We are seeking to commission two poets and one visual artist aged 18-30 years old who are London-based and of Black African or African Caribbean heritage to be part of Uprising & Resistance between October 2022 – March 2023.
The Uprising & Resistance project will respond to new research by Johns Hopkins University and Black Beyond Data into the Collection of Lloyd’s insurance market, exploring its direct involvement in slavery and in associated business practices profiting from slavery.
Poets and artists will produce material for an anthology published by Ink Sweat & Tears Press. The project is wholly independent of Lloyd’s and funded by the Mellon Foundation.
The commission will involve:
Working with the lead artists (Remi Graves, Keith Jarrett and Jess Nash) and project historians and archivists (Alexandre White and Victoria Lane) to develop your own new work in response to Johns Hopkins University’s historic research into the involvement of Lloyd’s insurance market in the transatlantic trade in enslaved people
Working with an editor from Ink Sweat & Tears Press to progress your writing and hone your craft
Your commissions being published in the project anthology by Ink Sweat & Tears Press
Participating in the launch event in March 2023
Commission fees
£2,400 inclusive, covering approximately 8 day’s work, for each poet.
£1,500 inclusive, covering approximately 5 day’s work, for the visual artist
Criteria
You must:
Be based in London and aged between 18 – 30 years old
Be of Black African or African Caribbean heritage
Be a poet for the writing commission or a photographer, illustrator or visual artist for the artist commission
Be able to demonstrate a passion for and commitment to the art form you are working in
Be unagented and not have had a full-length work published or collection of work exhibited
Be available to work on the project between October 2022 – March 2023, with a deadline for first drafts of Fri 23rd Dec, and final drafts of mid-January (exact date tbc)
Be willing to work with an editor from Ink, Sweat and Tears to develop your work
Be available for interview via Zoom on Weds 5 or Thurs 6 Oct (we’ll let all applicants know the outcome of their submission sometime during the week of Mon 26 Sept)
Be available for a visit to the Lloyd’s archive on Mon 17 or Weds 19 Oct.
Access support will be provided where required.
Find out more here
Deadline for applications: 5pm on Sunday 25 September 2022