Daniel Coleman, Naive Painter, 2018, site-specific installation at PeripheriesOPEN (2018)
PeripheriesMEET is an online correspondence programme for artists, with an opportunity to exhibit at Periphery Space. Over the course of the 2020/ 21 academic year, the eight Wexford-based applicants will take part in four online feedback sessions and one in-person feedback session at Periphery Space. Each feedback session will be led by artists Emma Roche and James Merrigan. Guest mentors will be appointed to refresh perspectives and to accommodate the particular needs of artists working in different media. You will be given individual written feedback following each session.
This free programme will offer artists critical feedback in a safe environment, and encourage independent thought and support for individual artists who feel a little lost inside and outside the studio context.
The online sessions will involve all eight applicants in a communal and structured feedback forum, allowing individuals to benefit from crossover experiences from group feedback. (Throughout we will encourage a we-are-in-this-together communal environment.) The written feedback will be detailed and targeted towards the individual's needs and aspirations; and the midsummer group exhibition at Periphery Space will also be a communal and curatorial experience, helped by Emma and James' years of experience curating the space.
All participants will receive free Professional G Suite accounts for the duration of the programme, which includes a contained and communal online platform for the group to interact, share and develop.
To apply (Open to all Wexford-based artists)
• email five images of your work;
• a short biography (Max 100 words);
• and answer the two questions in the questionnaire:
Do you feel you can be open to what is a critical but supportive process, where growth in your art practice is the ultimate aim?
What do you hope to gain from the programme?
*Email: periphery.space@gsa.ie
Deadline: 5pm, 11 September 2020
Supported by Wexford Arts Office