Artist Residency, ArtsTaunton

ArtsTaunton is an organisation working to make Taunton a great place to live - somewhere where art and nature combine to make a town that has a unique identity. To achieve this aim ArtsTaunton has secured funding to support an artist to explore the enduring character of our town - its people and its landscape. In the coming years we want to support our creative sector and stimulate the appetite in people for brilliant and meaningful art. This residency is one of the first steps to help us find out what would be meaningful for Taunton’s citizens.

The residency asks an artist to find out What’s special about Taunton? In their quest the artist will be hosted by the Museum of Somerset and Somerset’s Heritage Centre enabling them to probe into Taunton’s past and present. We want an artist to look into Taunton’s deep past and what it is currently and what it might become in the future - what are the interests of our communities past and present? Through this research we want the artist to reveal what is the enduring character of our town and its people.  The artist will be supported through their research by the enlightened, expert curatorial and engagement staff of the Museum and have access to the Heritage Centre which houses extensive archive material.  

The artist we engage will need to be interested in people and places and have a strong research methodology.  We are not asking for an outcome of a tangible work of art, but we do want a creative presentation of the research findings appropriate to the artist’s practice, we envisage the artist/s delivering around 12 days between 24 April and 9 June 2017. The artist will be asked to present their findings at a public event in July.

Fee

There is a fee of £1.5k plus expenses.

Contact

For the full brief email ann@artprojectsandsolutions.com

Deadline
31st March 2017