IN CONTEXT 4 – IN OUR TIME: Open Call for New Programme of Commissions

South Dublin County Council through its public art programme for 2016 – 2019, IN CONTEXT 4 – IN OUR TIME, invites applications from artists and arts practitioners to become a part of this exciting programme of commissions.

IN CONTEXT 4 – IN OUR TIME aims to develop a public art programme, which will act as a gathering point and a catalyst for change. A programme that will create connections and collaborations between different areas of the county and between art, people and place.

IN CONTEXT 4 – IN OUR TIME will assert the role of the ‘artist as citizen’ and the ‘artist as leader’ by asking artists to inspire a future for the County that is connected to a sense of place, community belonging and civic awareness. We would like the programme to reflect on the history of the county, have an awareness of different audiences, diversity and explore excellence in all artistic disciplines and art forms.

Closing Date
12pm Friday, 2nd December 2016.
Late submissions WILL NOT be accepted.

Download Artists’ Brief
In Context 4 Artists Brief (349.86 KB PDF)
In Context 4 Terms and Conditions (66.67 KB PDF)

Briefing and Information Day: 19th October 2016

An information and briefing meeting will be arranged for artists, writers, filmmakers, musicians, artistic directors, curators, creative producers, arts and culture groups, community groups.

Diverse presentations and a questions and answers session will form an important part of this gathering. The meeting will take place at RUA RED, South Dublin Arts Centre, Tallaght, on Wednesday 19th October 2016, at 10.30am.

For more information contact: info@incontext4.ie or visit: www.incontext4.ie

The annual switch event will take place this year from the 1st until the 8th of November, in Nenagh, Co Tipperary, Ireland. 

We are inviting artists working with film / moving image / lens based Media, to consider an application for this event which will run 1st – 8th of November 2016.

switch began in 2008 showing eight works by eight artists in eight locations in Nenagh town centre. For the eighth edition of this event we are making an open call to artists to submit a body of eight works.

switch 2016 then, is eight works, eight locations, one artist.

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Scope of Proposal:

switch 2016 will be 8 lens based works by one individual artist.

These works will be installed in 8 different locations throughout the town centre of Nenagh and will run simultaneously from ca. 5pm to ca.12pm daily for one week.

The event itself will be accompanied by a small publication & a website.

You are invited to submit a proposal to show 8 lens based works. Please include a short statement describing your proposal and include a bio.

Payment: 

An artist fee of Euro 2000 will be paid to the artist for the showing of the 8 works. Please note VAT may be applicable.

Proposal:

Please send us your proposal to: switch.information@gmail.com. Closing date for proposal: Friday 7th October 2016. The 8 works can be sent to us online via dropbox or wetransfer or alternative: quicktime movies work best.

some notes:

– the installed videos should have no sound

–           the video works will be situated in the public sphere

–           works will be shown on a constant loop,

– exhibited works will be shown using a Media-player & a projector

– the format of showing the work is by using large windows as projection screens.

Droichead Arts Centre is seeking a new Director. Interested parties should apply with a cover letter and an up to date Curriculum Vitae no later than Monday 10th October by email to nickreilly@eircom.net with the subject line ‘Director DAC Role’.
Please do not submit hard copy applications.
All applications will be acknowledged electronically within three days, if you do not receive an acknowledgement, please email a request without delay, as it is the candidate’s sole responsibility to ensure that the application is received.

Invitations to interview will be issued by phone and email, so please ensure your contact number/email address is supplied.
Salary: €50,000 p/a
Shortlisting will apply
Interviews will take place the week beginning October 24th in Drogheda (with second interviews, if necessary, the week starting October 31st)
Start date: Dec 2016/ Jan 2017
More information can be obtained from our website www.droichead.com

Droichead Arts Centre is an equal opportunities employer

Garter Lane Arts Centre is inviting local, national and international visual artists and curators to submit proposals for the 2017/2018 visual arts exhibitions programme. Garter Lane Arts Centre welcomes ambitious proposals from individual artists and groups, working in any media and at any career stage. The deadline for submissions is 10am, Wednesday 31^st of August 2016.

Garter Lane Arts Centre is a vibrant and thriving venue for visual arts, theatre, dance, comedy, music, film and literature in the heart of Waterford City. Garter Lane Arts Centre welcomes over 30,000 visitors annually and is supported by the Arts Council, Waterford City and County Council, the Department of Social Protection, its Patrons and Friends. Garter Lane Arts Centre has been at the heart of the artistic community of Waterford for over 30 years, through its diverse year-round programme of exhibitions, performances and outreach events. Occupying a former Quaker meeting house which was built in 1792, it now boasts a 160 seater theatre, main gallery space and front of house exhibition space.

For further information and to download a submission guidelines, visit www.garterlane.ie

There are still two weeks left for artists to register for this year’s Aesthetica Art Prize, an international award that celebrates excellence in contemporary art. Now in its 10^th edition, the Prize offers the opportunity for both emerging and established artists to showcase their work to an international audience and further their engagement with the art world.

Prizes include:

• £5,000 Main Prize Winner, courtesy of Hiscox
• Group exhibition hosted by Aesthetica
• Editorial coverage in Aesthetica Magazine
• Publication in the Aesthetica Art Prize Anthology
• £250 art supplies vouchers, courtesy of Winsor & Newton
• A selection of art publications from Prestel Books

Categories for entry: Photographic & Digital Art; Painting & Drawing; Three Dimensional Design & Sculpture, and Video, Installation & Performance.

Deadline 31 August. Enter here: www.aestheticamagazine.com/art-prize/enter

Location: Portstewart plus other locations throughout NI
Deadline:      4pm, Monday 22^nd August 2016
Interviews:   Tuesday 30^th August 2016

Big Telly is seeking an imaginative, charismatic and highly organised Creative Director for one year to deliver our shop project, transforming empty shops into shared creative spaces.  Salary £19k – £23k p.a. (full-time). Job share considered.

Candidates should have knowledge of, background in, and be passionate about the arts; have excellent facilitation, directing and group work skills; be flexible in their approach and availability; be highly organised with an aptitude to work unsupervised; be able to engage with a wide range of people and represent the company in both formal and informal settings.

Commencing in Sept 2016, access to a car, a full clean driving licence and a willingness to travel throughout N. Ireland, are essential.

For further information go to www.big-telly.com

For an application pack please e-mail, info@big-telly.com

c/o Flowerfield Arts Centre
185 Coleraine Road
PORTSTEWART                   
BT55 7HU
N. Ireland
Tel: 028 7083 2588

Big Telly Theatre Company is an equal opportunities employer.

This post is funded by The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.

The Bailieborough Poetry Prize is generously sponsored by the BAILIE HOTEL and the winner will receive €300 for first prize,  the closing date is 31^st August 2016.

Please enter and give it your best shot ! Full details on www.bailieboroughpoetry.com

Open Call for a Socially Engaged Commission at Tate Liverpool

as part of the Collaborative Arts Partnership Programme

funded by Creative Europe

Salary: Project budget: 40,000 GBP (approximately 50,000 EUR)

Location: Liverpool – Tate Liverpool

Closing date: 30 August 2016 at midnight

Tate Liverpool is fully committed to challenging the ways in which art is presented to the public and how this can evolve through working in social contexts.

To this end Tate Liverpool opens the call for collaborative socially engaged artist/s born in or resident in the UK, Ireland, Spain, Finland, Hungary or Germany, (partner countries within the Collaborative Arts Partnership Programme).

The brief is to research and deliver a new commission in Spring, 2017. The commission process will include a research period with the opportunity to develop a new work at Tate Liverpool, in collaboration with local communities and a network of established partners in the North of England and beyond.

It is envisaged that artists will work with local communities outside the institution as well as use the top floor gallery space at Tate Liverpool throughout April 2017.

Artists should have experience of working in the field of collaborative socially engaged practice, understand the ethical issues involved, be relevant to local conditions and engage a broad audience.

Individual artists or artist collectives are invited to submit draft proposals by 30 August 2016.

This Commission is part of the Collaborative Arts Partnership Programme, find more information at www.create-ireland.ie

Supported by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union (Culture Sub-Programme) Support for European Co-operation Projects Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency.

Application Information

For full details about this open call and what is required within your submission,

Deadline for proposals
August 30, 2016 to opencall@tate.org.uk Please use this email address for further information and any queries.
Information is also listed on tate.org.uk
http://www.e-flux.com/announcements/open-call-for-a-socially-engaged-commission/