A B&B Artist Commissions

A B&B invites expressions of interest. A B&B is a platform for showcasing contemporary visual arts, architecture, design and digital art within a functioning hotel in the UK’s most visited seaside resort of Blackpool. A B&B is supported by LeftCoast, Arts Council England and Clore Duffield Foundation.

Candidates must have knowledge of producing artworks for long term sustainable use. All aspects of A B&B are possible commissions and the brief scopes the overall potential for artists. Graduates, Emerging, Mid Career and established artists applications will be considered.

IMPORTANT DATE: Initial Expression of Interest to attend a site Visit: 7pm 14 March Funded Artist Day Visits to view A B&B: 23/25/26 March Full proposals to be submitted by: 7pm 11th April Artists final selection week comm: 11 April A B&B artists announced: Mid April Further timeline available within the commissioning brief.

Commissions ranging from £500-£20,000 A B&B will also consider co-commissioning applications.

A B&B is to be an interdisciplinary permanent showcase of the UK’s contemporary art and design artists. As a community interest company A B&B will function as a hotel and flagship way to exhibit and engage audiences with the viewing and education surrounding visual arts, architecture and design. We want art to become a staple amongst tourism and residential cultures that exist in a town such as Blackpool – an alternative immersive environment. Please read the artist commission brief carefully and submit proposals that reflect a sense of direction for your work and the understanding of how this is to be achieved in the context of a A B&B and Blackpool.

We are not looking for duplication or re-creation of what exists already in a unique setting such as Blackpool; we want what lies beyond the frame and to establish a new coastal culture where those who come to visit, participate or engage with A B&B literally support the arts while they sleep.