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  • Unfiltered Coast – Call Out for Artwork

    • Unfiltered Coast – Call Out for Artwork

    15 Feb 2022

    Are you a young artist concerned about climate change?
    Do you want to the chance to display your work in a public venue?
    Do you live, work or study in Kent?

     

    We are looking for submissions for an art exhibition from young people (aged 14-20).
    The artwork must focus on the issue of coastal climate change with the key theme of water crisis:
    flooding, contamination, shortage. The work can be general or specific to Kent.
    The art work can take various forms, including:
    • Visual work: painting, drawing, photography, film/moving image, mixed media
    • Literary work: poetry, flash fiction, short stories, essays
    We are also interested in submissions that combine word and image for the purpose of climate
    change protest and activism. For example:
    • Posters, banners
    • Cartoons, graphic illustrations
    • Memes

    The exhibition will open at the Gulbenkian Arts Centre, Canterbury, in late April.
    We are also investigating the possibility of a second venue in Ramsgate.

     

    Submission deadline: Wed 30 March (to allow time for framing and installation)
    Submission details:
    Work that can be submitted online should be sent to Lavinia Brydon: l.brydon@kent.ac.uk
    Please notify Lavinia of any printing, framing or technical requirements for the work.
    If the work is too large to send via email (e.g. a video file), please contact Lavinia for an alternative
    submission route.
    If the work is fine art, please email Lavinia with an image and dimensions so that she can arrange
    an alternative submission route.
    All work should include a short artist statement, with the following details:
    • Title of work and name of artist
    • Description of work, including any notes on medium or techniques used
    • Notes on your inspiration and how the work fits with the exhibition’s theme
    We will include as many submissions as the space permits. Multiple submissions are allowed.
    The exhibition forms part of a project called Unfiltered Coast, led by staff at the University of Kent.
    It follows on from walking workshops held on the Kent coast in autumn, which coincided with
    COP26. The project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

    ART31

    ART31 takes its name from Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child, which states that ‘Children have the right to relax and play, and to join in a wide range of cultural, artistic and other recreational activities’.

    ART31 is a vision created with, by, and for young people in Kent, championing the belief that all children and young people have an entitlement to access high quality arts and culture, to empower them to achieve their creative potential, and to genuinely engage young people as equal partners in any decision making that affects them.

    The ART31 Youth Board is made up of young people from across Kent aged 13-25 who steer its governance, and influence policy and practice across the county and beyond, challenging the creative sector to examine existing ways of working and integrate young people into the core of their practice.

    Our projects with young people

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    ART31 Generate

    Youth Theatre

    Fantastic and fun sessions for ages 13-18 years, encouraging creativity and theatre-making skills.

    Live Streaming film equipment.

    SCREEN31

    Screen31 is a group for young people aged 15-25 interested in developing their film-making skills.
    TECH31

    TECH31

    TECH31 provides free practical training in technical theatre for ages 13 - 25
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    National Theatre Connections – Gulbenkian Young Company

    NT Connections is the National Theatre’s nationwide youth theatre festival. Each year it offers a unique opportunity for youth theatres and school theatre groups to stage new plays written for young people by some of theatre’s most exciting playwrights, and to perform in leading theatres across the UK.
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    Gulbenkian Uncovered

    Are you enthusiastic, committed and creative? Gulbenkian Uncovered gives University of Kent students the chance to programme films and run events.

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    Square Pegs Arts

    Square Pegs Arts are an award winning charity who provide drama groups, music projects and other accessible Arts opportunities for children and young adults who have learning disabilities and autism, and produce original, inspiring, challenging Theatre. Difference is celebrated and everyone is supported to shine in their own way.
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    KRAN Fam

    KRAN Fam is a drama group in partnership with Kent Refugee Action Network for young refugees and asylum-seekers.

    Accessible Film Club

    Relaxed Screenings

    Monthly film screenings that are open to all, especially those with autism and learning disabilities.

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    ARTY31

    Gulbenkian’s ARTY31 group is for young people aged 8-12 with a wide variety of arts interests.

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