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The annual bursary offered to support a disabled artist working in the visual arts

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Applying to the Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary

Application deadlines

Applications are due by Monday 1st September 2008.

Who can apply?

Each year, you can apply if you can say yes to all of the following:

  • Are you disabled or deaf visual artist?
  • Are you based in the UK?
  • Have you been making and showing work for over five years?
  • Are you currently engaged in your practice?
  • Can you show evidence of a body of work?

Applications are welcomed both from artists who work within a disability or deaf arts context, and from those whose practice is unrelated to the experience of being a disabled or deaf person.

Applications can be made by individuals or those who work in collaboration or in groups.

The bursary is not open to people in full-time education.

How do I apply?

By Monday 1st September 2008 you must send:

 

  1. A written/audio or filmed submission about you, your work and what you intend to do with the bursary (no more than 1,000 words / 10 minutes).
  2. A CV/Biography
  3. Contact details for two referees who have agreed to give a professional opinion of your work.
  4. Details of any specific costs in your bursary proposal (for example the cost of a piece of equipment).
  5. Completed Equal Opportunities monitoring form
  6. Two forms of support materials/documentation from the following list:
  • Images or 35mm slides (maximum of 10)
  • DVD or video (we can watch a maximum of 10 minutes)
  • CD-ROM
  • Website address

Please send your application to:

Mail:
Kate Larsen
Shape
Deane House Studios
27 Greenwood Place
London, NW5 1LB

Email: kate@shapearts.org.uk

For more information or an informal discussion about the commision, please contact Kate Larsen on 020 7424 7345 or kate@shapearts.org.uk.

How will the artist be chosen?

Applications will be shortlisted and the final selection made by a panel which will include members of Shape, the residency venue and the Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary Steering Group.

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to an inerview towards the end of September at the Bluecoat in Liverpool.

Support materials must be collected from Shape by the end of September 2008. Please provide packaging and postage if you would like them returned by mail.

We will notify all applicants of our decision, and are happy to provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants.


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