The Seventeen commissions aim to nurture and invest in local artistic talent, and promote high quality artistic activity to a wider local, national and international audience. <\/p>\n
Criteria
\nThe Seventeen commissions are open to emerging or established individual artists, organisation(s) or partnership of artists across any art-form living in the region. This can be artists from any creative discipline; i.e. visual, dance, drama, performance, written word, sound or music. <\/p>\n
The commission fee is to support artist(s) to develop a new body of work that will be showcased at Seventeen, Aberdeen’s Creative Hub in the main front event\/exhibition space. The front exhibition space has programmed a range of activity from 24 hour dance performance through to theatre rehearsals, music events and light projections. <\/p>\n
There will be up to 4 selected commissions available from July 2017 \u2013 January 2018. <\/p>\n
Previous awardees of Seventeen Commissions may not apply. <\/p>\n
Each commission is for a fixed fee of \u00a32000.<\/p>\n
If you are interested in applying for a commission please read the Seventeen Commission Guidelines and complete the Seventeen Commission Application form. These forms are downloadable from the web link below: http:\/\/www.aberdeencity.gov.uk\/community_life_leisure\/arts\/culture\/seventeen.asp
\nThere are also advice sessions on the dates below available and can be booked through Eventbrite. <\/p>\n
Wednesday 5 April 2017, 3-5pm.
\nThursday 20 April 2017, 2-5pm.
\nWednesday 26 April 2017, 2-5pm. <\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/seventeen-commissions-advice-sessions-tickets<\/p>\n
Location: Aberdeen City, Angus, East Lothian, Edinburgh City, Moray, Perth and Kinross<\/p>\n