APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED
Were you involved in the delivery of a Culture Collective project in the Outer Hebrides, Orkney or Shetland? Shetland Arts is excited to host a creative space for a Culture Collective artist from each island group to spend time together, create, reflect, evaluate Culture Collective and explore the sustainability of artists in rural context.
Each day will have a Facilitated Discussion by Shetland Arts Employees, and time for the artists to create, explore and input into a document that will summarise and explore themes shaped by the artists. The final document will be made into a public pamphlet (by the Shetland Arts in-house marketing team) that can be distributed physically and online to partner venues, Culture Collective artists and beyond. We would love to have this document to build evidence as an appendix for how cross island working can take place and support and benefit one another.
Examples of themes could be:
- Art and Resilience
- Art and Climate
- Sustainability of art form
- Discussions about what inspires each artist
- Pricing your work and your time
- How to create work that has value to those around you
- How to adapt your practice to where you are
- Advocating for your art
- Balancing your art and other commitments
- Personal and professional progress
- Promoting yourself
- Effective online presence
- Collaborations
- Cross artform work
- Local colleagues (possible lack of).
These are just suggestions and the week and the outcome will be shaped by the artists participating in the lab.
The aim of this is to have a tangible outcome and something to work towards for those coming together to do the project.
If you are passionate about working as part of a team and sharing your views, your project, and what it’s like to work as a rural artist, we are looking to work with you.
