Calling all contemporary craft curators for your chance to be awarded 100% grants at Collect 2010: applications are now open for Art Fund Collect 2010
The Art Fund has allocated up to £75,000 towards Art Fund Collect 2010, following the success of the initiative first launched by The Art Fund and Crafts Council in 2008. The initiative is designed to champion contemporary craft by challenging curators to acquire significant works of applied and decorative art by UK-based and international contemporary artists and makers at Collect 2010, organised by the Crafts Council at the Saatchi Gallery from 14 – 17 May 2010
By providing special access to the fair for selected curators, 100% grants for outstanding examples of contemporary craft, and a quick decision-making process, Art Fund Collect is designed to enable museums to compete with private collectors and raise the profile of contemporary craft collections in the UK.
A short-list of curators will be selected by the Art Fund Collect committee, and will be invited to select a single work for their museum’s collection at a special pre-VIP preview of Collect organised by the Crafts Council on Thursday 13th May 2010. The selected works will then be considered by the committee, who will allocate up to £75,000, with their decisions based on the curators’ initial proposals and the ambition of their subsequent choice at Collect.
For details of how to apply and the criteria for Art Fund Collect click here
The deadline for entries is 12 noon on Friday 19th February.
Art Fund Collect 2010 should encourage contemporary craft curators to undertake detailed research of the artists and makers represented by exhibitors at Collect 2010. Download a list of galleries exhibiting at COLLECT 2010 and the artists they are representing and a slideshow showing images indicative of the works by some of those artists and makers.
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The Art Fund’s grant conditions
Art Fund Collect 2009
The 2009 winners were:
- Aberdeen Art Gallery: Neckpiece, 2009 by Jacqueline Ryan
- Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales: Red Stripe, 2008 by Rachael Woodman
- Bilston Craft Gallery: Propagation Project; Lichen Petals, 2009 by Junko Mori
- mima, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art: Bracelet, 1999 by Giovanni Corvaja
- V&A: Free Essence-6, 2009 by Niyoko Ikuta
To read more about Art Fund Collect 2009 please read the press release
Art Fund Collect 2008
The 2008 winners were:
- Belfast, Ulster Museum: A Silver Organism – Pine 2007 by Junko Mori
- Brighton & Hove, Hove Museum: Neckpiece, 2007 by Adam Paxon
- Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery: Shadow of the Wall, Gaza by Norma Starszakowna
- Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art: Monumental Pot V by Julian Stair
To read more about Art Fund Collect 2008 please read the press release.
