Week three: Applying for Residencies, Exhibitions, and Funding (and Commissions)
Screenshot: http://www.zoechilderley.co.uk/beyondthepale?lightbox=dataItem-kur9u5wi4
I didn’t realise how many different paths you can go down as an artist and how you get there but today an artist talk from Zoe Childerley gave me comfort in figuring out what is my path and how I get to it. I feel like each week everything is slowly starting to all come together things such as funding, art residencies, and the application process is all starting to make sense. I’ve never heard of art residencies before, “Residencies are temporary periods for an artist to work on a project or develop new ideas. They are time out of your usual work to develop new art and ideas.”Artist residencies (no date) Artquest. Available at: https://artquest.org.uk/how-to-articles/artist-residencies/ (Accessed: October 23, 2022). Beyond the Pale, a project created by Zoe whilst exploring the 100-mile-long border in Northumberland in 2016 during her residency, explores a narrative around territory, land, and belonging on the Anglo-Scottish border. To fund this project Zoe applied for DYCP (develop your creative practice) through the arts council – https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/our-open-funds/new-arts-council. They invest public money from the government and the national lottery to make sure that everyone’s creativity is given the chance to flourish through a wide range of experiences.
Screenshot: https://www.artsjobs.org.uk/artsjobshome/
So, what is it that I exactly want to do? I have been looking on the arts council website (https://www.artscouncil.org.uk) for potential opportunities for when I graduate. The website is so easy to use and has a wide range of areas of art you can go into. It can be as specific as you like to where you work, how much you want to get paid, and whether you want to work full/part-time. Because I have looked through this website I am interested in jobs such as studio assistant, gallery or sales assistant, or marketing assistant. I’m now in the process of refining my cv so I can contact these companies to see what is their application process. The end is near and my professional career is closer than I thought.