Artist Commission

The New Curators are a group of early career curators formed following a programme of mentoring and training initiated in 2021 as part of b-side’s creative career development programmes. The Commission – Opes and Dreams This is an opportunity for an emerging or early career artist or artist group to create an audio/visual artwork as part of a community-based project for b-side festival 2023. The work will respond to an archive of hopes and dreams created by Portland’s communities and visitors and which have been collected over the 2021 and 2022 b-side festivals. Fee: £3,000 £700 materials budget £300 travel and accommodation budget 3 day funded research and development stay at Party Wall on Portland. Timeframe: May 2023 – September 2023 – work to be completed and installed for b-side festival 2023 which runs from 7 to 10 September. Deadline for proposals: Monday 8 May 2023 Please visit website for all info and how to apply.