the open west 2014
Deadline: 10 February
Submission fee: £32
applications are now invited
the open west 2014
The Wilson | Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum
deadline 10 February
exhibition 3 May to 1 June
application form download here: http://theopenwest.org.uk/howtoapply2014.html
the open west is an annual open competition and exhibition inviting work from national and international artists practising contemporary and conceptual art. Work submitted can include painting, installation, film and sound, textile, photography, ceramics, print, drawing, performance, sculpture, glass, metal and plastics.
Following the success of the 2013 programme, the open west 2014 will be held in the main galleries and permanent collections of The Wilson, the newly opened contemporary museum and art gallery in Cheltenham.
Up to 40 artists will be included in the exhibition, each with the possibility of showing more than one work. the open west 2014 will offer an opportunity for artists to participate in an education programme; residencies; workshops and a day of artists in conversation. A catalogue is published each year.
three award winners will each be offered £500
2014 panel - curators Lyn Cluer Coleman and Sarah Goodwin, together with Anita Taylor and Virgile Ittah
read reviews of the open west 2013 at Newark Park here and at The Wilson here
Anita Taylor and Virgile Ittah join the selection panel for the open west 2014
Anita Taylor:
Anita is Dean of Bath School of Art & Design (Bath Spa University) and founding director of the Jerwood Drawing Prize. She is a figurative painter and, alongside her practice as an artist, has worked in art education in numerous roles, including: Director of the National Art School in Sydney, Australia; Director of The Centre for Drawing at the University of the Arts, London; Dean of Wimbledon College of Art, University of the Arts, London; and Deputy Head of School, School of Art, Media and Design at the University of Gloucestershire, where she was first awarded a Professorial title.
Virgile Ittah:
Virgile is an artist recently graduated from the Royal College of Art who works with installation through sculpture and photography.
She exhibited in collaboration with Hitomi Kai Yoda at Newark Park and The Wilson in the open west 2013. Future exhibitions include New Order II, Saatchi Gallery, London, and Young Gods, Charlie Smith Gallery, and Griffin Gallery, London. Her work has been selected for the Catlin Guide 2014 and 100 London Artists book curated by Charlie Smith Gallery. She has exhibited in England and in France where she was awarded the Camera Clara Prize. Virgile Ittah was selected for the Saatchi New Sensations exhibition in 2013 for which she created a new work. www.virgileittah.com
Curators.
Sarah Goodwin
Lyn Cluer Coleman
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