Appetite and Canal & River Trust are looking to collaborate with an artist(s) on a project for Kidsgrove. In the first year of our partnership and the development of Appetite’s work in Kidsgrove as part of the Arts Council England Creative People and Places programme, we are working with artists around three areas of work that connect the people, town centre, and its connectivity to the canal of Kidsgrove. The two other themes for our work are Light and Young People and Families. This brief is for artist(s) to work on theme of Environment.
Appetite works with other partners in the Kidsgrove area: a key partner and consortium member is GoKidsgrove (a town centre partnership for the town) amongst others including Newcastle Borough Council and We Are Aspire Group.
For this project, we would like to focus on the environment as the theme and areas we’re interested in are:
- The climate emergency and single use plastics in and around the canalside;
- The welcome the environment provides to those that connect to the train station, canal, town side and streets of the residential areas of Kidsgrove;
- The future regeneration of Kidsgrove and the improvements to the canal and town centre areas;
- Use and re-use of the spaces and places adjoining and connecting the canalside;
- Biodiversity and the connection of green (land) and blue (water) spaces for wildlife and communities.
The project could be a research residency or a pilot project.
Through all of our projects we want to build connections with the people and place of Kidsgrove through building relationships with a wide variety of residents, business owners, volunteers and partners in the area to involve them in future decision-making for arts and cultural projects for the area supported by Appetite.
Fee: £7,500 (inclusive of expenses and VAT)
Deadline for Expressions of Interest: 28 July
Project development: 9 August – 20 August
Review by partners, project sign off and contracting: 23 August – 10 September
Project running dates: September onwards – timelines to be created by the artist (no later than 31 March 2022)
Expressions of Interest:
We would like to invite artist(s), collectives and arts organisations to make expressions of interest. This should be no more than two pages of A4 to introduce you, your work and experience and an outline approach to the residency or pilot project. Please email this to askus@appetitestoke.co.uk.
Decision-making:
Shortlisting of the expressions of interest will be done by Appetite and Canal & River Trust with support from the community through GoKidsgrove or other partners. If proposals are required to be worked up following the expression of interest; Appetite will pay a day-rate of £250 to applicants to work up the proposal or project outline further before appointment.
Read more about this role and the project here.
Featured image taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harecastle_Tunnel
