2012 Residency Scheme: Call for proposals

 

 

Project Ability is offering six Glasgow based visual artists the opportunity to apply for a one month residency in our studios in Trongate 103.

Our workshop is fully accessible and applications are particularly welcomed from artists who have a disability. The successful artists will have access to workshop space and production facilities five days a week (Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays) for a full calendar month.

This is not private space and you will have the opportunity to interact with Project Ability’s staff, tutors, artists and visitors to the workshop.

I want a career in community arts, which is why this residency is really interesting: I get to see how the tutors work with the participants, it inspires me for my career.
-Karly Burns, January 2011

“I haven't painted for some time now because I don't have a studio and I have been working full-time in the voluntary sector. The residency has given me a chance to re-engage with that aspect of my practice.”
-Duncan Wilson, May 2011

A reasonable materials allowance will be made from our stock supply (i.e. paint, canvas, paper, clay) but extra costs will be incurred if for example, you are planning on working extensively in the glass room.

The Residencies will be offered to artists who can successfully demonstrate how they will use the time and resources to develop their artistic practice. This is an opportunity to undertake an intensive period of work, to develop work for an exhibition and / or for your own personal development. You might want to explore new materials or feel a period of concentrated work would be beneficial to you.

You will have the opportunity to submit work to a group exhibition in our gallery in January 2013.

Applications must contain 4 images of your work, preferably emailed or on a disc, an artist statement, a work plan and your preferred calendar month from April 2012 through to September 2012.

Please contact Elisabeth Gibson director@project-ability.co.uk if you would like assistance with any aspect of the application process.

Applications must be received by 2nd March 2012. Artists will be notified if they have been awarded a residency by the 16th March. The programme will commence from the 2nd April 2012. There will be six one month residencies in April, May, June, July, August and September.

Applications should be submitted online at submissions@project-ability.co.uk with ‘residency programme’ in the subject bar or mailed to: Project Ability, 3rd floor, Trongate 103, Glasgow, G1 5HD

“After my degree I felt quite disheartened, and I didn’t want to paint because of the pressure I put upon myself. To get self-motivated to make your work and change your mindset after Art School is a learning curve! But this residency is a great way to get back into the work. There are people around you, so you can interact with them, get feedback, but without any pressure. I feel a lot more free!”
-Karly Burns, January 2011.

 

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