New fund to support Northumberland-based artists’ projects

Visual Arts in Rural Communities funds and manages an artists’ residency
programme in north Northumberland.  Separate from the residency programme,
VARC is providing a fund of £5000 available once a year (maximum of £2,500
per applicant), to support new work by Northumberland-based artists.  This
fund does not offer accommodation or studio space, but will provide an
artist with the freedom to develop a new project or piece of work that they
may not otherwise be able to make.

Applications are welcomed from individual artists who live in Northumberland
who would be interested in creating artwork that responds to the landscapes
or communities of the North Tyne, Tarset or Redesdale.  The project would
need to be completed within a year of the grant being made and the work,
once completed, would need to be exhibited or publicly displayed in some way
in either Tarset, North Tyne or Redesdale.  VARC would work with the artist
to promote this occasion.

To apply, artists should send a C.V, along with a short proposal with
between 5 and 15 images on CD with titles, dates, dimensions and
descriptions on a separate sheet OR, if more appropriate, clips on DVD
totalling no more than 10 minutes duration. A written statement should also
be provided, and should consist of no more than one page describing the
work, why it is important and reasons for applying for this fund.   A budget
should be included that shows amounts to cover the artist’s time developing
and creating the work, materials and presentation costs.

The deadline for this is the 30th June 2009.