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“In the early hours of Monday, 5th June 1944, a procession of 81 landing crafts and launches made its careful way out of Poole Harbour. Once in the Bay the craft moved into 4 columns, each of the larger vessels taking one of the smaller craft in tow. A fresh south-westerly wind roughened the dark sea. Headed by 6 motor gun boats, the 4 long columns street out into the Channel. Assault Convoy 02A had left its base for Omaha Beach in Normandy.”
Derek Beamish and Ian Andrews, ‘D-Day Poole’
The Borough of Poole Museum and Arts Services are inviting applications from artists who are seeking to develop their practice through working in a heritage environment and collaborating with multigenerational communities. We wish to commission an artist to devise and deliver a project that will engage Poole residents and visitors in commemorating Poole’s vital part in the development of amphibious warfare and combined operations in World War II and its specific role in D-Day, as well as exploring the wider emotional themes of departure and loss associated with conflict.
The residency will take place at Poole Museum for 12 days during June 2014. The project needs to be researched and developed in May 2014 followed by delivery throughout the residency in June 2014.
The artist can choose to work in any media and will need to ensure that, even if temporary or conceptual in nature, the project work is documented throughout and can be publically displayed in a museum setting.
More information is available here
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