FaB is Bath’s only annual visual arts festival and we are looking for artists to submit work to the shows in this call out.

We actively promote and celebrate contemporary art in the Bath area and beyond, showcasing early career artists and curators, and those who find it difficult to break into (or prefer to operate outside of) the gallery based art scene. FaB frequently uses “alternative”, temporary exhibition spaces - anything from street corners, shops and shopping centres to front rooms and cafés.

This year we are very proud to say we will be running our art prize: ‘The FaB Open’ as an annual event based on the success of last year’s exhibition. The FaB Open is a competition and exhibition which allows all artists to enter, inviting work from artists practising contemporary art in the fields of painting, print, drawing, photography, film, sound, sculpture, installation, and performance.

We are a not for profit organisation and receive little funding, relying on enthusiastic volunteers to enable us to put on each year’s programme of shows and events.

HOW TO APPLY
Please read the requirements in each call out. The FaB Open Arts Prize has a submission fee of £12 per entry, it is free to submit proposals for all other call outs. If you are selected for 4, 5, 6, or 7 there will be a £12 administration charge per artist. This fee will go towards publicity and other costs incurred during the festival.

Email images as jpeg, text as Word or PDF files. All to be named as follows: surname, initial, title of work (eg Smithjuntitled.jpeg or Smithjuntitled.doc).

Submissions by post must include a SAE if you would like your work returned.

Post: (Project Title)

Fringe Arts Bath (FaB), 103 Walcot Street, Bath, BA1 5BW

Phone: 07967 745 351   Email: [log in to unmask]

The deadline will be Friday 15th February 2013 for all projects unless otherwise specified, you must check our web site regulary for final conditions and any updates.

Join our Facebook group (follow the link from our home page) and keep a check on the website www.fringeartsbath.co.uk

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FAB OPEN PRIZE 
The FaB Open Prize is an annual competition and exhibition which allows all artsits to enter, inviting work from artists practising contemporary art in the fields of painting, print, drawing, photography, film, sound, sculpture, installation, and performance. 

Selected works will be shown as part of a curated exhibition at the FaB space during the 2013 festival.

All file naming as follows: surname, initial, title of work (eg Smithjuntitled.jpeg or Smithjuntitled.doc).

One jpeg image per entry, resized to max 4MB JPEG.

Film works should be uploaded online via YouTube.

Performance and installation proposals to be made in writing, under 500 words.

£12 fee per entry, payment by paypal or cheque.

Closing date: 26th April 2013.

For more information and for entry forms:

Visit www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/fab-2013-open/

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OPEN INVITE FOR GROUP SHOWS
Performance, intervention, installation, multimedia and video work through to photography, drawing, painting and sculpture

We are taking submissions from artist groups who have work of a high standard that they wish to show. Please provide us with a statement of no more than 500 words and examples of work (or past works if it’s a new project).

To make a submission:

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THE FAB ART FAIR
Calling all contemporary creative artists, crafts-people and makers to exhibit work as part of The FaB Art Fair. We are looking for a diverse, innovative, fresh and  interesting collection of artworks ready to sell at this year’s unique one-day outdoor event. Previous exhibitors have sold: paintings, ceramics, textiles, prints, sculptures, paper products, knitwear and much more! There will be a relaxed Sunday vibe, with bars, live music, street performers among other things.

There is no deadline for this opportunity.

For more information:

Please send details and images of your work by post or 

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IN OTHER WORDS
Established modes and materialities of writing seem increasingly unstable, while collaborative, performative and digital methods are flourishing. How will a future of writing unfold?

In Other Words explores our evolving relationship with text, language and writing. Submissions are invited in any media, including installation, painting, sculpture, photography, audio and more. Performance or event-led practice is welcome, as are pieces of critical, creative and experimental writing.

Curated by Rowan Lear 

Please submit a written statement/proposal of up to 200 words, with documentation of previous work in images, video

and web links. Email to: [log in to unmask]

For more information 

www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/in-other-words/

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OUTSIDE IN
From perceived vandalism to valuable, this exhibition aims to explore the journey of Street Art from its origins, through transition into mainstream contemporary art. We would welcome submissions of works in any media. 

Outside In will take inspiration from Street Art and its values and will reflect the many forms that art on the streets now encompasses. Works will be sited in curated spaces both inside and out.

Curated by Tracey Page & Bridget Sterling

Please email detailed images and a statement of up to 250 words explaining how your work responds to the theme of

this exhibition to [log in to unmask]

For more information:

www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/outside-in/

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LIVING NUMBERS
Are you fascinated by numbers? How do you record, explain or reinterpret them? Do you ponder large amounts or count repetitive actions?   Is your work labour intensive, durational, mechanical, or performative?

Submissions of work should explore the recording of numbers by giving them a new or intensified meaning.

Curated by Peta Lloyd

To apply, please send a brief statement describing your work and up to three jpegs.

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For more information:

www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/living-numbers/

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IS THIS BATH?
An invitation for proposals, in any medium, that creatively ‘map’ an individual’s interpretation of Bath. Not judged on geographical accuracy, inventive submissions based on genuine experience will be merited. Work might enlighten the visitor, amuse the local or challenge a perception of Bath. 

Curated by Claire Selman

Please submit 100 words expressing your relationship with Bath and the aspect/area of the city your ‘map’ will seek to convey (include images, audio or video if available).

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For more information:

www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/is-this-bath/

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RED LINE ART WORKS 
This invites work reflecting concerns about big global issues or the state of our world.  Open to all media, artforms and performance.  Artists include one or more red lines - signifiers of something wrong with the world’s dominant political or economic systems, or of big issues arising from them. 

Curated by Chris Greenwood

For more information:

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www.redlineartworks.org

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BATH PHOTOMARATHON 4 MAY 2013 
That’s right, it’s back, the challenge is laid down again! The Bath Photomarathon 2013, building on the success of last year’s event, will be accepting both digital and film challengers with the results being exhibited during the FaB fortnight. You will have ten hours to illustrate twenty given themes, so join us on a psychogeographical ramble through the streets of Bath. The Bath Photomarathon is open to any one who likes taking photographs: professional, amateur, young or old. Do it in a group or alone, it’s up to you. You need to be in Bath on the day, but it’s open to people outside the city.

This year’s date is Saturday 4th May 2013, 10am start somewhere in central Bath. There is an £8 admin fee per entry to cover costs (for £8 you get a film if needed and printing ready for exhibition)

For more information

For more information and to register interest, stating if you will be using digital or film, 

please email [log in to unmask]

There is no deadline for this opportunity.

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FAB SOCIAL OPEN
Are you a performance artist or do you have a film you would like to show? 2013 sees the return of the FaB Social, a night of curated chaos featuring the best performance, short films, projection and intervention. Send us details of what you would like to do; the floor is yours for one night only!

There is no deadline for this opportunity.

For more information and to make a submission

Please email [log in to unmask]

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FESTIVAL VOLUNTEERS
We need your help to steward events and shows, to promote, to help behind the scenes; the festival is entirely run by volunteers and we couldn’t do it without your kindness!

We can’t pay you, but the reward is being part of something really fun and special.

Roles during the festival include: FaB Stewards, FaB Invigilators, FaB Promoters, FaB Behind the Scenes.

If you would like to give us more of your time, share particular skills and help throughout the year you could even join the FaB Committee!

For more Information and to register

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www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/volunteer

WHAT IS FAB?
FAB is a not for profit volunteer run company, we cannot do it without your help.

Fringe Arts Bath (FAB) is a small not-for-profit company that arranges a two-week programme of contemporary art exhibitions, events and workshops during Bath Fringe Festival in May/June each year. We aim to raise the profile of contemporary visual arts in Bath, provide opportunities for early-career and emerging artists, and put art in unusual places in unexpected ways for people to happen across.

The committee organizing the festival are all volunteers and all do it for the love of the visual arts. If you are keen on seeing more decent art happening in Bath and have a love for the visual arts as much as we do then get in touch!