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AIR TIME Aberystwyth

Supporting artists’ practice through information and networking

Are you a visual artist seeking info on insurance, funding, legal and

professional matters?

Do you want to develop your networks and collaborations?

Locate like-minded artists and get timely advice from other artists and experts at this event, that is open to practising visual and applied artists in Wales.

Wednesday 28th April , 3-5pm

Aberystwyth University

Open to all visual and applied artists, AIR TIME events are designed to provide information and tips from artists, arts organisations and other experts on professional matters such as insurance, negotiation and funding your practice, alongside opportunities to meet and network with like-minded artists. Some places will be reserved especially for final-year art and design graduates.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity – Recommended by 94% of artists attending previous events in the series.

Contributors include Steve Perry (Hencilla Canworth Insurance Brokers), artists and experts including representatives from Aberystwyth Arts Centre , AIR, a-n, Blaengar, Cerbyd, Culture Colony, DACS (Design and Artists Copyright Society), G39/WARP, NAN (Networking Artists Networks), Oriel Davies, Oriel Myrddin, Rubric, Ruthin Craft Centre and Safle.

Event organised by a-n The Artists Information Company on behalf of AIR: Artists’ Interaction and Representation, In partnership with G39/WARP and DACS.

AIR – Artists Interaction and Representation is the membership scheme for practising visual and applied artists that is an integral aspect of the Artist subscription provided by a-n The Artists Information Company

www.a-n.co.uk/AIR.

Pre-booking is essential as places are limited.

To reserve a place contact airevents@a-n.co.uk with AIRTIME Aberystwyth in the subject box.

A Call For Curatorial Propositions Wales at Venice 2011

A Call For Curatorial Propositions From Galleries, Arts Organisations, Curators, Artist/curators And Visual Arts Collectives

Wales At Venice 2011

Closing Date  16 April 2010

Arts Council of Wales is delighted to confirm that Wales will be participating at the 54th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale in 2011. Wales at Venice is supported by the Arts Council of Wales and the Welsh Assembly Government and is a key part of the strategy for the visual arts in Wales.

Wales at Venice will be in its 5th Biennale year in 2011. Previous artists representing Wales include, John Cale, Richard Deacon, Merlin James, Heather & Ivan Morison, Peter Finnemore, Bethan Huws, Cerith Wynn Evans (see www.walesvenicebiennale.org ) The Biennale enhanced these artists’ international profile and has showcased outstanding work from Wales.

This opportunity remains the prime international context for contemporary art and raises Wales’ cultural profile as a place for many emerging and highly respected artists.

With a variety of approaches taken to date, Arts Council of Wales is now seeking to open out the possibilities for our next presence, as it responds to the on-going shifts for presenting contemporary art.

In the past, artists have been chosen to represent Wales by a commissioner and curator working with a committee. However for 2011, we feel it would be more exciting and rewarding to call for submissions and ideas from our visual arts community.

It is vital that this international platform is maximised, that the presentation speaks of contemporary Wales and that it connects in artistic terms with other curated exhibitions and presentations at the Biennale. In essence it needs to continue to build the focus on contemporary art from and within Wales.

This is a call to galleries, arts organisations, curators, artist/curators and collectives with a proven track record of working internationally or delivering respected international presentations of contemporary art. Interested parties should be based in Wales or have a connection/awareness of Welsh contemporary visual arts practice.

To prepare for Venice in 2011, Arts Council of Wales is initiating the following process:

1. Invite exploratory propositions through this call. (March-April 2010)

2. The Venice Advisory Committee will evaluate these propositions. (April 2010)

3. Offer a short development phase supported by a fee to a maximum of three propositions, (April- May)

4. Make a final selection, before constituting and financing the partnership team and artist(s) to create the exhibition. (May-June 2010)

Reports at the various stages will be posted on the Arts Council of Wales website and the Wales at Venice website.

In addition to realising the exhibition at the Biennale, the partnership will need to actively contribute towards a strong education programme, audience development initiatives and raising the profile on an international stage of high quality visual arts practice in Wales.

For further enquiries and to request a Wales at Venice Biennale Proposition Form please contact Lindsay Hughes, Senior Visual Arts Officer at Arts Council of Wales, lindsay.hughes@artswales.org.uk

Galw Am Gynigion Curadurol Oddi Wrth Orielau, Sefydliadau Celfyddydol, Curaduron, Artistiaid/curaduron A Mentrau Cydweithredol Yn Y Celfyddydau Gweledol

Cymru Yn Fenis 2011

Dyddiad Cau  16 Ebrill 2010

Mae Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru yn falch i gadarnhau bydd Cymru yn cymryd rhan yn 2011 yn Venice Biennale rhif 54, yr arddangosfa gelf ryngwladol. Cefnogir Cymru yn Fenis sy’n rhan allweddol o’r strategaeth ar gyfer y celfyddydau gweledol yng Nghymru gan Gyngor Celfyddydau Cymru a Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru.

Bydd Cymru yn Fenis yn cymryd rhan ym mhumed flwyddyn y Biennale yn 2011. Mae artistiaid a gynrychiolai Gymru yn y gorffennol yn cynnwys John Cale, Richard Deacon, Merlin James, Heather ac Ivan Morison, Peter Finnemore, Bethan Huws a Cerith Wynn Evans (gweler www.walesvenicebiennale.org ). Cododd y Biennale broffil rhyngwladol yr artistiaid hyn a bu’n gyfle i arddangos gwaith rhagorol o Gymru.

Hwn o hyd yw’r prif gyd-destun rhyngwladol ar gyfer celf gyfoes ac mae’n codi proffil diwylliannol Cymru fel lle sy’n magu llawer o artistiaid enwog a rhai sy’n ennill eu plwyf.

Wedi mynd ati mewn gwahanol ffyrdd yn y gorffennol, erbyn hyn mae Cyngor y Celfyddydau yn ceisio lledu’r posibiliadau ar gyfer ein presenoldeb nesaf wrth ymateb i’r newidiadau parhaus mewn cyflwyno celf gyfoes.

Yn y gorffennol dewiswyd artistiaid i gynrychioli Cymru gan gomisiynydd a churadur a weithiai gyda phwyllgor. Ond ar gyfer 2011, teimlwn byddai’n fwy cyffrous a boddhaus i alw am gyflwyniadau a syniadau oddi wrth gymuned y celfyddydau gweledol.

Mae’n hanfodol gwneud y gorau o’r llwyfan ryngwladol, bod y cyflwyniad yn trafod y Gymru gyfoes a’i fod yn cysylltu mewn termau artistig ag arddangosfeydd a chyflwyniadau eraill sydd yn y Biennale. Yn ei hanfod mae angen iddo gynyddu’r ffocws ar gelfyddyd Cymru.

Dyma alw ar orielau, sefydliadau celfyddydol, curaduron, artistiaid/curaduron a mentrau cydweithredol gyda hanes llwyddiannus o weithio’n rhyngwladol neu ddarparu cyflwyniadau rhyngwladol o gelf gyfoes o fri. Dylai pawb sydd â diddordeb fod wedi’i leoli yng Nghymru neu feddu ar gysylltiad/ymwybyddiaeth o arfer cyfredol ym maes y celfyddydau gweledol yng Nghymru.

I baratoi at Fenis yn 2011, bydd y Cyngor yn dechrau’r broses ganlynol:

1. Gwahodd cynigion archwiliol drwy’r alwad hon (Mawrth-Ebrill 2010)

2. Bydd Pwyllgor Ymgynghorol Fenis yn gwerthuso’r cynigion (Ebrill 2010)

3. Cynnig cyfnod datblygu byr a ategir gan ffi ar gyfer hyd at fwyafswm o dri chynnig (Ebrill- Mai)

4. Dewis yn derfynol cyn ffurfio ac ariannu tîm partneriaeth ac artist(iaid) i greu’r arddangosfa (Mai-Mehefin 2010)

Rhoddir adroddiadau’r gwahanol gamau ar wefan y Cyngor ac un Cymru yn Fenis.

Bydd ar y bartneriaeth angen cyfrannu’n weithredol at raglen addysg gref, mentrau datblygu cynulleidfaoedd a chodi proffil arfer safonol y celfyddydau yng Nghymru ar lwyfan ryngwladol yn ogystal â chreu’r arddangosfa yn y Biennale.

Cysylltwch â Lindsay Hughes, Uwch Swyddog y Celfyddydau Gweledol, Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru: lindsay.hughes@celfcymru.org.uk

JazzCakes100:T-shirts

JazzCakes will be hosting the 100:T-shirts Exhibition in tandem with a Studio B Open Studio Exhibition on 10th April, 2010, at Studio B, 24 Tudor Lane (underneath Fireworks), Riverside, Cardiff.

The JazzCakes100:T-shirts project is the first in a series of projects invisioned by JazzCakes to illuminate each facet of the arts arena.
The project will feature work by 100 different artists from various disciplines across the board. Each artist has worked with a designated number to create a piece from the starting point of a plain t-shirt.

Studio B’s Open Studio exhibition will feature work by resident artists Kelly Best, Lauren Foulkes, James Harper and Alistair Owen

http://www.JazzCakes.com/100tshirts

CITIZEN – tactileBOSCH

CITIZEN
Painting, Print & Drawing exhibition
tactileBOSCH Gallery & Studios, Cardiff
1st – 23rd May 2010

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

DEADLINE: 25th March!!

For more information and entry details click below:

www.tactilebosch.org



Cerbyd: Call out for Artists Deadline: April 16th 2010

Cerbyd – New cross-disciplinary artist led project for the whole of Wales

Cerbyd is looking for submissions of interest from artists of all disciplines to be part of an eight day  journey across Wales between August 2^nd-10^th 2010

The ten selected Cerbyd artists will sleep, eat, travel and talk throughout an 8 day bus journey and respond to rich and varied experiences with places, communities, their groups and unique activities.

Cerbyd offers the opportunity for artists to make connections of a long lasting, deep and relevant nature. Cerbyd is an ideal way to forge new collaborations and networks and an awareness of other practices, concerns and geographical perspectives.

Cerbyd is unique in its’ aim to link artists across Wales through travel, activity, collaborations and dialogue. The project will enable 10 selected artists to get to know one another while making creative responses to their country and the communities encountered.

Cerbyd will provide a creative map of Wales, making it easier to identify numerous important communities and artist groups. It will also benefit those wishing to work in Wales, by bringing contemporary art practice and new audiences into rural areas.

Cerbyd will offer artists the opportunity to share knowledge outside of a gallery/exhibition system in order to open up a freedom for exchange that will consolidate and strengthen the sector.

The project will develop further the critical network that is growing throughout Wales, while focusing on the long-term goals of cultural and critical dialogue, in addition to the artist’s professional development.

Cerbyd aims to be a potential catalyst for engaging new audiences, for sharing networks to mutual advantage and for cross pollination of ideas and approaches for artists and community groups.

Cerbyd will be hitting the road from August 2nd-10th 2010

For further information contact Tom/Brian at            mail@cerbyd.org

www.cerbyd.org

Tom Goddard & Brian Watkins have been involved in a number of artist-led initiatives throughout Wales and are committed to debates and the strengthening of the cultural welfare of the region. They were part of the artist-led space Garej that exhibited 120 artists over a period of 15 months.

Cerbyd – Prosiect croes-disgyblaethol, dan arweiniad artistiaid, am Gymru i gyd.

Mae Cerbyd yn edrych am gyflwyniadau o ddiddordeb oddi wrth artistiaid o bob disgybledd i gymryd rhan mewn taith o wyth dydd ar draws Cymru, rhwng 2ail a 10fed Awst 2010.

Bydd y deg artist a ddewiswyd am Gerbyd yn bwyta, teithio a siarad trwy’r daith bws o 8 diwrnod, ac ymateb i’r profiadau bras ac amrywiol gyda lleoedd, cymunedau, eu grwpiau a gweithgareddau unigryw.

Mae Cerbyd yn darparu cyfle i artistiaid i wneud cysylltiadau dwfn, gyda lleoedd, a perthnasol o natur. Mae Cerbyd yn ffordd ddelfrydol o ffugio cydweithio a rhwydweithio ac ymwybyddiaeth o ymarferion gwahanol, achosion a golygfeydd daearyddol.

Mae Cerbyd yn unigryw yn ei bwriad i gysylltu artistiaid ar draws Cymru trwy daith, gweithgaredd, cydwaith a deialog. Bydd y prosiect yn galluogi deg artist i ddod i wybod ei gilydd wrth greu ymatebion creadigol i’w wlad a’r cymunedau maen nhw’n dod o hyd i.

Bydd Cerbyd yn darparu map creadigol o Gymru, gwneud e’n haws i adnabod nifer o gymunedau pwysig a grwpiau artist. Bydd e hefyd yn manteisio nhw sydd eisiau gweithio yng Nghymru, wrth ddod ac ymarfer celf gyfoes a chynulleidfa newydd i ardaloedd gwledig.

Bydd Cerbyd yn darparu cyfle i artistiaid i rannu gwybodaeth ti mas i’r system galeri/arddangosfa er mwyn agor rhyddfraint am gyfnewid a fydd yn cyfnerthu a chryfhau’r sector.

Bydd y prosiect yn datblygu bellach y rhwydwaith a chryfhau tyfu drwodd Gymru, wrth ganolbwyntio at y bwriadu tymor hir o ddeialog dadlennol a critigol, yn ychwanegol i ddatblygiad proffesiynol yr artist.

Mae Cerbyd yn bwriadu bod catalydd potensial am ddeniadau gynulleidfaoedd newydd, am rannu rhwydweithio am fantais gilyddol ac am groesbeilliad o syniadau a dulliau am artistiaid a grwpiau cymunedol

Bydd Cerbyd yn bwrw’r heol o’r 2ail 10fed Awst 2010

Am fwy o wybodaeth, cysylltwch â Thom/Brian ar mail@cerbyd.org

www.cerbyd.org

Mae Tom Goddard & Brian Watkins wedi bod yn rhan o nifer o fentron sydd wedi ei harwain gan artistiaid drwodd Cymru ac yn ymroddedig i’r  ddadlau a chryfhau’r lles-diwyllianol yr ardal. Roedd y ddau’n rhan o ofod ‘artist-led’ Garej a wnaeth arddangos 120 artistiaid dros gyfnod o 15 mis.

Welcome/ Croeso

Welcome to Grwpiau

Wales’ first online resource for artist-led activity.

Wales hosts a variety of innovative artist-led groups, galleries, projects, as well as collectives aiming to present local, national, and international artists at home and abroad.

Set-up collectively by these artists, who met earlier this year,  Grwpiau aims to be a platform of discussion and  promotion of  contemporary art in Wales and beyond.