UK New Artists will celebrate the beginning of Taking Place: Derby with a showcase of work by some of the best up-and-coming artists from the New Artist Collective #2; a cross-disciplinary group of 12 artists, selected from a nationwide open call.
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Join us for a day of creativity and artistic exploration with ILKON artists in residence, Ruby Waage-Townsend and Shehzad Jaffer.
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UK New Artists and 4C Group are offering a £10,000 bursary for UK-based UKNA Alumni artists who consider themselves at a turning point in their career. UKNA and 4C Group recognise the difficulties faced by those struggling to further their career without support. You may feel that you have faced difficulties due to social, cultural, economic or access conditions, which has impacted the development of your practice.
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We are seeking 10 artists working in any discipline from across the UK to join our New Artist Collective #2 (NAC2). We consider this opportunity fluid, as it can run alongside your existing practice but also give you the opportunity to step out and reflect on your process, recharge creatively and develop a strong and enduring peer network. We are seeking artists who wish to contribute to creative discourse and recognise the value of the collective in terms of professional development, networking, and practice development. This opportunity is focused on collaboration, where selected artists will work together through guided commissions to create new work, learn from each others’ practices, and explore what a temporary artist collective might achieve.
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Join UKNA on Friday 20 October from 10 am at the Lincoln Arts Centre for a day filled with thought-provoking talks, open discussions, and presentations as we discuss some of the key questions for new artists now and going forward. We will delve into topics such as breaking down barriers for artists, how artists can thrive and survive and what we can do together and for each other.
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UKNA is delighted to showcase the culmination of a year-long project ‘Taking Place: People Place and Practice’ with twelve never-before-seen artworks that draw inspiration from the heart and soul of Lincoln. These remarkable creations are presented across the city, allowing both residents and visitors to experience the essence of Lincoln through the eyes of these talented new artists.
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The Weekend Celebration of Creativity brings together over 38 local and national artists to Lincoln City. Twelve captivating, never-before-seen commissions, born from the heart of Lincoln and created in collaboration with the people, arts organisations and charities, will transform both cultural spaces and unconventional venues alongside other events taking place across the city.
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UKNA is partnering with The MashUP to provide Lincoln/shire based artists with an opportunity to share and exhibit work at the UKNA ‘Weekend Celebration of Creativity’ event from October 19th - 22nd 2023. This is an opportunity to meet and exhibit alongside other artists, collaborate, and network with peers from across the city and UK.
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The Robert Walters Group UK New Artist of the Year Award in collaboration with Saatchi Gallery will discover and champion exceptional artists who are representative of contemporary Britain.
From a free open call across the UK we are seeking to discover 10 outstanding artists whose work demonstrates a strong and original voice and is of exceptional artistic quality. We’re looking for artists who represent the UK’s richly diverse population and embody the experiences of their community. Artists who create bold, unique pieces of art that reveal their own perspectives and experiences and who represent unique viewpoints and will help start new conversations in the UK art scene.
Sincil Bank is getting a new mural and we want your help to design it!
We are seeking people from the Lincoln community to help design a new, inspiring and vibrant wall mural which will live on Portland Street for the next 10 years.
The mural will be a celebration of Sincil Bank, its people, places and the memories they have made here.
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Starting from May 2023 the UK New Artists 'Taking Place: Lincoln’ programme fully launches!
In partnership with local sector leading organisations in Lincoln, UKNA are hosting an exciting and informative programme of online and in-person talks; blending the perspective of artists, industry professionals and future producers as part of Taking Place: Lincoln. These free events are open to everyone.
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The New Artists Collective 23 has 17 artists, who are working collaboratively for over a year as part of UKNA’s first iteration of Taking Place embarking on an exciting journey in Lincoln; sharing their work, undertaking residencies and collective activities, and taking part in training, networking and mentoring.
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UK New Artists and 4C group is offering a £10,000 bursary for UK based UKNA/UKYA Alumni artists to support their professional practice and creative development.
The opportunity is open to UKNA/UKYA Alumni who consider themselves at a turning point in their career. UKNA and 4C Group recognises the difficulties faced by those who would struggle to further their career without support.
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Lincoln Excellence is a new collective of young LGBTQ+ artists, led by UK New Artists and The Chateau founder, Laurie Belgrave, working to bring exciting events and happenings to the city, in response to the severe lack of safe(r) spaces for queer youth in the area. The collective has been working together since March 2023 on a series of new activities.
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The Creative Club is a new FREE series of arts workshops for 12-17yr olds in Sincil Bank, Lincoln. Sessions will take place on Wednesday's 4pm - 6pm at the Youth Hub, Bridge Central, Portland Street, Lincoln LN5 7NN. Attend as many sessions as you’d like, however, spaces for each workshop are limited, so book early to avoid missing out.
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UK New Artists celebrated The Beginning of Taking Place: Lincoln with an exhibition and a collection of live performances by the New Artist Collective; a cross-disciplinary group of 18 artists. The exhibition and live performances celebrated the wealth of talent, skill and diversity within the group and offered the public to enjoy work for free.
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UKNA’s Weekender #6 takes place at Canopy by Hilton London City, generously supported by 4C Hotel Group. The Weekender is an opportunity to take some time, meet other artists, collaborate and replenish thinking and possible directions for your practice. The residency will centre around discourse, talks and workshops to develop ideas and works which are a direct response to the space, locality of the hotel and the outlined themes. We hope that this place and space will inspire new works as well as being grounds to create collaborative artwork on site.
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UKNA is excited to be launching a year-long programme of activities in Lincoln.
Drawing on our history and bringing our learning into a new direction which will offer a new era of support for artists, a new creative ecology for cities, young people and their communities; creating a model for a more cohesive and sustained offer to the sector.
The new programme, 'Taking Place’ will focus on collaborative explorations by creatives, audiences, communities, young people and universities. The project aims to inspire communities with free access to high quality arts; celebrate and show the wealth of new talent in this country, and position Lincoln as a place where artists from across the city, region, and nationally can connect.
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UK New Artists are looking for creative young people in Lincoln and Lincolnshire to join 'Foundations', a six month programme of training and activity for aspiring artists of all disciplines, aged 14-19yrs. The programme will include Workshops, Go and see trips and Mentoring.
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Creative Citizens is the Talent Development strand of our City Takeovers, in which we work with a range of community partners across the city to create opportunities for young people to engage with and create art. For Leicester 2022 we worked with 30 young people from Leicester, and partnered with Attenborough Arts Centre and Pedestrian.
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