We are inviting six local artists working across a range of art forms including literature to come and use Bury St Edmunds Library as a workspace to explore the role creativity plays as catalyst for nurturing confidence and well-being in the community.
During the week-long residency (Monday 30 March - Frdayi 3 April 2020) residency, artists will be given the opportunity to examine their role as creative practitioners in community settings, and explore their practice through the theme of gender equality.
In spring 2020, the British Library presents Unfinished Business: The Fight for Women’s Rights. The exhibition will explore how contemporary fights for gender equality and liberation in the UK have their roots in the long and complex history of women’s activism and campaigning. It will include items ranging from personal diaries, letters, banners and protest fashion, to subversive literature, film, music and art.
To coincide with the British Library exhibition, Suffolk Libraries will be hosting pop-up exhibitions and events at Ipswich County Library, Lowestoft Library and Bury St Edmunds Library.
Thus, for this year’s artist residency at Bury St Edmunds Library, we are looking for artists who are keen to create work with roots in community in relation to equality and battles not yet won.
£500 fee, lunch provided by Suffolk Libraries
Find out more about the Bury BLOC Lab here
Deadline: 6 March 2020