Mayfest and Theatre Bristol - Performance Piece Commission (£5000 fee)

Mayfest and Theatre Bristol would like to co-commission a new performance piece for showcase in the 2016 festival programme.

Our invitation

We’re inviting artists and companies to propose ambitious performance projects that you really believe in. We want you to inspire us. This is an opportunity to collaborate with a producing team to create an extraordinary experience for festival audiences, and potentially beyond.

What are we offering?

• Up to £5000 commission fee (funding pending)

• An R&D residency at Mayfest 2015

• Producer advice/creative feedback during development and realisation.

• Support with further fundraising to realise full production.

• Production and marketing support to present the finished piece at Mayfest 2016.

• Support and advocacy in exploring the life of the project beyond Mayfest 2016.

• Full support with any access needs you may have, including sourcing additional funding if necessary.

Deadline for applications: 9am Monday 16th March 2015

How to apply:

Click here for further information and details on how to apply 

Artist Commission for Dolphin School

Source: www.willisnewson.co.uk



Budget: £14,500

Deadline for expressions of interest: 5pm, 20 February 2015

Interviews: 27 February 2015 

Commission

CCANW is pleased to be working with consultants Willis Newson to appoint an artist to design and create an outdoor roof garden for a new primary school in Bristol as part of our Soil Culture programme, marking the UN International Year of Soils 2015.

Summary brief:

The roof garden will be used by pupils and staff of Dolphin School as an outdoor learning space.  It has been designated a science garden by the school, but will also provide opportunities for the children to explore and learn about ecology and horticulture.

This commission seeks to engage an artist in the development and delivery of the roof garden, both in terms of its design as well as its potential use. The artist will be invited to propose how the garden might be used over time, which will involve an understanding of organic growing and primary education. The artist will be supported in developing an understanding of educational needs by the school, and will build on links already in place with the Soil Association to strengthen knowledge of organic growing and ecology. Applications from artists working in partnership with a horticulturalist are also welcome.

The commission includes:

• A budget of £14,500 (£5,000 artist fee plus £9,500 fabrication and installation budget of which £4,500 is specifically allocated to any upgrading of materials and structural elements (i.e. the flooring, the parapet, the greenhouse, planters etc.)
•  Inclusion in a CCANW Soil Culture exhibition at Bristol City Council’s Create Centre over the summer of 2015, as part of Bristol Green Capital 2015.

 For the full brief and for details of how to apply:  click here

Now are are 10 - Theatre Bristol Visual Story Commission

Theatre Bristol is 10 years old in 2015. We would like to commission a new visual artefact that celebrates some of the things we’re really proud of that we’ve helped make happen during that time. 
Invitation

We’d like to invite artists and designers to respond with an idea that we can help shape into a lasting visual document of our first decade.

It might be a postcard, a poster or something completely different – feel free to surprise us.

We would like to receive proposals for something that:

-    communicates and celebrates visually Theatre Bristol’s place in the world: who we’re connected to and what impact we’ve had over the past 10 years.

-    helps to show how and where Theatre Bristol has made a difference, by joining the dots between events, or telling the story of a project or group of people

-    reflects our ethos and the values we think are really important: independence, generosity, integrity. You can read more about our ethos statements in the booklet below.

-    results in a physical object that can be replicated and distributed widely

-    can also exist online in some way e.g. on our website for people who are not able to access the physical object

The audience for the artefact will be anyone who is interested in Theatre Bristol’s work – we’d like it to be for people we already know and work with, as well as a great way for new friends to get to know us. 

What are we offering?

·    £2,000 commission fee (inclusive of any expenses eg travel)

·    Up to £1,000 making costs (e.g. print)

·    Support and feedback throughout the design and development process

As part of the commission you’ll need to have a few meetings with Theatre Bristol staff to draw out the story/ies that will inform the work. We’ll respond to your ideas for how you’d like to do this.

For more information and to apply go here.