CRAFT EMERGENCY 2014: Call for Submissions
Deadline: Friday 5 September 2014
submission fee: £10
aspex’s competition for craft becomes an annual fixture.
Following the success of the inaugural competition last year, aspex seeks emerging artists, designers and makers working in all media for its open submission exhibition CRAFT EMERGENCY. This is an international opportunity, and aspex are looking for applications from anyone who considers themselves to be an emerging artist.
A maximum of 15 artists will be selected for a group show, which will open in October 2014. During this exhibition a winner will be chosen to receive the prize of a solo exhibition at aspex in 2016.
This is aspex’s second CRAFT EMERGENCY. Thomas Appleton was the winner of the inaugural competition in 2013 and he will be having a solo show of his work in the main space at aspex in the summer of 2015.
The selectors are: Annabelle Campbell, Head of Exhibitions & Collections, Crafts Council; Dr Outi Remes, Director, New Ashgate Gallery; Sophie Woodrow, artist and Joanne Bushnell, Director, aspex.
Joanne Bushnell, Director of aspex said “Last year, we felt we needed to run an dedicated open submission competition for contemporary craft alongside our long running EMERGENCY series. We were delighted by the response and found a deserved winner in Thomas Appleton, and so we decided that CRAFT EMERGENCY should become an annual event in our efforts to help support emerging artists”.
The CRAFT EMERGENCY submission deadline is Friday 5 September 2014, and the exhibition will run from 10 October 2014 – 4 January 2015.
Find out how to apply at www.aspex.org.uk/events/craftemergency2014call
About CRAFT EMERGENCY
The annual open submission exhibition CRAFT EMERGENCY is now an essential part of aspex’s EMERGENCY open submission programme programme, providing emerging makers, designers and artists with an opportunity to bring their work to wider attention. Thomas Appleton won the inaugural competition in 2013 with his unique contemporary take on stonemasonry and lettercarving – find out more at www.thosworks.com.
About aspex
aspex has a 33-year track record of supporting emerging artists and engaging audiences, through the delivery of a programme of exhibitions, off-site projects and participatory opportunities. Since relocating to the waterfront at Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth in 2006, the gallery has focused on audience development, and in particular finding ways to meaningfully engage its visitors by facilitating connections with artists and revealing the creative process.
A charity and company limited by guarantee, aspex is a National Portfolio Organisation of Arts Council England and is supported by Portsmouth City Council. Admission is FREE.
To arrange interviews, press trips, more press information and visuals, please contact Gareth Colwell, Communications Manager on 023 9277 8080 / gareth@aspex.org.uk
aspex
The Vulcan Building
Gunwharf Quays
Portsmouth PO1 3BF
T +44 (0)23 9277 8080
www.aspex.org.uk
