Open Commission, Visual Artist - Outside, In

Open Call Out, Visual Artist, Outside, In 2024

'I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out 'til sundown, for going out, I found was really going in' - John Muir

We are looking for a Visual Artist for a micro-commission working directly with participants 18+ with lived experience of ill mental health, asylum seeker and refugee backgrounds and B arts advisory and volunteer groups to create a piece of visual art between March - April 2024. The commission will include working with participant groups in their setting and at B arts through planned workshops to co-create a piece of visual art. The commission will culminate in a mini sharing event that includes an element of walking between B arts (Hartshill Road) and Growth Point (Leek Road). This micro-commission and period of research and development work will feed into a larger promenade piece of work, subject to funding.

Outside, In incorporates the themes of walking and mental well-being.

This commission is open to artists working in and across Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent.

Timeline / Schedule

Deadline: Monday 26th February 5pm

Interviews w/c: Monday 26th February

Applicants will hear back: Friday 1st March

Key dates to be available:

Work on project starts w/c: Monday 4th March - Monday 15th April

Showcase event: Week commencing Monday 15th April

Fee £1,200

(fee is inclusive of travel, there is a small additional materials budget)

*Please confirm in your application that you are available for all the dates mentioned

Application Process

You will be working with a mixed group of participants to create a piece of work for a walking outdoor showcase event.

We would particularly like you to consider how you will approach the topic in your application, how this opportunity will develop your practice and help your work to grow, how your practice or approach fits with our theme of walking and mental well-being, and how you would approach working with the participant groups.