Open call - Socially Engaged Artists, Coventry & Warwickshire, Coventry BID & Historic England
Are you a socially-engaged artist local to or associated with Coventry with a current CV Postcode? We are looking for three socially engaged artists to work alongside our exhibitions by public art collections to promote, animate, celebrate or deepen audience engagement around the shop window exhibitions.
Each collection has been given a theme as a starting point to select artworks, these themes are Coventry in The World (Government Art Collection), Being Human (British Museum) and Amazing Women (Crafts Council).
In September 2021, Quiet Down There CIC (QDT) will start working with the community groups to engage with the collections and select the works to be exhibited. These sessions will take the post-war heritage of Coventry and the City Arcade as a framework for selecting works that help tell the stories of Coventry’s past, present and future.
The 3 exhibitions will be in November 2021 (Government Art Collection), January 2022 (British Museum) and March 2022 (Crafts Council Collection).
As the commissioned artists, you would be expected to create another layer of engagement in the existing project working with the themes, stories and artworks in each exhibition. This could be a walking tour, writing group, creative workshop or other event.
Three artists will each receive £1500 ex VAT to cover fees and materials.
More details on how to apply here
Deadline: midday, Monday 13 September 2021