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SPILL National Platform: Call for entries 2012
This is a call out to performance artists and actors to get involved in the SPILL National Platform!
The SPILL National Platform is for emerging artists, and part of SPILL Festival, it showcases innovative, daring and exciting work, created today by artists of the future.
Artworker needed for The Incomers
Matthew Liney has approached us to source a creative who could produce an image for Murray Lachlan Young’s The Incomers.
They are looking for an an image depicting..
Three pairs of muddy wellie boots in a row (two mens, one womans) next to a pair of high heeled platform shoes with a feather boa draped round. Rolled up £20 note on the floor. Possible handcuffs and a smashed wine glass. Could be photo - could be drawn - could be combo of both
Budget
There is a budget. They would like you to quote for a test shot. ACE money will be coming through at the beginning of June to fund the project. If Murray likes the image you’ll get recompense for either re-staging or re-making the image or for it to be used in all tour publicity. Please contact Matthew for more details.
Format
Stage 1 the work is for print (brochures).
Stage 2 would be for print, online, posters etc.
Target Audience
The play will appeal to audiences aged 12 plus. However specific groups would include:-
- new drama audiences / previous theatre audiences
- spoken word audiences
- BBC Radio 4 and 6 Music audiences
- audiences with an interest in the urban / rural interest groups
- other arts attenders
Timescale
Phase A - ASAP for a test shot
Phase B - (post funding decision) end of June for finished art work
More information on the project:
The project was formally called A Burlesque (by Murray Lachlan Young). It has recently been recently renamed The Incomers by Murray Lachlan Young. Essentially the image is to entice people to see the show and let them have a flavour of what they were letting themselves in for!
The IncomersIt’s Gordon and Celia’s wedding anniversary. They’ve asked their oldest and dearest friends Zach and Jane down from London. The only problem is that Zach and Jane aren’t Zach and Jane anymore. Jane has gone and Julia - the twenty five year old, French burlesque dancer, has taken her place.
What starts as a simple celebration quickly unravels with one revelation after another until we become aware that no one has been telling the truth to anyone about anything for a very long time.
Written entirely in his characteristic verse by BBC 6 Music poet in residence Murray Lachlan Young The Incomers will have you gasping and roaring with laughter in equal measures!
If you are able to produce something for Matthew, he’s like it as soon as possible. We would suggest by Monday 28th, then please email or call 01473 218202 for more details.
Call for artists!
Essex & South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership are looking to commission an artist to produce artwork to brighten up Braintree Freeport Station.
They want your ideas. It could be on a railway theme, shopper theme, or local theme. The station is located at Freeport shopping centre. If you are interested please submit your CV’s and idea’s to Lynda Stone via email by the 6 June.
They have funding of £9,000 for the complete project. They would prefer Braintree artists for the projects, but local Essex artists can still apply.
If you require any further information please telephone Jayne Sumner on 01245 435772.
Call for stall holders @ Colchester Community Sports Festival
Our resident Lyndall Rosewarne, events organiser, just dropped by to let us know that there spaces available for stall holders at the CBC Colchester Community Sports Festival.
The event is on Thursday 7 June, 12 - 5pm at Castle Park. The event will be celebrating the Halfords Tour Series taking place in the town and will be a fun event for families to enjoy during the half term.
Lyndall is looking for interesting & creative stalls. You don’t need to be sports related, it could a craft, vintage, or art pitch. Stalls are free, but you are just provided with a square of grass so you are required to bring everything you need with you.
If you have an idea for a stall or want to know more just get in touch with Lyndal via email or call: 07847498865. Time is of the essence Colchester. The deadline was yesterday so this is a last minute shout out.
The Colchester Fine Art Open 2012
Calling all artists! Colchester School of Art in partnership with Colchester Art Society is inviting entries for The Colchester Fine Art Open 2012. This will be an exhibition taking place at The Minories Galleries with the theme ‘Visions of East Anglia’.
A vision can be an interpretation, an inspiration, an aspiration or a hallucination. East Anglia can be seen from nearby or from afar, and at any level of engagement.
Works will be selected by a panel of arts professionals including:
- Colin Self, British pop artist based in Norwich and famous for his highly innovative printing techniques and sculptures related to cold-war politics.
- Anthony Atkinson, President of the Colchester Art Society.
- Ron Sims, Chairman of the Colchester Art Society selection committee.
- Jayne Knowles, Head of Colchester School of Art.
- Kaavous Clayton, Curator, The Minories.
Submission process:
Works can be submitted to The Minories on: Thursday 26th and Friday 27th April 2012, from 10am to 6pm.
Unselected work will be available for collection on: Tuesday 8 May or Wednesday 9 May 2012, from 10am to 6pm.
Please note that due to limited storage space any works not collected on these days will be charged £5 storage per entry per day.
Exhibition preview: Friday 1 June 2012, 6pm to 8pm
Exhibition open: Saturday 2 June to Saturday 14 July. Monday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm
Prizes will be awarded for work of special merit as follows:
- £300 donated by the Colchester Art Society
- An invitation to present a solo exhibition at The Minories Galleries
Submission forms available via email or call the gallery on 01206 712437 and they’ll post a form out to you! A great opportunity for local artists. We look forward to viewing the exhibition in June.
Sparks Will Fly @ Slack Space
The Great Glass Bead Game
13 - 30 June
Slack Space
Victoria Place Colchester CO1 1LR
From 13 – 30 June 2012 Slack Space presents a very special exhibition ‘The Great Glass Bead Game!’ This exhibition is part of Sparks Will Fly, the official Essex Cultural Olympiad event, and features some very exciting activity!
In May a 12ft high champion Marina (a stilted performer and chariot) arrives on a sail barge to Harwich. She is met by local dignitaries and others. The Champion is here to play ‘The Game’ and must collect 12 giant glass beads from across Essex. A few days later another Champion, Boris, arrives via Stansted Airport and is greeted with the full state welcome! Boris too is here to collect glass beads and play ‘The Game’. For the next month the two Champions go all over Essex, never meeting each other, joining in a big event in each town and finding beads. Each time they visit a town they grow bigger and by the time they get to Colchester they are 12 foot high!
The finale date is Hylands Park Chelmsford on July 6th when the two Champions meet and battle it out in ‘The Game,’ accompanied by a spectacular fire show. This finale event also celebrates the arrival of the Olympic Torch in Chelmsford.
The puppet Marina will arrive in Colchester on 30 June to find the Colchester glass bead!
Slack Space will be making and filling the large acrylic sphere and it will contain things which are specifically local to Colchester. At present the list consists of Colchester roses and oyster shells, but they are looking for ideas and a contribution of curiosities for anything else which represents Colchester. (See the diagram below)
Do you have a model of a Roman Soldier or a miniature Jumbo? Whatever it is, it can be historical, modern, quirky, or simply a knick-knack that you have had lying around for years.
It can’t be any bigger than two inches in any direction or it wont fit in…
All ideas and contributions welcome - you can drop things in at Slack Space if you like, or just send an email with any ideas.
Weasel in a Teacup - call for performers & artists
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Illustrators & Book artists wanted!
Illustrators and book related artists are needed for the World Book Night event on Monday 23rd April. They are looking for artists to create some live illustrations at Slack Space from 7 - 11pm .
The event happened last year and a particular book was chosen and advised to artists in advance so they could produce a book cover on the spot. It’s not competitive, just great fun and all copyrights are respected.
If you would like to be involved please contact Dorian Kelly via email.
