Apply now – Deadline Mon 11 November (23:59)
We are inviting submissions from individual artists or collectives to propose a series of artworks for an art trail on Hounslow High Street. The works will form a creative response to the stories – past, present and future – of Hounslow High Street, it’s businesses and the communities that use it.
Artists will be asked to create an “art trail,” placing a series of up to six artworks in shop windows, shop spaces and/or other appropriate sites on Hounslow High Street. The trail should encourage audiences to explore the High Street and its businesses in new and unexpected ways.
The works will respond collaboratively to the stories gathered by a group of residents supporting the project, in addition to any engagement activity and research conducted by the artist. The works can be made in any medium but will need to withstand being hosted in public spaces where there will be high footfall and will need to ensure they do not interfere with the running of the businesses.
Business Stories – Project Overview
To inform the development of the art trail, CPP Hounslow will be recruiting a small group of local residents as ‘story collectors.’ They will visit shops and businesses along Hounslow high street to gauge interest in taking part in the project and gather oral and photographic content to capture some of the stories of the high street, it’s businesses and business owners.
This material should be used by the chosen artist to help inform the development of the art trail, and similarly the artist’s own proposal will help to inform the businesses that are engaged with.
The material gathered by the story collectors will be exhibited alongside the art trail in CPP Hounslow’s Community Gallery Space, located in the Treaty Centre and Hounslow House. This material and the final artworks in the trail will be stored in the Local Studies archive following the project.
Who we are looking for:
• Practicing artists or designers, with experience of delivering high quality visual arts projects.
• A meaningful and unique response to the creative brief that highlights and engages with the stories of Hounslow High Street’s businesses and communities.
• The selected artist will ensure that their process is open and collaborative, working with the Story Collectors who will be gathering oral and photographic content from the high street to support and inform the development of the trail artworks.
• The selected artist will hold Public Liability Insurance to the minimum value of £5M.
Fee
The artist fee for this project is £2000.
An additional materials budget is available for production of the artwork for display. Budget has also been allocated for the documentation and marketing of the project.
The artist will be supported by the CPP Hounslow Visual Arts Producer who will oversee the production of the art trail and accompanying engagement and exhibition of the Story Collectors.
View the full commission brief here:
Apply
To apply, please complete the short application form (via Google Forms) including:
- Your contact details
- A short project proposal and outline of how you would approach the commission
- A PDF of images or examples of your work, these may deal with similar themes and ways of working or examples of works shown non-typical art spaces
- Monitoring data
Deadline: Monday 11 November 2024, 11:59pm
Apply now: https://forms.gle/ApTpRGp4j86RQuey6
If you have any questions or would prefer to apply in another format, please contact: will@watermans.org.uk
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