Thanks to Ceri for this reminder. Ed
Quay Arts youth team, Young Quay, are inviting UK based artists aged 13 years up and with no end age limit, to submit work of any medium, responding to the theme ‘self’.
Self: definition of one’s identity, character, abilities, and attitudes, especially in relation to persons or things outside oneself or itself.
Artists can respond to this in whichever way they choose. Art works can be produced in any medium i.e. 2D, sculpture, installation or time-based media. One artist will be selected for a cash prize of £250.
About Young Quay
Young Quay is a team of nine students (ages 14–17 years) from the Isle of Wight who have been working under the guidance of Quay Arts’ Visual Arts Team to curate an exhibition in The West Gallery.
The group have been working together since September 2013 on curatorial process and exploring practical, studio-based art sessions with selected guest artists. They meet every Monday after school and also on some Saturdays for offsite gallery visits.
For this Open Exhibition, they have been working on every aspect of curating the show – from designing the brief and selecting the work, to installing in the gallery and marketing the exhibition, right up to its grand opening.
How to apply
Applications can be submitted as work-in-progress, therefore making the submission process simple with only rough information required about the work.
Entry is free and there is no maximum amount of pieces of work that can be submitted.
An application form and guidelines for entrants is available on the Quay Arts website.
The deadline for proposals is 5pm on Saturday 25th January 2014.
Key Dates
- Deadline for Proposals: 5pm on Saturday 25th January 2014
- Notification of Results: Tuesday 28 January 2014
- Delivery of Finished Works: Saturday 22nd February 2014
- Exhibition: Saturday 1 March – Saturday 19 April 2014
- Preview: Saturday 1 March 2014 6 – 8pm
- Gallery Talk and Prize Giving: Thursday 10 April 2014 6 – 7pm
We need your support
As a charity, Quay Arts and would not be able to put on exhibitions like this without the support of Islanders buying tickets to live events, enrolling onto workshops and classes, having lunch in the café or buying unique gifts from our shop.
There are endless ways to support Quay Arts and the purchase of art is one of them.
Buying art has can be easy through the Own Art Scheme where you can purchase an item between £100 and £2000 and pay over 10 months in equal instalments completely interest free.
