Artists Open Call – Opes and Dreams 2023

The New Curators are a group of early career curators formed following a programme of mentoring and training initiated in 2021 as part of b-side’s creative career development programmes.

The Commission – Opes and Dreams

This is an opportunity for an emerging or early career artist or artist group to create an audio/visual artwork as part of a community-based project for b-side festival 2023.

The work will respond to an archive of hopes and dreams created by Portland’s communities and visitors and which have been collected over the 2021 and 2022 b-side festivals.

Fee:
  • £3,000
  • £700 materials budget
  • £300 travel and accommodation budget
  • 3 day funded research and development stay at Party Wall
Timeframe: May 2023 – September 2023 – work to be completed and installed for b-side festival 2023 which runs from 7 to 10 September.
Deadline for proposals: Monday 8 May 2023
Please read the following document which includes all the information and contact details.
How to Apply:
Download and read the Artists brief HERE
Apply HERE
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