Free studio for 18 months and a bursary of £10,000
Deadline: 29 June 2012
Application fee: none
Acme Studios is offering a studio residency, to run from October 2012 to March 2014, based at our new studio building at Matchmakers Wharf, Homerton, E9.
http://www.acme.org.uk/residencies/hackney
The residency will provide a selected artist with a free studio for 18 months (worth £7,500) and a bursary of £10,000. The ‘studio’ can be used in a variety of ways to reflect the selected artists’ proposal and, indeed, the residency artist may well continue to maintain the use of a studio elsewhere.
Matchmakers Wharf has been developed on the site of the former Lesney Matchbox Toys Factory. We are seeking an artist who will engage with the history of the site, and the people associated with it, both past and present, as the artist’s principal ‘subject matter’. http://www.acme.org.uk/studios/matchmakerswharf
The residency is a unique opportunity for an artist who wishes to develop or extend their practice to embrace and reflect the context and the communities in which the studio is located. The artist, supported by Acme, will have the opportunity to develop significant relationships with cultural and other agencies and communities within the borough. The artist will benefit from the support of our partners, Hackney Cultural Development team and the Hackney-based independent arts organisation, PEER, who will also provide professional support to the artist as appropriate.
Before you consider applying, please read 'Hackney Studio Residency - Application Guidelines'
http://www.acme.org.uk/download.php?pdf=HACKNEY-RESIDENCY-GUIDELINES-2012-FINAL2.pdf
Deadline for completed applications 5pm Friday 29 June 2012
Interviews for short-listed artists Thursday 26 July 2012
Studio residency programme 1 October 2012 - 31 March 2014
