information on all upcoming Turning Point West Midlands and associated events can be found on the right sidebar. 

GRAIN: The Photography Hub & Network for the West Midlands

The Library of Birmingham, supported by Arts Council England and working in collaboration with local, national and international partners is creating a new hub and network for photography in the West Midlands. GRAIN will include research and development projects and a range opportunities all aimed at strengthening and sustaining photography in the region and promote the sector nationally and internationally.

Over the next two years GRAIN will design, develop and manage a programme of seminars, exhibitions, workshops, networking events, portfolio reviews, short courses, academic research and commissions. They aim to maintain and strengthen links to national and international photography festivals and venues. GRAIN will also create opportunities for the wider community to engage in and appreciate photographic projects as audience members and work to expand the market for fine art photography and raise the profile of the West Midlands as an area of photographic excellence.

See the GRAIN website for more information on their current projects. 

Curatorial Fellowship Opportunities from Contemporary Art Society

The Contemporary Art Society and the Whitechapel Gallery are currently offering three curatorial fellowships providing a unique opportunity to undertake substantial research into public collections in England:

 

The Curatorial Fellow (Midlands). Hosted by Wolverhampton Art Gallery

The fellow will focus on the positioning of particular works of art and the debates and discourses that have surrounded their perceived and actual value

Display at Whitechapel Gallery, 20 March – 1 June 2014

Tour Rugby Art Gallery & Museum: June – August 2014

The Curatorial Fellow (East Coast). Hosted by Ferens Art Gallery, Hull

The fellow will focus on the role of art schools as sites of making and production (recognising their particular relationships to past industries)

Display at Whitechapel Gallery: 10 December 2013 – 9 March 2014

Tour Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art: March – June 2014

 

The Curatorial Fellow (South). Hosted by Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

The fellow will focus on the role of individuals in creating vision for particular collections.

Display at Whitechapel Gallery 12 June – 6 September 2014.

Tour Towner (Eastbourne): September – December 2014

 

Bursary: £10,000

Timeframe: Fellows to research with collections - June to September 2013

In addition to the research period the fellows will be involved in the installation at Whitechapel Gallery and will contribute to the public programme at the Contemporary Art Society and Whitechapel Gallery during the display. An additional fee is available for their involvement in the tour.

 

Deadline: 5pm, 3 May 2013

More information and application forms can be found here.

New Art West Midlands: Tours and Talks

Dying West, 2009 (detail) © Clair Walton

New Art West Midlands, showcasing the best new art by emerging West Midlands graduates continues at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and the Barber Institute of Fine Arts until Sunday 19 May 2013.

As part of the exhibition both institutions are holding a series of talks and tours:

About Contemporary Art Course

13 - 27 April 2013

This 3 week course will introduce you to the ideas and theories behind contemporary art.

The course will take place on these dates and locations:

11am–4pm, Saturday 13 April 2013 - Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.   

11am–4pm, Saturday 20 April 2013 - Grand Union, Birmingham.

11am–4pm, Saturday 27 April 2013 - The Barber Institute of Fine Arts.

Booking required for this course, please contact the Barber Institute of Fine Arts – 0121 414 2261. 

£120 (£100 concessions).

Lunchtime Lectures

1.10pm, Wednesday 24 April 2013. The Barber Institure of Fine Arts - FREE

New Art West Midlands: The Artists in Context.

Led by Lisa Beauchamp, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, BMAG

After Cecil Beaton. © Grace A Williams

Artist Led Tour of New Art West Midlands

1pm, Friday 26 April 2013, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery - FREE

Artists featured in New Art West Midlands will give a unique viewing of the exhibition and discuss their artworks in detail. 

New Art West Midlands: From the Artist's Perspective

1.15pm, Tuesday 7 May 2012. The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Exhibiting artists will give a tour of the current show.

New Art West Midlands - Curator talk

1pm, Wednesday 8 May 2013, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery - FREE

Join the exhibition curator for an insight into the exhibition and the New Art West Midlands project.

Any Questions and Answers?

Free Drop-in Sessions For Artists in the West Midlands

Where? School of Art lecture room, BIAD, Margaret Street, Birmingham. B3 3BX

When? Monthly -
Wednesday 17 April - 5-6.30
Wednesday 22 May - 5-6.30
Wednesday 19 June  - 5-6.30

Who for? Artists and makers and any one involved in the visual arts.

What is it? An opportunity to ask questions – about anything: Making applications, commissions, professional development, where to find opportunities, what is Turning Point? What are the priorities for artists in the region? ........

The sessions are informal and aim to benefit artists through shared information.

Please email Annabel Clarke Annabel.Clarke[@]bcu.ac.uk (putting TPWM Question & Answers in the subject line.) if you intend to come so we can gauge numbers. Please feel free to email your questions in advance.