[spectre] Call Residencies Lovely Weather-Deadline August 3rd

[Annick Bureaud]

REMINDER – DEADLINE APPROACHING


LOVELY WEATHER ARTISTS RESIDENCIES DONEGAL- IRELAND

INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

DEADLINE: Monday 3rd August 2009


Leonardo/Olats, partner of the Regional Cultural Centre, 
Letterkenny, Donegal County, Ireland, would like to remind 
all interested artists the call for Lovely Weather 
residencies project related to art and climate change, that 
will take place in 2009-2010.

You will find all relevant information and forms online at :
http://www.donegalculture.com

A short reminder about those residencies (full details online) :

- Five residencies are proposed in the five Electoral Areas 
of County Donegal, Ireland. One per area. (Please refer to 
Appendix II on the project website).

- Artist must apply to one of the 5 areas

- Residencies will be of 4 - 11 weeks in duration (although 
proposals for shorter or longer periods can be considered).

- The successful artists will not necessarily have to be 
resident in Donegal for the entire duration of the project. 
But they must demonstrate a commitment to working on the 
ground during at least part of the residency.

- The commissioned artists will receive a fee of circa 
€15,000 for fees/research/travel & materials. Please note 
exact amounts will be confirmed at a later stage in the 
commissioning process.

- The residencies will be managed by co-curators for the 
project John Cunningham (Regional Cultural Centre) and 
Annick Bureaud (Leonardo/OLATS). Workshops and seminars will 
be held with the artists and interested parties, throughout 
the run of the residencies.



PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A TWO PHASE SELECTION PROCESS

     PHASE 1 IS A GENERAL CALL FOR SUITABLE CANDIDATES 
(deadline August 3rd 2009)

     SHORTLISTING OF CANDIDATES FOR PHASE 2 WILL TAKE PLACE

     SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES FOR PHASE 2 WILL BE ASKED TO 
SUBMIT A MORE SPECIFIC PROPOSAL RELATED TO ONE OF THE FIVE 
LOCATION FOR THE RESIDENCY PROGRAMME


Submissions MUST ONLY be submitted via the Lovely Weather 
Residency Website.

     Submissions should include a current Curriculum Vitae 
(300 word max).
     A maximum of 6-images/ audio/ video of previous works.
     A proposed project outline (including timescale, 
costings etc.) of no more than 750 words.An artist statement 
of no more than 500 words.



TIMESCALE

1st PHASE
Final date for Phase 1 submissions – 3rd August 2009
Shortlisted artists for Phase 2 informed – 17th August 2009

2nd PHASE
Final date for Phase 2 submissions – 25th September 2009
Successful applicants for residencies informed – 16th 
October 2009

RESIDENCIES
Start date for Lovely Weather Residencies – 1st November 2009
Completion date for projects – 1st November 2010
Exhibition – 23rd November 2010 – 25th February 2011




Further information is available at www.donegalculture.com.
For further info contact Declan Sheehan 
Declan.Sheehan at donegalcoco.ie or John Cunningham 
jcunningham at donegalcoco.ie