CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

SCHOOLS & VISUAL ARTISTS, 2019-2020 

Deadline for expressions of interest is 4pm Thursday 30th May, 2019.

Wexford County Council Arts Department in partnership with Wexford Arts Centre are seeking applications from primary schools and visual artists to participate in the Living Arts Project commencing in mid-September 2019.

The aim of the Living Arts Project is to provide children with an understanding and appreciation of contemporary visual art. Selected primary schools have the opportunity to host an artist in residence for fifteen weeks during the school year.

Four  Wexford-based  artists  will  be  partnered  with  schools  to  create  a  body  of  work  over  the academic year. The residencies prioritise the development of the artists’ practice within the project and encourage engaging work from the pupils. The project offers teachers an opportunity to observe and learn creative processes for use in the classroom.

In addition, we are inviting artists and schools to apply for a new School Studio Residency. This residency is aimed specifically at schools that have additional space to dedicate to an artist for their own personal practice. The artist will work and facilitate workshops in this space.  The artist will engage with all class groups through the residency while availing of the space to develop with his/her own practice.

All residencies culminate in an exhibition from participating schools at Wexford Arts Centre in April/May 2020. Pupils participating in the project have the benefit of detailed guidance from the artist over the period of the residency and the opportunity to see their work exhibited in a gallery.

We are now receiving applications from interested primary schools and visual artists for lead and assistant roles. Joint applications for artists seeking to fulfil lead and assistant roles are welcome.

Deadline for expressions of interest is 4pm Thursday 30th May, 2019.

For a full brief and application form please log on to  www.wexfordartscentre.ie/application-process-2019.html   or email catherine@wexfordartscentre.ie

Catherine Bowe, Curator Wexford Arts Centre Cornmarket, Wexford

T: +353 53 9123764

E: catherine@wexfordartscentre.ie