Call for Artists working in the Public Realm / Public Artists

Project Dandelion is the BSF Public Art programme for the City of Wolverhampton. Dandelion will create opportunities and exposure for the best of contemporary visual and performance artists through a highly visible and high profile public art project in Wolverhampton.
Opportunities will include atrium pieces, event-led activity, exhibitions, indoor and outdoor commissions, small and large scale. This is a dynamic and ambitious programme of Public Art in schools that will work with and promote artists and art of the highest quality. As well as being commissioned to design, create and install the artwork varying degrees of consultation and participation will be required. This will be designed in collaboration with each individual artist and will be tailored to be project and commission specific.

We are building a stable/pool of artists who work principally within the field of Public Art. We are creating opportunities for artists that work in photography, film, video, painting, sculpture, glass, metal, wood and other media, based in the UK. Opportunities will also be developed for performing artists to include live art, theatre, music and literature, although these will be fewer.
Selection to the stable/pool is no guarantee of being commissioned. The opportunity is time limited as the stable/pool will be operational until summer 2012, at which point we will wish to refresh the submissions.

If you are successful we will notify you by email. Unfortunately, we will not be unable to contact artists who are unsuccessful.

Project Dandelion is working with 16,000 pupils, across 23 secondary schools over four phases over 4 years as part of Building Schools for the Future in Wolverhampton. Our budget is being provided by Carillion as a per cent for art scheme and the schools, Wolverhampton City Council will be the owners the work at the end of the project.

If you are a professional artist based in the UK please send the following information on a CD Rom (please no email submissions) in order to be considered:

1. Artists Statement no more than 500 words (hard copy and on CD)
2. CV, that includes education, track record, commission and exhibition history (hard copy and on CD)
3. 15 images of your work drawn from a maximum of 5 projects/commissions (sent as 10” X 8” X 300 DPI, JPEG files)
4. Web site address and complete contact information (hard copy and on CD)
5. Indication of commission fees/prices (hard copy and on CD)

Deadline WEDNESDAY 8TH DECEMBER 2010.

Please send to Nicola Shipley, 302 The Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Digbeth, Birmingham B9 4AA

EAC Art Awards 2010

For news about the 2010 Art Awards please visit www.eacartawards.org.uk !

Calling all artists/Open Submission, New Greenham Arts

Established and emerging artists within the UK are invited to submit works to the New Greenham Arts & Corn Exchange 2010 Open Submission exhibition in October. Works will be considered from all media, traditional and new media. One artist will be selected from the show for a solo exhibition in 2011.

For more information and an application form contact the Visual Arts Manager Sally Childs Tel: 01635 817480 or E: sally@ng-arts.org.uk or visit the Corn Exchange/New Greenham Arts website at www.cornexchangenew.com .

Dealine for applications is 31st August 2010.

Royal Academy of Arts - Paul Sandby exhibition & free lectures

Paul Sandby RA: Picturing Britain

Ends 13 June

Paul Sandby is one of the leading figures of British eighteenth-century art. This major retrospective reveals his fascinating social commentary at a time when Britain was undergoing rapid change.

The exhibition includes over 80 works, focusing on the finest examples of Sandby’s watercolours.

More information here


Paul Sandby RA Free Lectures

Paul Sandby Spotlight Talks
Thursdays at 3pm - Until 10 June 2010
In the Sackler Wing of Galleries
10-minute talks on individual works in 'Paul Sandby RA (1731–1809): Picturing Britain’
Free with an exhibition ticket.

Paul Sandby Public Gallery Talks
Tuesdays at 2.30pm and Fridays at 7pm - Until 1 June 2010
In the Sackler Wing of Galleries
45-minute introductory talks exploring 'Paul Sandby RA (1731–1809): Picturing Britain’
Meet in gallery 1; free with an exhibition ticket.

Sandby Views of Windsor
24 May 2010
In the Reynolds Room, a John Madejski Fine Room

Lecture by the Hon. Lady Roberts from The Royal Collection.
1–2pm, doors open at 12.30pm
Free; book tickets here

Call for Artists: Exhibition Opportunity Windsor

Two Magpies return to roost at the Mill House cafe-restaurant in the heart of Windsor for their second show and are looking for art to adorn the walls!

Exhibition Theme: Fragments
FREE ENTRY
Deadline: 10th June 2010

Open to all artists working in any medium.

We have the use of a beautiful space on Windsor's main shopping street, right by the Castle.

Only selected artists will be asked to pay a £20 admin fee.

Submit 1 to 10 images by email or post.
For full details please email: twomagpiesfind@yahoo.co.uk

CANADIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK SPARKS BROADWAY ARTS FESTIVAL

John Singer Sargent’s 1887 painting of two girls lighting paper lanterns in a garden at twilight has long been one of the artist’s best-loved works. Canadian children’s author Hugh Brewster decided to tell the story behind its creation in a book entitled Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose: The Story of a Painting, (Kids Can Press.) The book was nominated for a 2007 Governor General's Award and selected as one of the best children’s books of the year by the Washington Post.

On a visit to the village of Broadway, Worcestershire, where the book is set, Brewster suggested to local art dealer John Noott, that the village should have a festival to celebrate the remarkable colony of artists (Sargent, Henry James, Laurence Alma-Tadema, Frank Millet and others) who once lived there. “I suggested that I’d write a play adaptation of Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose to be performed right where it happened 125 years before,” Brewster recalls.

Next month, a gala performance of Brewster’s play will launch the first Broadway Arts Festival on Friday 11th June 2010. The village will be decorated with thousands of lanterns and an exhibition of works by Sargent and other members of the Broadway colony will be opened by Sargent’s great-nephew, art historian Richard Ormond. For the following ten days there will be talks by Sargent scholars, theatre, music, guided walks and a flower festival. See www.broadwayartsfestival.com for further information.

“It’s thrilling to see all this become a reality,” says Brewster. “The festival will be a biennial event and there are few places lovelier than the Cotswold hills in June”.

For More Information Please Contact:
Debbie Williamson
Broadway Arts Festival Press Officer
+44(0)1386 858841
Email: dj.tanserwilliamson@btinternet.com

CANADIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK SPARKS BROADWAY ARTS FESTIVAL

John Singer Sargent’s 1887 painting of two girls lighting paper lanterns in a garden at twilight has long been one of the artist’s best-loved works. Canadian children’s author Hugh Brewster decided to tell the story behind its creation in a book entitled Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose: The Story of a Painting, (Kids Can Press.) The book was nominated for a 2007 Governor General's Award and selected as one of the best children’s books of the year by the Washington Post.

On a visit to the village of Broadway, Worcestershire, where the book is set, Brewster suggested to local art dealer John Noott, that the village should have a festival to celebrate the remarkable colony of artists (Sargent, Henry James, Laurence Alma-Tadema, Frank Millet and others) who once lived there. “I suggested that I’d write a play adaptation of Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose to be performed right where it happened 125 years before,” Brewster recalls.

Next month, a gala performance of Brewster’s play will launch the first Broadway Arts Festival on Friday 11th June 2010. The village will be decorated with thousands of lanterns and an exhibition of works by Sargent and other members of the Broadway colony will be opened by Sargent’s great-nephew, art historian Richard Ormond. For the following ten days there will be talks by Sargent scholars, theatre, music, guided walks and a flower festival. See www.broadwayartsfestival.com for further information.

“It’s thrilling to see all this become a reality,” says Brewster. “The festival will be a biennial event and there are few places lovelier than the Cotswold hills in June”.

For More Information Please Contact:
Debbie Williamson
Broadway Arts Festival Press Officer
+44(0)1386 858841
Email: dj.tanserwilliamson@btinternet.com

Photographic exhibition - Man Made Bodies of Water

Man Made Bodies of Water: Photography by Robert James, Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery
15 May – 4 July 2010

How do you look at your surrounding landscapes? Can you see how your local area has adapted to urban settings? This exhibition focuses on the beauty of man made landscapes in enlightening colour photography.

Robert James, a local photographer creates colour images that concentrate on the meeting of artificial environments with nature. Robert looks particularly at the effects of the quarrying industry in his work. Capturing open spaces used in everyday lives, Robert’s photographs reveal an alternative view of the local scenery.

Take this opportunity to see Nuneaton and Bedworth through different eyes and visit this exhibition which includes artworks for sale.

Accompanied by activities for children, this display is ideal for all especially keen photographers.

Freelance tutors required for Cheltenham Fine Art

A patient, encouraging and supportive tutor to young people and adults in their personal practice of fine art painting, drawing and sculpture is needed in the West Midlands.

Freelance/drop in tutors required for courses in fine art: drawing, life drawing, painting, sculpture and (coming soon) print at our Cheltenham Studio. You will have more than just an interest in doing a spot of teaching, but have a real concern for the complicated practice of teaching art practice and you’ll want to talk about it too. Ideally, you’ll also be a Gloucestershire, Worcestershire or Oxfordshire artist keen to coordinate and organise your own events at the studio and will join our Artists’ network. You will be reliable, consistent, enthusiastic and passionate for your practice and very hard working. The qualification required is a BA (M preferred) in Fine Art or related area.

A one off or weekly sessions may be available. It will be a paid position at £10 per hour but no travel fees will be provided for. For more information just visit their website at www.cheltfineart.co.uk or you can contact Sarah at sarah@cheltfineart.co.uk for an application form and to arrange a trial session.

THE DEADLINE FOR ALL APPLICATIONS IS FRIDAY 2ND APRIL 2010

Special Offer for NADFAS members ends 31 March

Farncombe Estate 1st Time Booking Discount for members of NADFAS.

All special offers from the Nadfas magazine are now online at www.nadfas.org.uk

Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts is fully booked

For detail of other Art History and Art Appreciation events please visit Art Appreciation & Fine Arts - Short Weekend Courses, Leisure Breaks & Events, Farncombe Estate, Broadway, Cotswolds

Artybuzz

Artybuzz.com is an online gallery and artists community where artists of all kinds can add and sell their work to a worldwide audience for free. Artybuzz provides a simple system where artists upload their work, choose their sale price and then choose whether to sell their work as giclee art prints, canvas art prints and more. Artybuzz manufacture on artists behalf and then send them their earnings once something is sold.

Artybuzz provides a number of key benefits to all its members including the ability to:

- Share and sell your artistic creations to a worldwide audience

- View, enjoy and buy all kinds of art from a wide range of artists, styles, genres and places

- Create and join groups dedicated to the kinds of art you love

- Meet and interact with all kinds of art lovers, artists, photographers, designers and other creative’s

- Promote your work, advertise exhibitions and events, and enter and win competitions

- Gain feedback and recognition for the work you produce

You don’t have to be an artist to join ArtyBuzz.com, everyone is welcome no matter what you do or what kind of art you produce. For more information or to register, simply go to www.artybuzz.com.

The subtle cello and the English Landscape, Walker Art Gallery / Summer Music

Every Saturday at 2 pm, the Walker Art Gallery hosts the Musicians' Gallery, bringing music, dance, poetry or song with a fresh approach to one of Britain's finest art collections.

Saturday 6th February has Ruth Spargo's solo cello amongst the pictures of Gainsborough, Stubbs and Reynolds, weaving Bach with the contemporary and extraordinary Hindemith’s Solo Sonata, Op.25 No.3, alongside traditional English melodies and transcriptions for the most soulful of the strings. Free entry.

Worth a trip from far afield
Contact: Dave Ellwand pd@DaveEllwand.co.uk

Vale Arts Trail October 2009

Only a few weeks left until the launch of Vale Arts Trail! Vena (Vale of Evesham Network of Artists) with the support of Wychavon District Council are organising Vale Arts Trail, which is a month long visual arts festival in and around Pershore, Evesham and Broadway from 3rd-31st October 09. It is the first of its kind in the area, to purely focus on the visual arts and crafts. The Vale Arts Trail will be showing exhibitions in galleries, open studios, libraries, gardens, parks, shops, cafes, churches and community centres around the vale. They are from a range of local artists and arts groups, both amateur and professional in painting, photography, crafts and sculpture. The work will also be for sale.

There will also be a fantastic community programme along side it for children, young people, adults and older people. Workshops include sessions on John Sargeant, Halloween themed crafts, how to get the best out of your digitial camera, make your own portraits and using collage to create stories. Also, there will be a talk from Ian Gibson in connection with his exhibition at Number 8. There will also be two free ‘Walk and Talks’, a guided tour of Evesham and Pershore’s exhibitions. Two free ‘Big Draw’ events will also be a feature, which is the national initiative to get people drawing. One of these will be at the launch event on Sat 3rd October to start the month off at Pershore High School and the other to close the trail on 31st October at Evesham Town Hall. And for a sneak preview of the exhibitions, Pershore Library are holding a sample of most of the exhibitions for the whole month. There is a free public preview on Friday 2nd October at Pershore Library from 6-7.30pm so do drop in for a drink and some nibbles and meet the artists! (A full workshop programme is attached)


This has been made possible with funding from Wychavon District Council, Worcestershire County Council, Pershore Market Town Partnerships and Evesham Market Town Partnerships.

A full programme is available in various locations around, including Tourist Information Centres, Libraries and Wychavon’s contact centres. If you would like to be sent one please contact Jenny Davis or check out the website http://www.wychavon.gov.uk/ (see the arts section).

Contact Jenny Davis 01386 565396 or e-mail jenny.davis@wychavon.gov.uk for more information.

Compton Verney - Georgian Portraits Exhibition

20 May – 13 December 2009

A Display of Georgian Portraits: Seeing is Believing.

On loan from the Holburne Museum in Bath it traces the development of Georgian Portraiture in Britain.

It examines the shift in the purpose of portraits from symbols of success and status, to a new era of realism and glamour. Coinciding with the launch of this display will be a Georgian weekend, with a whole host of historical events and activities for all ages.
Find out more about the display or book tickets

http://www.comptonverney.org.uk/?page=/tickets/tickets.html

broadway arts festival 2010

2010 Broadway Arts Festival – Dedicated to John Singer Sargent RA and the Broadway Colony
John Singer Sargent Festival : 11 - 20 June 2010

Friday 11th June 2010, Official Festival launch including an evening talk on John Singer Sargent at Farncombe by Heather Birchall, Curator (Historic Fine Art) Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester.

Start of Farncombe Estate weekend with Hugh Brewster, renowned author, on John Singer Sargent and Francis D. Millet.

For more details visit www.FarncombeEstate.co.uk/BroadwayArtsFestival2010

How to Look at French Impressionist Paintings Course at Farncombe Estate

How to Look at French Impressionist Paintings with Alice Foster

Today, images by Monet, Renoir and their contemporaries are usually viewed with affection and ease but we forget that in the 1870s when these paintings were first shown, they were treated with suspicion and derision. It was a time of experimenting with new artificial colours and new paint brushes. New subject matter challenged the traditional. Alice Foster leads this study day, exploring the avant garde nature of the Impressionists; she demonstrates the reasons why they were considered to be so strange at the time and the effect they had on the Modern Movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

If you are interested in attending this course then please contact Mandy, Nikki or Charley on 01386 854 100 or e-mail enquiries@farncombeestate.co.uk

New Medieval Europe Gallery now open

http://www.farncombeestate.co.uk/coursedetail.asp?course=1776&fac=

Medieval Europe 1050–1550

The Paul and Jill Ruddock Gallery

Opening 25 March 2009

The new gallery features the famous Lewis Chessmen alongside Byzantine art, Romanesque and Gothic metalwork and ivory, coinage, jewellery, arms and armour, prints, leatherwork, tiles, and scientific instruments.

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/galleries/europe/room_40_europe_ad_1000-1540.aspx

Juliet Heslewood - Lecture at Farncombe Estate is the subject of her new book!

Juliet Heslewood studied for her first degree at London University and later gained her MA from Toulouse. For over 25 years she lived in France where she devised and led study tours on art and architecture as well as continuing her writing career. Her books include ‘The History of Western Painting’ and its companion on Sculpture – both for young people – which were translated into twelve languages. She has a new book out now, the subject of another popular lecture which she gives at Farncombe: “Mother: Portraits by 40 Great Artists”. From Rembrandt, Rossetti and Van Gogh to Picasso, Kahlo and Hockney, forty portraits make up this collection of atists’ mothers. A delicious combination of art history and biographical anecdote, it is also an elegant celebration of the powerful relationships between sons, daughters and their mothers.

Juliet will be happy to sign copies of her new book, when students attend her lecture at Farncombe Estate on the 29/03/2009 - copies will be available to purchase

New Permanent Galleries at the British Museum

Medieval Europe 1050–1550
The Paul and Jill Ruddock Gallery
Opening in March 2009
The new gallery features the famous Lewis Chessmen alongside Byzantine art, Romanesque and Gothic metalwork and ivory, coinage, jewellery, arms and armour, prints, leatherwork, tiles, and scientific instruments.

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/galleries/europe/room_40_europe_ad_1000-1540.aspx