Call for Artists: River Crossings

Deadline: 31^st Aug

The gallery sits right next to the River Tyne in the town of Haddington and it is a site of great ecological interest and importance for the region. Not only this, but the river itself marks a social division in the town which was created during the 1960s when the Glasgow overspill were uprooted from the Gorbals and placed in towns in the region, with no attempt made at creating social cohesion. This town planning scheme effected communities across Glasgow, the Scottish Borders and the Lothians. The gallery will be using the river site for a number of projects over the coming months, of which this is the first.

We are now looking for an artist to contribute to an extraordinary project this autumn, which will engage with the ecology of the river while also working with residents of the town. The commission of £2000 will cover a solo exhibition in the gallery for the duration of the project. There is also money for fully paid workshop onsite working and engagement on Saturdays and a materials budget in addition to this fee.

Please apply with a one-page project proposal, C.V. and up to five images of previous work to the email address below. Links to webpages also welcome.

Email: kate.ppgallery@yahoo.co.uk

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Call for Artists

                

The Monument Project I: Paper 

Over the course of 2012-13, the Peter Potter Gallery will be running The Monument Project, a series of four exhibitions and associated residencies, events and workshops, as well as the gallery’s ongoing archaeological  research partnership in the region. This project will be a cumulative exploration of the relevance of the monument to contemporary art, creating original interpretations of monumentality for the 21^st century. We now invite proposals from artists for The Monument Project’s first exhibition, in Jan-March 2013: Paper. In this first exhibition, we hope to explore the essential and fragile histories found in paper ephemera.    

Written histories rely on ephemera – the process of revealing and exploring the past is dependent on these most vulnerable of artefacts, and most human. We invite artists to submit proposals for an exhibition which will not only explore the historical value of ephemera, but will also be constructed entirely from paper. We are particularly interested in sculptural works/installations which are ambitious in scale and will fully occupy our 20’ square exhibition space.

Paper is a sculptural material with limitless potential. It can be cut, moulded, mashed, ripped, torn, shredded, compressed, carved, layered, dyed, painted, drawn on, varnished, folded or glued. It can be used to create sculpture that is enduring and solid, or the most delicate and vulnerable tissue-thin works, intended only to survive the length of the exhibition. The material and the theme are therefore inseparable here, as both highlight the durability of this fragile material.

This commission will go to the project that shows the greatest originality, sensitivity and ambition, and both established and early career artists are welcomed to apply.

Deadline: Friday 6^th April. Please email proposals with C.V. and up to ten images of recent work (or website address) to Kate Kilpatrick: kate.ppgallery@yahoo.co.uk  

Artists’ Fee: Approx £1500 (final amount to be confirmed), plus materials budget. Collaborations welcome.

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