Opportunities & Events

Open Call Observations on the Landscape

Location: Wrexham, North Wales | Start Date: October 2024

Summary:

We are inviting creative professionals from culturally & ethnically diverse backgrounds to create billboard artwork(s) that re-contextualise the landscapes within the UNESCO World Heritage Site in North Wales.

Content:

We are inviting submissions from creative professionals from culturally and ethnically diverse backgrounds to create billboard artwork(s) that re-contextualise the landscapes within the UNESCO World Heritage Site in North Wales. The billboards will be displayed as temporary artworks as part of a celebration event for World Heritage Site Art Project: The Bridge that Connects by the Canal & River Trust. The event taking place on the 23rd & 24th November 2024 will be an invitation to an alternative World Heritage Site experience, one that has been shaped, influenced and reimagined by the communities that live in Cefn Mawr, Trevor, Chirk, Froncysyllte. The Bridge that Connects project has been funded by the Shared Prosperity Fund through Wrexham Borough Council. Who can Apply Creative professionals from culturally and ethnically diverse backgrounds They are living and working in Wales or have a practice based in Wales Guidelines To develop work in response to the UNESCO World heritage site To supply digital files in the following format: TIFF or High res JPG at 120 x 90 cm or 120 x 120 cm You can propose activation of the artwork in situ through another artform if you would like to Artist Fee The artist fee is £1,000 per artist. Expenses and remuneration for travel will also additionally be provided up to the value of £200. We anticipate that the opportunity will support approximately 3 days work apportioned (pending whether what is proposed is the creation of a new response or an iteration of existing work, practice / idea) 0.5 desk based research, 0.5 day site visit if required and 2 days production. The curator will ensure all files are print-ready and installation will be delivered by the production team. Please visit the link for more information: https://bit.ly/tbtcopencall