Open Call | Courses for Dis-Course(s)
WHO IS THIS FOR? 🫓
10 artists will be invited to join Courses for Dis-Course(s) as participating artists in an exciting new project taking place at Primary.
Courses for Dis-Course(s) is the title of the socially engaged dining experiments. The Dinners will be specifically for British (south) Asian Women Artists (or anyone who identifies with this - inclusive of non-binary people and trans women). The artists must be of 2nd and 3rd generation or from the diaspora having significant time in the UK - eg anyone who’s parent(s) have migrated to the UK from South Asia (inclusive of those who have migrated at first to other countries such as Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya) or have migrated themselves at a young age. Artists must be emerging, early career or mid-career with experience of institutions, whether that is university education, galleries or museums.
Specifically, we are looking for artists for the location of Nottingham from areas local to Primary and artists who wouldn’t normally have access to such spaces for showing work or engagement.
WHAT WILL WE DO? 🍽
There will be 5 dinners on 5 separate days over the course of 9 weeks - a dinner each week. Each dinner will be designed differently in terms of seating, food provided/ cooked and engagement. After each dinner, ephemera will be rearranged and contributed to with documentation, photography, video or sound recordings with consent. Whilst dinners are not being held, the space will be open to the public. During the dinners, the space will be made private, considering what it means to have private spaces in institutions of communities like ours.
WHAT DO YOU GET? 💷
- Artists will be paid £200 for attending all 5 evening dinners
- Travel to and from the gallery will be paid for by the project organisers
- Food will be provided at all events
- Artists will also receive a free care package of £150
- Peer group formed throughout the 9 weeks
- Entries in a publication
- Dine with artist Roo Dhissou
- Be part of a podcast
- Optional informal chat with team at Primary
- Take up space in a gallery, meet other artists, share experiences!
To apply please email coursesfordiscourses@gmail.com with an expression of interest including:
A maximum of 300 words telling us who you are, about your creative practice, why you’d like to join, and you may include images if you wish.
You can send this in an alternative format too, such as video/ audio no longer 2 minutes.
The deadline to apply is 7 September 2023. You will be notified of the outcomes by 14 September 2023. You must be able to attend all 5 dinners to apply. Please email the above email for any queries.