Open call out for online exhibition

Open call out for artists of Leeds and beyond for the Leeds Summer Group Show. If selected your work will be shown as part of a month long online exhibition and there’s a £500 cash prize up for grabs. For further info see CuratorSpace (https://bit.ly/2020LSGS) and submit your entry before Sunday 31 May.

The selection panel includes:

Holly Grange, the exhibitions curator at Leeds Art Gallery and has previously held curatorial roles at the Whitworth, S1 Artspace, The Hepworth Wakefield and Tate St Ives. She is also the regional editor (Yorkshire and the Humber) for the art-writing platform, Corridor8.

Derek Horton is an artist, writer and curator. He co-founded the online magazines ‘/seconds’ with Peter Lewis in 2005 and ‘Soanyway’ with Lisa Stansbie in 2009. He was also the curator and co-director of &Model, bringing work by international contemporary artists to a three-storey gallery in central Leeds.

Si Smith is a Leeds-based creative practitioner who freelances as an illustrator, draws, makes comics and prints, and curates exhibitions.

Louise Atkinson is a visual artist, curator and researcher, specialising in the relationship between art and ethnography. She is also co-director of CuratorSpace.

court spencer is an Australian artist, curator and collaborator based in Leeds. She founded the summer group show in 2015 whilst the director at Left Bank Leeds and is currently the Head of Audience Development for Leeds Museums & Galleries.

This online exhibition and prize has been made possible with the support of Leeds Inspired, CuratorSpace, The State Of The Arts and court spencer.