Jerwood Makers Open 2011

Jerwood Makers Open 2011

The Jerwood Charitable Foundation is pleased to launch Jerwood Makers Open, a new open-submission initiative to support and showcase emerging makers working in the applied arts.  This annual exhibition series will offer bursaries to four makers to create ambitious new works, which will be exhibited as part of the Jerwood Visual Arts programme.
Jerwood Makers Open has been developed out of a commitment by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation to continue to create a space in which to recognise the significance of making practices within the contemporary visual arts. It also aims to offer an open submission opportunity to develop new work independently of specific commissioning structures. The series replaces Jerwood Contemporary Makers, which ran from 2008 to 2010.
Jerwood Makers Open begins in 2011 and will run for up to three years. Each year, four bursaries of £7,500 will be awarded to makers submitting proposals for new work or works. These works will then be exhibited in a group show as a key part of the Jerwood Visual Arts programme at Jerwood Space, London. Makers will be selected by Emmanuel Cooper, potter, writer, educator and critic; Siobhan Davies, choreographer and artistic director; Jonathan Watkins, curator, writer and Director of Ikon Gallery.
Applications will be open to artists who are within 10 years of graduating or setting up their practice and can be from across making disciplines.
How to applyEntry is by online application. www.jerwoodvisualarts.org
Those unable to enter online should contact Parker Harris: jmo@parkerharris.co.uk  or 01372 462190.