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Vistas, Values and Voices - innovative environmental public art commissions for the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire

Deadline: December 5, 2009, 5:00 pm

Vistas, Values and Voices, Innovative public art commissions exploring the complex cultural interfaces between environment & society within the context of the Forest of Bowland landscape.

Green Close Studios is managing a series of three innovative visual arts commissions for artists to explore, through their own practice, the complex cultural interfaces between environment, society and change within a rural context. The commissions are open to cross art form collaborative practice, and we welcome applications from artists working as a group as well as individuals. We are actively seeking artists with culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.

Two of the commissions are worth £5,000 (including all costs) and the third is seen as suitable for an early career artist who would like to realise a small commission and develop their practice (worth £1,000 including all costs)

The commission opportunities are being offered to artists as follows:

  • A Community Engagement Commission £5k- Artists living within, located nearby or with a strong connection to the area are invited to create a new work which responds to the unique environment of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
  • An Innovation Commission £5k – Artists working within a national / international arena of environmental arts practice are invited to create a new work which responds to the complex cultural interfaces between environment, society and change within a rural context.
  • An Early Career Commission £1k – Early career artists are invited to develop the creation of a new work which responds to the complex cultural interfaces between environment, society and change within a rural context.  Peer mentors will support the artist throughout the commission in order to develop a stronger understanding of working within the public realm.

 

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