Herts Open Studios is organised by members of the Herts Visual Arts Forum (HVAF) a voluntary organisation. The event aims to introduce people in the county and beyond to the wealth of artistic talent in Hertfordshire. All HVAF members are eligible to participate in Open Studios. If you’re not already a member, you will need to join before you can get involved in the county’s biggest and best-attended art event. And remember, Open Studios is not the only reason to join!
HVAF brings you opportunities to:
show your work at a number of events during the year
get connected with other artists and share expertise
attend meetings with visiting professional artists
enjoy local arty events
publicise your work and events via the HVAF website
develop skills and professionalism
WHO FUNDS OPEN STUDIOS ?
Open Studios is principally funded by the artists who participate. However we also apply for grants and further revenue is obtained from commercial advertising.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE IN OPEN STUDIOS?
Open Studios is open to visual and applied artists with HVAF membership who live or work in or on the borders of Hertfordshire. There is no selection process.
Monday 5 April 2010
performers wanted
'Comme il fait Beau!' (‘What Lovely Weather!’) was co-written by Surrealists André Breton, Robert Desnos and Benjamin Peret in 1923 following the principles of collage to which they had been introduced by Max Ernst. It features a cast of animals and insects.
We will be performing the premiere in English of this wonderful short play at the Barbican in July, as part of a major exhibition. There will also be other paid opportunities for future performances elsewhere. We are looking for two actors (male or female) who will bring their own unique skills to the roles, and are interested in hearing from performers with physical theatre, circus, dance or comedy skills, a love of the unusual and a collaborative spirit. There is a small fee for the July performance and we are applying for funding to cover the (London based) rehearsal period. Auditions week beginning 5th April. There is no need to prepare an audition piece beforehand. Please send letter, CV's with any weblinks and a photograph.
We will be performing the premiere in English of this wonderful short play at the Barbican in July, as part of a major exhibition. There will also be other paid opportunities for future performances elsewhere. We are looking for two actors (male or female) who will bring their own unique skills to the roles, and are interested in hearing from performers with physical theatre, circus, dance or comedy skills, a love of the unusual and a collaborative spirit. There is a small fee for the July performance and we are applying for funding to cover the (London based) rehearsal period. Auditions week beginning 5th April. There is no need to prepare an audition piece beforehand. Please send letter, CV's with any weblinks and a photograph.
Artist’s Commission: Greenwich Film Festival
Commission Brief
Stream is a creative production agency based in the London Borough of Greenwich, where our programmes bring together innovative art practice and local people. We invite artists to find inspiration in the geographies, peoples and locales in which our projects are sited and offer a stimulating environment in which to realise ambitious new work. We work in collaboration with the artists we commission to realise the full potential of projects, and are committed to creative excellence and meaningful participation in all the work we produce. We look for artists whose practice combines a conceptual sophistication with a lightness of touch, and are keen to support the professional development of the artists we commission. www.streamarts.org.uk
As part of the Greenwich Film Festival, Stream is running an open submission, home movie/archive project that will result in a new artist's commission to be premièred at the Vue Cinema, O2, Greenwich.
We are seeking an artist who can create an innovative short film of between 5-10 minutes that utilises new media to transform and re-think material submitted by the public. We are looking for an imaginative approach to the material and narrative, and will give preference to proposals that will take a visually radical approach to the material. The film should use footage submitted by the public and archive materials that are copyright cleared through the Greenwich Heritage Centre. The artist can also film or design/animate new material to add coherency and context to the finished film and help to achieve the artistic vision of the work. This commission may be suitable for a new media or video artist, filmmaker or VJ but the finished work must be suitable for a cinema screening. The film should not be reliant on dialogue as it may potentially be screened on outdoor sites without sound, so it needs to be visually interesting.
The theme of this year's Greenwich Film Festival is time, and we are looking for a filmmaker who can produce a poetic vision of the borough through the prism of past, present and future. The borough of Greenwich is renowned for its rich history, but, it is also a forward looking borough that is frequently used as visual shorthand for concepts of time, being the home of Greenwich Mean Time. The selected film-maker should be able to think creatively about how the borough and its residents can be represented positively through this film. There will be a call out to the public to submit their home movie footage to the project and this should be used alongside any new material to create an exciting new film that reflects on Greenwich past, present and future. The artist must have a rough edit of the film ready by 21 June and be prepared to make any changes to the film if deemed necessary. Stream, acting on behalf of Greenwich Council will need a master copy of the finished film and 3 x DVD suitable for screening purposes. The artist will also be expected to run a workshop/Q&A session at which they will talk about how they approached the commission and their use of archive footage and new media to create the work .
The fee for this commission is £2,500, inclusive of expenses.
If you are interested in applying for this commission, please send a brief outline (no more than 1 side of A4) detailing how you would approach the commission and any initial concepts you may have of how you would work with archival material in an innovative and imaginative way. You should also send an example of your previous work with your expression of interest, no later than 4pm on Thursday 1 April
Stream is a creative production agency based in the London Borough of Greenwich, where our programmes bring together innovative art practice and local people. We invite artists to find inspiration in the geographies, peoples and locales in which our projects are sited and offer a stimulating environment in which to realise ambitious new work. We work in collaboration with the artists we commission to realise the full potential of projects, and are committed to creative excellence and meaningful participation in all the work we produce. We look for artists whose practice combines a conceptual sophistication with a lightness of touch, and are keen to support the professional development of the artists we commission. www.streamarts.org.uk
As part of the Greenwich Film Festival, Stream is running an open submission, home movie/archive project that will result in a new artist's commission to be premièred at the Vue Cinema, O2, Greenwich.
We are seeking an artist who can create an innovative short film of between 5-10 minutes that utilises new media to transform and re-think material submitted by the public. We are looking for an imaginative approach to the material and narrative, and will give preference to proposals that will take a visually radical approach to the material. The film should use footage submitted by the public and archive materials that are copyright cleared through the Greenwich Heritage Centre. The artist can also film or design/animate new material to add coherency and context to the finished film and help to achieve the artistic vision of the work. This commission may be suitable for a new media or video artist, filmmaker or VJ but the finished work must be suitable for a cinema screening. The film should not be reliant on dialogue as it may potentially be screened on outdoor sites without sound, so it needs to be visually interesting.
The theme of this year's Greenwich Film Festival is time, and we are looking for a filmmaker who can produce a poetic vision of the borough through the prism of past, present and future. The borough of Greenwich is renowned for its rich history, but, it is also a forward looking borough that is frequently used as visual shorthand for concepts of time, being the home of Greenwich Mean Time. The selected film-maker should be able to think creatively about how the borough and its residents can be represented positively through this film. There will be a call out to the public to submit their home movie footage to the project and this should be used alongside any new material to create an exciting new film that reflects on Greenwich past, present and future. The artist must have a rough edit of the film ready by 21 June and be prepared to make any changes to the film if deemed necessary. Stream, acting on behalf of Greenwich Council will need a master copy of the finished film and 3 x DVD suitable for screening purposes. The artist will also be expected to run a workshop/Q&A session at which they will talk about how they approached the commission and their use of archive footage and new media to create the work .
The fee for this commission is £2,500, inclusive of expenses.
If you are interested in applying for this commission, please send a brief outline (no more than 1 side of A4) detailing how you would approach the commission and any initial concepts you may have of how you would work with archival material in an innovative and imaginative way. You should also send an example of your previous work with your expression of interest, no later than 4pm on Thursday 1 April
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