The Contemporary Art Society (CAS) has won a grant of £211,000 from Arts Council England (ACE) for curatorial fellows to conceive and produce a series of four displays for the Whitechapel Gallery.
Three fellows will receive a bursary of £10,000 through the scheme, while one further fellow has already been recruited with funding from a previous ACE grant.
The fellowships offer an opportunity to undertake substantial research into England's publicly-held collections.
Using the theme of philanthropy as a springboard, the displays will feature works drawn from the collections of the society’s 59 English member institutions, with a particular focus on the north west, east coast, midlands and south.
The fellows will be based at Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull; Wolverhampton Art Gallery; and Brighton Museum and Art Gallery.
The results of their work will be shown at Whitechapel Gallery in London, followed by a touring exhibition to regional galleries. The displays are to be accompanied by talks, events and the publication of essays by the fellows.
The project runs over a 12-month period from September 2013.
Recruitment for the three remaining fellowships is ongoing and closes on 3 May 2013.
Click here for more on how to apply
Cambridge public art strategy
CAS has also been named as art advisor on a significant 20-year expansion project to establish a new, mixed academic and urban community near the city of Cambridge, which will be known as North West Cambridge.
Along with fellow art advisor InSite Arts, CAS will collaborate with the University of Cambridge to develop a public art strategy for the planned community, which is being built on farmland owned by the university. The strategy has been tasked with giving the area a “distinctive identity and unique voice”.
An artist-in-residence programme will run throughout the duration of the project, with three artists already appointed to live on the site for the first year. Their residencies will result in exhibitions, talks, art installations and workshops for the public.
Three fellows will receive a bursary of £10,000 through the scheme, while one further fellow has already been recruited with funding from a previous ACE grant.
The fellowships offer an opportunity to undertake substantial research into England's publicly-held collections.
Using the theme of philanthropy as a springboard, the displays will feature works drawn from the collections of the society’s 59 English member institutions, with a particular focus on the north west, east coast, midlands and south.
The fellows will be based at Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull; Wolverhampton Art Gallery; and Brighton Museum and Art Gallery.
The results of their work will be shown at Whitechapel Gallery in London, followed by a touring exhibition to regional galleries. The displays are to be accompanied by talks, events and the publication of essays by the fellows.
The project runs over a 12-month period from September 2013.
Recruitment for the three remaining fellowships is ongoing and closes on 3 May 2013.
Click here for more on how to apply
Cambridge public art strategy
CAS has also been named as art advisor on a significant 20-year expansion project to establish a new, mixed academic and urban community near the city of Cambridge, which will be known as North West Cambridge.
Along with fellow art advisor InSite Arts, CAS will collaborate with the University of Cambridge to develop a public art strategy for the planned community, which is being built on farmland owned by the university. The strategy has been tasked with giving the area a “distinctive identity and unique voice”.
An artist-in-residence programme will run throughout the duration of the project, with three artists already appointed to live on the site for the first year. Their residencies will result in exhibitions, talks, art installations and workshops for the public.
