Open Call | Arts Council of Northern Ireland
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland has announced an Open Call for artwork purchases. They are seeking submissions from artists and have advised that they will use the following objectives when it comes to considering works:
- Support individual artists;
- Contribute to the development of visual arts practice in Northern Ireland;
- Develop a culture in which visual art is respected and appreciated;
- Foster knowledge and research;
- Ensure that contemporary visual arts are showcased; and,
- Stimulate the art market in Northern Ireland
Applications must be submitted before 4 pm on Friday 14th February 2020 and can be done so via an online portal. More information, including a link to the portal, can be found online here.
Open Call | Conference, TU Dublin
Taking place from the 29th to the 31st of October in TU, Dublin is Public Art Now a new conference that will look at the role and potential of public art, across three themes:
- Public Art: Processes & Politics
- Public Art in the Anthropocene
- Ecologies of Space & Place
The program for the conference will be a feature mixture of invited and open contributors, and Public Art Now have released guidelines for this second cohort and is inviting proposals for papers, panels, workshops, and any other format that addresses the three core themes listed above, with particular focus on the lenses of policy, practice and the public. They have also advised that they are currently “looking into providing local childcare and crèche options for participants and attendees.” And are advising that if this is something of interest to make note of this on the submission.
Deadline for submissions is Friday, March 20th and you can find out the full details of the conference along with the guidelines for submission here.
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