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20 Apr

Artcore Craft Shop – Artist and Makers Callout

Artcore Craft Shop

Artist and Makers Callout

Venue: Artcore Craft Shop, Artcore, 3 Charnwood Street, Derby DE1 2GT

Deadline extended for applying: 23 April 2018

Who: Artists/Makers

We are offering makers and artists the opportunity to sell work in our brand new Artcore Craft shop.

Whether you are an artist, maker, or just an enthusiast Artcore Craft Shop would love to hear from you.

With a professional programme of activities and events, regular weekly workshops and a programme of thought provoking exhibitions, Artcore is a vibrant arts venue in the heart of Derby.

Our Craft Shop is a new initiative to share a range of handmade contemporary crafts by designer-makers from across the UK. We are looking for new and innovative work in different mediums.

We seek work on a sale or return basis, charging 30% commission (inclusive of VAT).

If you would like your work to be considered, please send a short statement (about 200 words) and 5 images (with price, quantity and dimensions) to donna@artcoreuk.com

We look forward to hearing from you!

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20 Apr

Re-imagine the city Residency

Re-imagine the city Residency

Deadline to apply: Midnight 24th April 2018 Artcore invites emerging artists to apply to Re-imagine the City, a two months residency focusing on learning from the city and use of public space.The project aims to explore the issues that shape the city. The artists are called to work with local communities to map, re-imagine and influence the places where we live and work. Moreover the residency aims to examine the way in which we transform our surroundings to reflect the displacement of our dreams. Through the artwork produced by artists selected we will investigate the meaning of contemporary ‘utopia’, as an element which can provoke the social imagination by resonating with the themes of hope and desire. This residency will critically play with ideas and practices of city planning, regeneration, gentrification and ‘place-making’ and will investigate two central themes: Imagination – how artists in collaboration with local communities can re-imagine the city? Action – how artists can generate projects that interrupt, activate and re-imagine the neighbourhood, using play, art and design processes in public space? We welcome applicants working in any discipline and with a cross disciplinary approach to their practice, to occupy Artcore studios. Specifically, Artcore is looking for :
  • Artists with a commitment to developing their practice, and who seek dialogue and engagement with the local communities and the wider international contemporary arts and cultural sector.
  • Artists with an interest in how sharing space and collaborative working can inform
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