fig-1 contacts

If you have any queries about the figure ground events please let us know.

The events are open to all artists working in the public realm / public art / art in public / outside art - in all its rich diversity. It may be one aspect of your practise or your main focus.

Contact: figuregroundprojects@googlemail.com or fig-1 phone: 07766 593 480

please note: some information had the incorrect telephone number. Apologies if you were trying to get through.

visit to chatham on 14th Aug

We were meeting Michelle Chorley from Dada South, artists Paivi Seppala and Steven Turner for a picnic in the Commissioners Gardens in the Historic Dockyard at Chatham to discuss possibilities for a Figure Ground Event. It turned out to be in some gorgeous surroundings.

The dockyard is like a town (walled) within the town, a fascinating place with theme park attractions alongside arts and crafts of high quality and ambition operating in a community that looks out to the Medway and towards Europe as much as to the rest of the South East. We visited the Joiners Shop and wandered through studios and creative businesses with no sign of a Tescos or Costas.
How do you respond to places so rich in history? Paivi is developing Light Vessel 21. http://www.lv21.co.uk

Figure Ground Events: call for applications

Figure Ground Events:
for artists working in the public realm

Brighton: Saturday 24^th October

Bracknell: Thursday 29^th October

Milton Keynes: Friday 6^th November

Chatham: Friday 13^th November

Figure Ground* is an artist led organisation which has developed these events around the South East region to encourage creative debate on what it means to practice in the public realm.

Applications are invited from artists who consider their work to come under the broad umbrella of public art to participate in one of the four events.

Artists are asked to bring elements of their own practice and thinking to the events. Artists will be collaborating with each other and responding to sites, with the aim of exploring issues around practice, sparking networks and ideas, and contributing to critical debate about the role of public art.

There are 50 places available for each event and priority will be given to artists based in the South-East, but others are welcome to apply. Tickets cost £10 and include lunch and refreshments. There are 10 bursary places per event which cover the ticket cost (£10) and offer a travel bursary of £25.

How to apply:

Download the application form:

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AYdsz3iuuBKmZGdzNXJxZ3ZfMGQyN2o3dnI1&hl=en

fill in and email to: figuregroundprojects@googlemail.com

Or post to:

Figure Ground

c/o OVADA
21 Gloucester Green,
Oxford,
OX1 2AQ

by Friday 11^th September 2009.

If you have any queries about making an application please email us or phone (Fridays are best): 07766 593 480.

We also welcome applications in other formats, including by phone, text, or any other way as long as you answer all the questions on the application form.

Supported by

ACE, SEEDA, Artpoint, ARC, NAN, OVADA, Fabrica, Bracknell Forest Council, Artworks MK, Dada South.

NAN article on AN website

Figure Ground is featured in this months NAN news..
http://www.a-n.co.uk/nan/article/553779