Cabin Fever Artist Residency

Artcore is working in partnership with Derby City Council to offer 6 x £500 bursaries for artists to creatively engage with and occupy the cabin located at Osnabruck Derby City Centre, between January 2021 till June 2021.

“Cabin fever (noun) a state characterised by anxiety, restlessness, and boredom, arising from a prolonged stay in a remote or confined place.”

As a result of the first and now second lockdown, many of us have had to spend time in isolation and confined in our homes, and we’d like artists to respond to this theme by literally taking up residence in our cabin in Derby City Centre.

Artcore’s Gallery, in the centre of Derby, faces onto Osnabruck Square, (named after Derby’s German twin town of Osnabrück) in which there are three ‘cabins’, small retail units that operated as a café, a flower stall and a newsagent. Working in partnership with Derby City Council we now have the use of the former newsagent, and a budget for artists to take up residence in it for a month at a time between January and June 2021.

We would like artists to propose projects and activities which they can work on in our cabin for a month at a time. We have some specific aims we’d like artists to address:

• To creatively engage with members of the public
• To run around four public workshops for members of the public during each residency
• To enhance and animate the area using your creativity
• To celebrate the people and communities of Derby

Residency slots are one month:

• January 2021
• February 2021
•  March 2021
• April 2021
•  May 2021
• June 2021

The 23rd December deadline is for the January slot.

We’ve also suggested some themes that you can respond to, though we are open to suggestion if you have your own ideas.