Open Call - International Women’s Day 2023: Inspirational Women Artists
Artist Opportunity, Open Call, Opportunities
Monday 5th December 9:00am – Monday 23rd January 2023 9:00am
Introduction
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2023, ‘a space’ arts are inviting contributions to a silent auction of artworks by female identifying and non-binary artists, with a six week exhibition at our flagship venue, God’s House Tower (GHT).
Each contributor will create an A4 image, which could be a photograph, a drawing, a print, a collage or a printed digital artwork inspired by a female identifying artist who has influenced them. To accompany the artwork, participants will be asked to write 50 -100 words about their chosen artist.
These artworks will be exhibited at GHT from 8th March – 16th April, launching on International Women’s Day. During that time, visitors will be able to bid in a silent auction to buy any of the works. For each artwork sold 50% of the proceeds will go to the artist who made the work and 50% will be donated to Yellow Door, a Southampton-based charity that prevents and responds to domestic and sexual abuse.
On Friday 14th April, there will be an event at GHT during which any final bids can be made and exhibiting artists can meet and celebrate. There will be an announcement about how much money has been raised but individual sales and prices will be kept private. Any unsold works will be returned to the artist via post.
The Brief
- Nominate a female identifying or non-binary artist who inspires you
- Create an A4 drawing or image inspired by that artist
- Write between 50 – 100 words to accompany the work
You can download a large print version of the brief here
You can download a PDF version of the brief here
Submission process
This year our submissions will be capped at 100 artworks and the selection process will be carried out by the ‘a space’ arts team.
We ask all participants to first send a digital copy of the work they would like to submit via the link provided below. The deadline for digital submissions is 9am on Monday 23rd January 2023. Successful applicants will then be notified the week of Monday 13th February 2023 and asked to send their physical artwork.
To submit your artwork and read the full guidance, please follow the link below
https://aspacearts.typeform.com/to/GFTQXStS
Basic submission guidelines
- It is free to submit an artwork
- Only 1 submission per artist
- 2D artworks only
- Work must be A4 size (201mm x 297mm). We will not accept any work that is larger or smaller than A4
- UK bank account holders only*
*International participants are welcome but, due to the payment process, we can only accept submissions from participants with UK bank accounts. We are unable to pay into International bank accounts, nor PayPal.
If you have any questions, or if you’d like this brief in an alternative format please contact James Hunter at [email protected] or 023 8033 8778
Timeline
Monday 5th December – Monday 23rd January > Open Call
Monday 23rd January > Deadline for digital submissions
Tuesday 24th January – Friday 10th February > Selection process
Monday 13th February – Friday 17th February > Successful applicants notified
Friday 17th February – Monday 27th February > Selected artists submit original artworks
Monday 27th February > Deadline to receive artworks
Wednesday 8th March > Launch event (International Women’s Day 2023)
Wednesday 8th March – Sunday 16th April > Exhibition at GHT
Friday 14th April > Closing event
About GHT – godshousetower.org.uk
God’s House Tower (GHT) opened to the public in September 2019 with an ambitious programme of exhibitions and events. Through inventive reimagining of the stories of Southampton’s past GHT’s programme shares and celebrates our local heritage.
About ‘a space’ arts – aspacearts.org.uk
Established in 2000, by artists for artists, ‘a space’ arts is a visual arts organisation that leads on a range of artist development projects, including the Arches and Tower House studios, God’s House Tower, and the RIPE programme, along with delivering a bespoke range of Artist Resources.
We take an enterprising approach to delivering our mission of supporting visual artists and inspiring audiences and have grown incrementally and strategically, developing a portfolio of projects that have culturally reanimated several Southampton buildings, to become a registered charity and an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation (NPO).
Access
As an organisation we actively look to reduce barriers for artists applying for our opportunities and commissions, and we are committed to being fair, accessible, transparent and inclusive.
We offer a range of access support for artists, including alternative formats for information we release and submissions we receive as well as an artist access fund; please contact us so that we can discuss your individual needs and provide appropriate support for your application or project. Please either email us on [email protected] or call 023 80 338 778
For more information about this work please visit – aspacearts.org.uk/about-us