[ARENA] Fwd: [spectre] Call Residencies Lovely Weather-Deadline August 3rd

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REMINDER – DEADLINE APPROACHING


LOVELY WEATHER ARTISTS RESIDENCIES DONEGAL- IRELAND

INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

DEADLINE: Monday 3rd August 2009


Leonardo/Olats, partner of the Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny,  
Donegal County, Ireland, would like to remind all interested artists  
the call for Lovely Weather residencies project related to art and  
climate change, that will take place in 2009-2010.

You will find all relevant information and forms online at :
http://www.donegalculture.com

A short reminder about those residencies (full details online) :

- Five residencies are proposed in the five Electoral Areas of County  
Donegal, Ireland. One per area. (Please refer to Appendix II on the  
project website).

- Artist must apply to one of the 5 areas

- Residencies will be of 4 - 11 weeks in duration (although proposals  
for shorter or longer periods can be considered).

- The successful artists will not necessarily have to be resident in  
Donegal for the entire duration of the project. But they must  
demonstrate a commitment to working on the ground during at least part  
of the residency.

- The commissioned artists will receive a fee of circa €15,000 for  
fees/research/travel & materials. Please note exact amounts will be  
confirmed at a later stage in the commissioning process.

- The residencies will be managed by co-curators for the project John  
Cunningham (Regional Cultural Centre) and Annick Bureaud (Leonardo/ 
OLATS). Workshops and seminars will be held with the artists and  
interested parties, throughout the run of the residencies.



PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A TWO PHASE SELECTION PROCESS

    PHASE 1 IS A GENERAL CALL FOR SUITABLE CANDIDATES (deadline August  
3rd 2009)

    SHORTLISTING OF CANDIDATES FOR PHASE 2 WILL TAKE PLACE

    SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES FOR PHASE 2 WILL BE ASKED TO SUBMIT A MORE  
SPECIFIC PROPOSAL RELATED TO ONE OF THE FIVE LOCATION FOR THE  
RESIDENCY PROGRAMME


Submissions MUST ONLY be submitted via the Lovely Weather Residency  
Website.

    Submissions should include a current Curriculum Vitae (300 word  
max).
    A maximum of 6-images/ audio/ video of previous works.
    A proposed project outline (including timescale, costings etc.) of  
no more than 750 words.An artist statement of no more than 500 words.



TIMESCALE

1st PHASE
Final date for Phase 1 submissions – 3rd August 2009
Shortlisted artists for Phase 2 informed – 17th August 2009

2nd PHASE
Final date for Phase 2 submissions – 25th September 2009
Successful applicants for residencies informed – 16th October 2009

RESIDENCIES
Start date for Lovely Weather Residencies – 1st November 2009
Completion date for projects – 1st November 2010
Exhibition – 23rd November 2010 – 25th February 2011




Further information is available at www.donegalculture.com.
For further info contact Declan Sheehan Declan.Sheehan  donegalcoco.ie  
or John Cunningham jcunningham  donegalcoco.ie