Info for Artists

As well as sharing news about contemporary art exhibitions and events in the city, Sheffield Contemporary Art Forum is developing an e-mail list for practising artists, as well as web based sector news, exhibition opportunities, information on training, calls for proposals, and invitations to participate in activities hosted by SCAF, its partners and other organisations.

If you are an artist, and would like information that could benefit your practice, visit these pages regularly, join our free mailing list online or email contact@artsheffield.org. Alternatively, if you have any information for contemporary artists, then please send to us at contact@artsheffield.org

Artists Access to Art Colleges

Closing dates for applications: September 2010

Helping artists realise their dreams and students imagine their future:
http://www.AA2A.org
http://twitter.com/AA2Aproject

The AA2A project offers artists & designer makers the opportunity to undertake a period of research or realise a project using art college facilities eg. workshops, IT facilities, lending library, & lecture programme. AA2A schemes aim to benefit students and Colleges through their interaction with practising artists.

FOR FULL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND DETAILS OF HOW TO APPLY
visit http://www.aa2a.org/apply

Access is free, for at least 100 hours, between Oct 2010 and April 2011 and a materials/travel grant of £220 is usually available. Applicants must have at least one year’s professional practice and should be able to work with minimal technical support. Artists on AA2A schemes run from 2007 to 2008 or before can now reapply. To read previous artists’ stories visit http://aa2a.org/publication - AA2A particularly welcomes applications from applicants with disabilities, from culturally diverse backgrounds and non-graduates

APPLICATION PACKS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE DIRECTLY FROM THE COLLEGES TAKING PART:

University of Cumbria 01228 888745 karen.graham@cumbria.ac.uk
printmaking, wood, metal, ceramics, textiles

Northumbria University (Newcastle) 0191 243 7059 barry.nicholson@northumbria.ac.uk
printmaking, wood, metal, ceramics, digital media, photography, video, drawing, painting

University of Sunderland 0191 515 3606 ellen.dorans@sunderland.ac.uk
glass, ceramics

Teesside University (Middlesbrough) 01642 384 045 K.Geldart@tees.ac.uk
printmaking, wood, metal, plastic, digital media, painting

Hull School of Art & Design 01482 480 970 LHoughton@hull-college.ac.uk
printmaking, wood, metal, glass, ceramics, textiles, fashion, costume, film, video, sound, digital media, photography, illustration, graphic design, painting

University of Central Lancashire (Preston) 01772 893 959 jpcrane@uclan.ac.uk printmaking, fashion

Bradford School of Arts & Media 01274 438 965 h.farrar@bradfordcollege.ac.uk printmaking, ceramics, jewellery, textiles, photography, digital media, graphic design, painting

University of Huddersfield 01484 471 145 k.cowans@hud.ac.uk printmaking, 3D scanning, rapid prototyping, lazer cutting, textiles, video, photography, digital media, installation, project space, drawing, painting

Manchester Metropolitan University 0161 247 1122 c.coyle@mmu.ac.uk printmaking, wood, metal, glass, ceramics, textiles, fashion, graphic design, photography

University of Salford 0161 295 5223 artsunit-amss@salford.ac.uk constructed fibre, phonic art/sound, installation, drawing, painting

Liverpool Community College 0151 252 4319 john.keith@liv-coll.ac.uk printmaking (screen), ceramics, fashion, printed textiles, digital imaging, multi media, photography, painting, drawing, liferooms

University Centre Doncaster 0130 255 3578 laura.zenbergs@don.ac.uk printmaking, wood, metal, ceramics, textiles, fashion, film, video, digital media, photography, graphic design, painting

University of Lincoln 01522 895 239 peastwood@lincoln.ac.uk printmaking, fashion, time-based media, digital media, video, animation, photography, installation, painting, drawing

Nottingham Trent University 0115 848 8652 susan.rhodes@ntu.ac.uk printmaking, wood, metal, glass, resin, ceramics, interior textiles, puppetry, digital media, audio/sonics, video, photography, installation, painting, drawing

University of Derby 01332 593 113 j.falconer@derby.ac.uk printmaking, wood, metal, casting, carving, glass, ceramics, textiles, digital media, photography

Loughborough University 01509 228 903 R.Dewing@lboro.ac.uk printmaking, wood, fine metal, foundry, stonecarving, ceramics, textiles, digital media, animation, video, photography, installation, illustration, painting, drawing

University of Wolverhampton 01902 323 399 S.Hind@wlv.ac.uk printmaking, wood, metal, foundry, wood / stonecarving, hot glass, ceramics, interior textiles, digital media, video, photography, illustration, painting

Birmingham City University 0121 331 5950 sue.rice@bcu.ac.uk printmaking, plaster resin casting, video, photography, digital media

Coventry University 02476 88 7794 or 0247 688 8248 a.rogers@coventry.ac.uk printmaking, metal, foundry casting, ceramics, textiles, lazer cutting, digital media, installation, painting, drawing

Hereford College of Arts 01432 845 366 w.tolley@hca.ac.uk printmaking, wood, jewellery, ceramics, textiles, artists books, multi media, photography, animation, painting

Anglia Ruskin University (Cambridge) 0845 196 2317 Cassie.Lynch@anglia.ac.uk printmaking, digital media, photography, illustration, painting

University Campus Suffolk (Ipswich) 01473 343 486 r.catto@ucs.ac.uk printmaking, wood, metal, plaster, lens based and digital media, drawing - NB: U.C.S. is a pilot scheme and full artists grants may not be available

University of Hertfordshire (Hatfield) 01707 285 327 ad-shortcourse@herts.ac.uk printmaking, wood, metal, glass, ceramics, textiles, fashion, costume, digital media, film, video, sound, photography, graphics, illustration, painting

London Metropolitan University 0207 320 2800 v.pratt@londonmet.ac.uk printmaking, mixed media, silversmithing, jewellery, textiles (furnishings), furniture, time-based media, photography

Chelsea College of Art and Design (London) 0207 514 7914 l.paylor@camberwell.arts.ac.uk digital printed textiles, digital woven textiles, ceramics (3D visualisation in clay - raw to fired), digital media (video and editing)

Camberwell College of Arts (South London) 0207 514 7914 l.paylor@camberwell.arts.ac.uk (NB: admin shared with Chelsea) printmaking, wood, metal, foundry, ceramics, photography, digital media, illustration

Kingston University (South London) 0208 417 4238 S.Mulhall@kingston.ac.uk print, wood, metal, jewellery, stone, glass, ceramics, mouldmaking, textiles, extensive filmmaking & digital media, photography, painting

University for the Creative Arts (Canterbury & Maidstone) 01622 620 113 jpainter@ucreative.ac.uk printmaking, wood, metal, casting, digital media, film, video, sound, photography, painting, drawing

University of Portsmouth 02392 843 801 Claire.Bates@port.ac.uk printmaking, fine metals, wood, glass, ceramics, fashion, textiles, digital media, photography

Plymouth College of Art and Design 01752 203 434 exhibitions@plymouthart.ac.uk printmaking, metals (incl.fine), glass, ceramics, fashion/textiles, moving image, animation, digital media, games design, photography, graphics, painting

University College Falmouth 0132 637 0483 aa2a@falmouth.ac.uk wood, metal, glass (hot and cold), ceramics, plastics, textile print, weave and stitch, digital production

If you cannot contact a college repeatedly, please let us know by email at AA2A@wendymason.biz

Artists Access to Art Colleges is funded by the Lottery through ACE

Yorkshire Artspace: Starter Studio Programme for Engaged Practice

Deadline for applications Friday 30 July 2010
Interviews w/c 6 September 2010

Yorkshire Artspace’s new Starter Studio Programme is designed to provide start-up support to dedicated artists at an early stage of their career who are interested in exploring and developing their collaborative/socially engaged practice.

Yorkshire Artspace is offering a unique opportunity for 2 artists to join the programme in October 2010 with access to:

- A shared workspace at an affordable rent with 24/7 access.
- Start-up business support, advice & training.
- Mentor support from experienced practitioners.
- Shadowing/placement opportunities facilitated by Sheffield City Council’s Public Art Officer with planning teams in Parson Cross and other Sheffield neighbourhoods.
- Opportunity to develop collaborative creative project in Parson Cross.
- Dedicated time with the Resident Artist commissioned by Yorkshire Artspace to work in Parson Cross over the course of a year.
- Exhibition/Display opportunities.

If you have any questions or would like to arrange a vist please contact Rachael Dodd 0114 213 0111 or rachael@artspace.org.uk - More info/application forms at www.artspace.org.uk

ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT: THE PAVILION OF POSTCONTEMPORARY CURATING

CALL FOR ENTRIES

The skeletal remains of Sutton Scarsdale Hall continue to decay. A dilapidated wreck of a structure, you enter at your own risk. This decay needs to be resisted and Sutton Scarsdale needs to live again…

In the very heart of England, Sutton Scarsdale Hall is to become the Pavilion of Postcontemporary Curating, a new international art facility set in the beautiful Derbyshire countryside, dedicated solely to new curating.

The current hall is a perfect exhibition/performance space: lit from above, with high walls, neutral floor. As a functioning work of art/art centre, it should provide everything the contemporary curator requires, and be able to evolve as those needs change… Importantly it will facilitate new media production as well as old, it will have a library, archive, research facilities, studios and accommodation as well as a gallery dedicated to the history of the house.

It will be a base for new ways of looking at art and its production. A sculpture, it will become part of the regional landscape and act as a beacon to advanced ideas and art praxis in the regional and international scenes.

With this call for entries, the Centre of Attention is seeking proposals for the re-imagining of Sutton Scarsdale Hall, Derbyshire into a pavilion of postcontemporary curating.

This call is open to architects, designers, artists, curators and others. All ideas, gestural, utopian or pragmatic are welcome. Proposals and concepts can be submitted as drawings, images or texts, by email to on@thecentreofattention.org

More information and images: www.thecentreofattention.org
The Centre of Attention: 020 8880 5507 or 07792 582 386

New Studios available at Yorkshire ArtSpace, Sheffield

Yorkshire ArtSpace Society will soon be extending its studio base beyond its current 53 studios at Persistence Works in the city centre, with the provision of 36 new studios for artists and makers in different areas of the city. They are now calling for interest from new studioholders for three new sites across Sheffield. The developments are the result of exciting neighbourhood renewal projects in specific areas in Sheffield, strengthening partnerships with key organisations in those neighbourhoods, and the growing demand for studio space for visual artists and makers in Sheffield.

Yorkshire ArtSpace: Porter Brook Studios is in Sheffield City Centre (S1), and is available from May 2009. Next door to Persistence Works, this well lit, well serviced, low cost temporary studio base with spaces on the 1st and 2nd floor, will be available on a short term licence basis.

Yorkshire ArtSpace: Manor Oaks Studios in the S2 area of the city is available from Spring 2010. These brand new, purpose built studios at Manor Oaks farm are being developed in partnership with Green Estate, in line with their sustainable agenda. The studios in this historical setting, close to Sheffield city centre, are particularly suitable for artists working in crafts or applied arts.

Yorkshire ArtSpace: SOAR Works are new developments in Parson Cross (S6) in the north of Sheffield, and are available from Summer 2010. These new, purpose built studios are being developed in partnership with Southey Owlerton Area Regeneration. All units are north facing and situated on the top floor with natural skylights. This complex is situated with easy access to the M1 and the A61North and the studios are particularly suitable for more quieter visual arts practices.

All artists within these new complexes will be part of Yorkshire ArtSpace Society’s membership, with access to communal facilities at the main building at Persistence Works, such as the meeting room and reception, participation in joint events and initiatives and access to business support services. For further information, images of the spaces and an application form visit http://www.artspace.org.uk/studios.htm or contact Anita Lloyd on anita@artspace.org.uk or 0114 2761769.

Prism

Welcoming submissions from artists

Prism is a new programme of contemporary art events commissioned by The Showroom Cinema, Sheffield. Taking place after Sheffield Hallam University’s Transmission lectures, it aims to take on the themes discussed and expand them into an evening of new commissioned work. Submissions will be taken from both established artists and promising Hallam students, who will receive a portion of Prism’s proceeds to help finance their 2009 Degree Show. Each event will focus on audio, video, performative and interactive works and will also feature live music. Over the course of the programme work will be exhibited in The Showroom Café, Cinema 1, the adjoining light well and the nearby Workstation foyer and upper level. A prism splits a beam of light, expanding its scope and exposing the spectrum it contains. Based in the centre of the cultural industries quarter, Prism will encourage a similar process. Engaging with the area it inhabits, the programme aims to create social evenings in which creative communities can converse around the spectrum of artistic interest.

If you are interested in submitting Work for PRISM, please contact Darren Chouings at prismsheffield@googlemail.com

Associate Membership - S1 Artspace

Become an Associate Member of S1 for £10 and receive:
* Invitations to exhibition openings, screenings and parties via post and email
* Associate Member newsletter (3 times a year)
* Acknowledgement of support on S1’s website
* Opportunities to be involved in trips, tours and special activities, subsidised by Arts Council England and limited to S1 studio holders (Members) and Associate Members.

Contact Katy Woods at associates@s1artspace.org