Artist’s Residency, AirSpace Gallery

AirSpace Gallery has been developing a series of GREEN projects in Stoke-on-Trent, looking at how artists use notions and themes of Food, Permaculture, Growing and Sustainability, and their efficacy in the post-industrial context of a City.

We are interested in why many artists are interested in working in this thematic area – the increase in the number of projects and artists employing food and growing as themes and methods of working, and to understand this in relation to how artists are tapping into resources and cultural heritage locally, and the impact this has on ways of working.

This 3 week residency is an opportunity for artists working in this sphere to test and develop existing practices and new works within one of the country’s leading artist-led spaces.

Residency Details Dates – Friday 3rd to Saturday 25th June , 2016 Application Deadline – Midnight April 30th, 2016 Artists Fee : £500 inclusive of materials Residency Space – the successful applicant will have the use of the Gallery’s main exhibiting space as their own studio/residency space, including 24 hour access, and free wi-fi. Accommodation : free, private room in shared house for the duration of the residency Eligibility Open to practising artists working in any medium, in the UK and Abroad. Undergraduates are ineligible. • 3 weeks, with a Public Presentation of the residency activity – to be negotiated through conversation between AirSpace Gallery and the successful applicant. • There will be an opportunity during the course of the residency for the successful applicant to speak at a Public Symposium in Stoke-on-Trent, on the subject of Food, Growth, Sustainability and the Role of the Artist. • The Gallery is keen that during the residency there would be some open times where the public might be able to chat to the artist and see the residency progress and also that there be consideration of keeping a public-facing blog of the residency output.