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Outrider
OpportunitiesforArtistsandEmerging/GraduateArtists
SaltRoadinpartnershipwithHerefordshireCouncilhavebeensuccessfulintheirArtsCouncilEnglandGrantsforArtsLibrariesFundbid2014/15tocommissionarangeofartiststorespondtotheAlfredWatkinscollectionofbooksandglass‐platedphotographsonbeekeepingandthesubjectofbeesandtheenvironment.Outriderisatouringexhibitionandengagedworkshopprogramcombiningthenewcommissionswithalibrarycollection.ThefundedcommissionsinthisstrandofOutriderinclude4artists’commissionsforArtistsBooksandoneopencommission,therearealso3earlystagecareeropportunities.ThecommissionedworkwillbecomepartofthepermanentcollectionofHerefordLibrary.ThetourbeginsSeptember2014acrossMuseumsandLibrariesintheWestMidlands,includingTheWoolhopeRoom,HerefordLibrary;TheCommandery,Worcester;WinterbourneHouseandGardens,Birmingham,theLlibraryofBirminghamandHadenHillHouseMuseumandArtGallery,Sandwell.Saltroad,HerefordshireCouncilLibraryServicesandHerefordMuseumServiceareseekingexcitingandinnovativeproposalsfromartistswhoaregenuinelyinspiredbyworkingwithcollectionsandareissue‐driven.Andcruciallyhavethetimeandspacetomakenewworkthissummer.Deadlineforapplications–10June,12midday,2014TheCollectionAlfredWatkins1855‐1935livedinHerefordshire,wasaphotographer,topographer,authorof‘TheOldStraightTrack’andinventorofalightmetercalledtheWatkinsBeeMeter.HisideashaveinspiredmanylandartistsincludingRichardLongandHamishFulton.Hewaspassionateaboutthevirtuesofbeekeepingandtraveledthecountyinademonstrationvanwithbeeexpertsgivingmagiclanternpresentations.HislittleknowncollectionofbooksandpamphletsonbeekeepingwasbequeathedtoHerefordLibraryin1934.Itisadiverseandfascinatingcollection,referencingpoetry,practicalguidesonbeekeepingandthewiderenvironmentalsignificanceofbees‐withtheoldestknownbookonbeekeepingdatingfrom1584.TherearealsomanyphotographstakenbyAlfredWatkinsonbeekeepingwhichareintheprocessofbeingdigitized.SaltRoadSaltRoadisanartist‐lednotforprofitorganizationdirectedbyDrSallyPayenandJaimeJacksonwhocometogethersomeofthetimetocreateresearchandissue‐ledprojects.WearephysicallybasedinHerefordshire,WestMidlandsyetinourindividualexhibitionandprojectmanagementcareersoperateinternationally.SaltRoad,formallyPARhaveorganizedandcreatedartists’commissionsinthepublicrealmacrosstheMidlandsoverthelast10years.ForthisprojecttheSaltRoadartistsareundertakingtheactionresearchasdrawingandmovingimagecommissions.
TheCommissions4ArtistsBooksand1OpenCommissionWewouldliketoreceivearangeofproposalsfromartistswiththeirinitialideasandresponsestoworkingwiththiscollection‐intheformofArtistsBooksandoneOpenCommission.Theartworkswillbecomepartofthelibrarycollectionsoweimaginehavingsomeproposalsthatmightbemoreinteractive,perhapsclosertostorytellingandmightsuitchildrenwhileotherproposalsmightbemoresculptural–explorethelanguageofArtistsBooksandwhatitcouldbefromcriticalpractice,maybethinkingaboutaninterestinguseofmaterials.Someapproachesmightfocusmoreonexploringthenatureofcollectionsandbeinspiredbyspendingdayslostinresearch,whileothersmaybemoreofacalltoarmsontheenvironmentalissuessurroundingbeesandwildlife.TheArtistsBookswillbeexhibitedinglasscaseswithafeelingofspecial‐nessbutwewouldlikesometobemoredurable,perhapswithalimitedadditionprintrun.FortheOpenCommissionwewouldlikeanartisttoworkmorecloselywithbeekeepersinHerefordshireandatoneofourtouringvenues,WinterbourneHouseandGardens,UniversityofBirmingham.TherearestudiosatWinterbourneHouseandGardenforashort‐termresidencyandwewouldliketopresenttheopportunityforartiststohaveamoreflexibleoutput.• EachBookArtcommissionandOpenCommission£1000‐inclusiveofmaterials,travelandone
artisttalkorworkshop.• Pleasenoteitiscompulsorytoattendaninformationandresearchdayon8JulyinThe
WoolhopeRoomHereford–wecanallmeeteachother.
3EarlyCareerArtistsWewouldliketoreceiveproposalsfromrecentgraduate/earlycareerartists(includingfinalyear),whowouldliketobeinvolvedinOutrider.Wehavethreeopportunities‐alldifferentandallearlycareerartistswillreceivementoringfromoneoftheSaltRoadartists–tobeagreedindividually.IdeallywewouldliketoappointeachartistashavinggraduatedfromdifferentArtSchoolsintheregionincluding,HerefordCollegeofArt,UniversityofWorcesterandBirminghamInstituteofArtandDesign.Thecommissionsinclude:
• OneBookArtcommission.• OneMovingImageartist• Oneartist/writerwhowouldliketowriteacriticalreflectiveessayaboutOutriderforeither
review,publicationorexhibition.
Weareawaitingconfirmationoffundingfromadifferentsourcefortherecentgraduatecommissions.
• Eachgraduatecommissiontoreceive£500‐inclusiveofmaterials,travel.• Forthewritingproposalpleasesendanexampleofpreviouswrittenwork.• Itiscompulsorytoattendaninformationandresearchdayon8JulyinTheWoolhopeRoom
Hereford–wecanallmeeteachother.
Howtoapply–forallcommissions
Pleaseapplybyemailorpost‐includewrittenproposalsintroducingyourselvesandyourideasandinterpretationtothisbrief‐nolongerthantwosidesofA4with4imagesofpastprojects–totalemailsize5MB.PleaseincludeCV,websitelinksandonenameofareferee.
Email:[email protected]
PostalAddress–SaltRoad,7SouthStreetLeominster,Herefordshire,HR68JA
(PleaseincludeaSAEifyourequireyourapplicationstobereturned)
Timescale
Deadlineforapplications10June12midday
Selectedartistsnotifiedby17June2014
(Wearesorrythattherewillbenocorrespondenceforartistsnotselected)
WorkcompletedanddeliveredtoHerefordLibrarybyendofAugust2014
Usefullinks–pleasecopyandpaste
http://www.saltroad.org.uk/
http://outriderblog.wordpress.com/
http://jaimejackson.org/
http://www.sallypayen.info
http://www.tate.org.uk/download/file/fid/7394
http://www.woolhopeclub.org.uk/AlfredWatkins.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Watkins(ines.html
http://www.bbka.org.uk/
http://www.foe.co.uk/what_we_do/bee_cause_educators_35049
Welookforwardtohearingfromyou.
DrSallyPayen
ImageAlfredWatkinsBeephotographandbelowbookextract