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Opportunity: Residency in North Yorkshire

December 7, 2022Creative Carbon Scotland

Artist in residence based at The Art Depot in Gargrave, North Yorkshire

Who we are

Chrysalis Arts Development is an agency supporting the visual arts and environmentally responsible arts practice. We aim to address the need for excellent art and high-quality support for talent development across a challenging geographical area. We believe that artists and creativity can help transform places, invigorate communities and contribute to the wider social economic infrastructure.

The residency

The residency is intended for an artist (or artists) to research and develop new work that focuses on environmental and climate issues, articulates an ecology of place and which specifically relates to the area in and around the location of The Art Depot in the Craven district of the Yorkshire Dales (see below), drawing upon its landscapes, heritage, biodiversity and ecosystems.

The residency will be split into three stages with time for contemplation and to formulate ideas in between.

During the first stage, the artist will be invited to conduct their own research while in residence at The Art Depot.
This will be followed by a development stage designed to allow the artist/s to reflect, undertake further off-site research as necessary, formulate ideas and to develop new work in response to the initial research stage.
The third stage will consist of a presentation of a finished work/body of work at the end of the residency. The format of this presentation is flexible and can be in situ or online by negotiation.

Setting and accommodation

The Art Depot is an award-winning building set in Gargrave, a large village in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, situated on the very edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Both the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal pass through the village and the building backs on to the canal.

Private accommodation at The Art Depot includes one bedroom, a large workspace, a kitchen and a shower room. It is fully accessible for wheelchair users.

Fees

Artist/s fee: £2,500 to include travel, materials, subsistence etc. This is a fixed fee and will be split for collaborating artists.

Full details can be found here: bit.ly/residency-opp-cad [opens in a new window]

Please apply by: midnight Friday 30 December

(Top image: Photography by Lisa Holmes)

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Ray Ferris Innovation and Sustainability Grant

December 3, 2022news

The Ray Ferris Innovation and Sustainability Grant is an annual grant awarded to a Toronto-based producing company selected by the committee based on a detailed production/project proposal, recognizing advances in theatrical design and the promotion of sustainability in live theatre. The recipient will receive a cash grant of $25,000 towards innovative sustainability elements for an in-person live theatre performance. The Ontario Arts Foundation manages the endowment that funds the grant.

Applicants will demonstrate how the grant would contribute to advances in theatrical design, while promoting environmental sustainability, and how the grant would assist in one or more capacity such as (but not limited to) the following:

Creating unique methods of delivering a narrative in a live theatre show, through the application of design innovations and digital technologies
Extending the theatrical experience to include the audience’s journey to and from the venue (and beyond), and working with community groups to find exciting, inclusive, and environmentally conscientious ways of making that happen
Developing new and sustainable processes in the construction and striking of a live theater show, and collaborating with communities and other theatre artists to find creative uses for the materials after the production
Transforming non traditional underused spaces into theatrical venues

The recipient must be a charity registered and in good standing with the Canada Revenue Agency.

The Ray Ferris Innovation and Sustainability Grant recipient will provide a report back to the committee following the conclusion of the production, detailing how the grant was used to further sustainability practice in the performing arts, elaborating on elements that worked well and others that require additional consideration. The report will be presented to the TAPA membership with the goal of building upon best practices in the industry.

Raymond M. Ferris was a Toronto artist, mathematician and statistician born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He earned a Master of Science degree and early in his career, Ray was on the team of NASA rocket scientists responsible for the successful return of the astronauts from the moon landing. In the mid-1980s, Ray started his own business in Toronto, R.M.Ferris Research Consultants. With advances in technology, he began experimenting with digital art and developed techniques to integrate his love for art, mathematics and computer technology and he collaborated with local musicians, combining art forms. Ray loved the theatre and was an enthusiastic supporter of Toronto’s scene.

Recipients – Click for Info (pending inaugural)

Eligibility Criteria

Deadline for applications: Monday, April 3, 2023 – 5:00pm. Late submissions will not be accepted.

To be eligible to apply for a Ferris Grant, a company must be a not-for-profit organization based or producing in the Toronto area, and a registered charity under the Canadian Income Tax Act.

Proposed production must take place during the producing season following receipt of the grant. (i.e., a grant awarded in June 2023 for production to take place July 2023 – June 2024)

In order to apply for the Ferris Award, please supply the following information:

Applicant’s Company Name, Representative Name, Title, Phone and Email Address
Registered charity number
Brief history of the applicant company
Project outline (Describe the proposed project and why the applicant should be awarded the Ferris Award, (up to 6 pages) detailing how the grant will be used
Relevant Supplementary material
All applications must be submitted in English

Submit an Application

Ray Ferris Innovation and Sustainability Grant Committee

Indrit Kasapi

Jacoba Knaapen

New report: Transforming Futures through Place-based Creative Practices

December 1, 2022Creative Carbon Scotland

A new research report looking at place-making in Scotland and how it can progress sustainability outcomes and act as agents of change. It includes detailed case studies of three platforms and organisations working in different contexts across Scotland, and identifies themes and lessons learned that are common to them.

Read the report here.

Place-based cultural practitioners can help shape more sustainable futures and act as agents of change in their communities. Using the Scottish context, this report includes an overview of place policy and a scan of current cultural organisations engaged in place-making, with case studies of three socially-engaged practices and how these respond to local themes while simultaneously introducing important eco-social agendas.

Commissioned by CreaTures (the EU-Horizon 2020 project on Creative Practices for Transformational Futures), in late 2021, to explore how creative practitioners are making change, this report fills a gap by addressing the goals and methods of long-term engagement and collaborative projects that are hard to observe in the lifetime of a single project. In this sense, the report captures the importance of both place and time in the work of changing cultures to make fair and liveable futures.

Workshop at ATLAS Arts. Looking down a long table at which five people stand making printed artworks using rollers and ink and wearing protective gloves. Photo: Jordan Young.

The report was created by Gemma Lawrence, culture/SHIFT Manager at Creative Carbon Scotland, and Emma Hall, PhD researcher at the University of Glasgow, with contributions from Joss Allen, Co-Artistic Director (maternity cover) / Alternative Economies Manager, ATLAS Arts; Rachel Grant, Curator, Fertile Ground; and Katharine Wheeler, Partnerships and Project Development, and Matt Baker, Orchestrator, The Stove Network.

Developmental editing was supplied by Ann Light, University of Sussex, with additions from Ben Twist, Director, Creative Carbon Scotland. Savannah Vize handled the design and layout for CreaTures.

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