Please pass onto your students, friends and colleagues about a new SWCTN Porthmeor Residency at Porthmeor Studios, St Ives for artists that use technology and focus on immersion - so great for sound and installation artists etc...  The launch is this Saturday at Porthmeor Studios at 3.30pm as part of an afternoon of events so please come and ask questions & you can pop in and see the studio that is being used by guest resident Steven Claydon at the moment: 

The SWCTN Porthmeor Residency includes: 

1 month in Studio 11 in either Oct, Nov or Dec 2019 - https://www.bsjwtrust.co.uk/studios/studio11/

£450 for the month towards travel etc.. costs. 

Application Process:

1. Up to date CV (max 2 sides A4)

2. A statement about why you want a month at Porthmeor  - max 1 side of A4 to include info on:

·         What art form, technology and focus on immersion. 

·         Info about living in the SW or your strong SW connection

·         Link to work -  a link straight to 2 x pieces of work.  

·         Assurance that you will be able to dedicate the vast majority of the month to using the studio. 

Notes:

a.    A pair of artists or small group (3? Including a technologist/ coder) could apply together for a residency if working on the same piece but you do need to think about the space. 

b.    You will increase your chances of being chosen by being available all three months.  

 Deadline:

The application deadline is: 12 noon  - 18th June 2019 - email details tbc

Shortlisting is done by experts in the digital/ immersive arts field with the final choice by the BSJW Trust Selection Committee. 

Come to the Sat 18^th event or keep an eye on Porthmeor Studios on social media for more info.

The launch is part of a Celebration at Porthmeor on May 18^th:

·         1-2pm  - Exhibition by Virginia Bounds in the Borlase Smart room. Virginia (Gini) will be around 1 – 2pm and again at the Underneath the Floorboards PV – all welcome – 6-8pm.

·          Talk by Turner Prize winner Lubaina Himid in her studio 2pm (fully booked).

·         3.30pm  - The launch of a 3 x 1 month SWCTN Porthmeor Residencies for artists using technology focussing on immersion (Oct, Nov or Dec 2019).

·         Try VR and HoloLens experiences (including 3D painting) in the fishermen’s cellar 1  - 3.15pm

·         Open Studios by Porthmeor Artists’ Residency Programme guests Steven Claydon and Daniel Sinsel and long-term tenant artists: Sam Bassett, Andy Harper, Felicity Mara, Iain Robertson, Marion Taylor and Clare Wardman

·          Kate Walters Shetland Notebooks book-signing – 1-4pm – foyer

·         Drop-in free life drawing classes at the St Ives School of Painting – 1.30 – 5pm short poses every half hour from 1.30pm

·         Mark Dion’s installation The Maritime Artist in Cellar 4

Free snacks and tea & coffee - foyer. 

Dr. Lucy Frears FHEA

Porthmeor Artist Residency Programme Manager

The Borlase Smart John Wells Trust

I work part-time on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

Tel: 01736 339338

If you are interested in becoming a Porthmeor Patron to support the Residency Programme please get in touch.