Call for artists
Lead Artist - Wild Spaces
Lead Artist sought for Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus – Wild Spaces public art commission.
This is an exciting opportunity for an artist to work with communities and partner organisations to deliver a participatory programme and temporary artworks that investigate the natural ecologies around the site of the new University of Bristol Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus, next to Bristol Temple Meads Station.
Wild Spaces is an eighteen-month commission that will take place alongside the construction of the Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus, which is due for completion in 2026. It will focus on TQEC’s access to the waterfront as a platform for examining the bigger picture of wild spaces across the city.
We are looking for an artist who will find imaginative ways to create a dialogue between the communities and the ecology of the site, providing new perspectives on the site’s relationship with water and the natural landscape.
Duration 18 months
Fee £20,000 including travel and accommodation, to be paid in instalments. Based on 80 days across
18 months at £250 per day.
Separate budget for engagement activities and fabrication of temporary artworks £20,000
The closing deadline for Expressions of Interest is Monday 28 October
Full details, Artist Brief and details on how to apply are available on the University of Bristol public art website https://public-art.bristol.ac.uk/public-art-at-temple-quarter/wild-spaces/
This is one of three major new public art commissions that will be delivered with Contemporary Art Society
*Consultancy, as the University of Bristol work towards the opening of the TQEC in 2026. The commissions aim
to spark curiosity and imagination and help create a place where people feel welcomed
Wild Spaces is an eighteen-month commission that will take place alongside the construction of the Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus, which is due for completion in 2026. It will focus on TQEC’s access to the waterfront as a platform for examining the bigger picture of wild spaces across the city.
We are looking for an artist who will find imaginative ways to create a dialogue between the communities and the ecology of the site, providing new perspectives on the site’s relationship with water and the natural landscape.
Duration 18 months
Fee £20,000 including travel and accommodation, to be paid in instalments. Based on 80 days across
18 months at £250 per day.
Separate budget for engagement activities and fabrication of temporary artworks £20,000
The closing deadline for Expressions of Interest is Monday 28 October
Full details, Artist Brief and details on how to apply are available on the University of Bristol public art website https://public-art.bristol.ac.uk/public-art-at-temple-quarter/wild-spaces/
This is one of three major new public art commissions that will be delivered with Contemporary Art Society
*Consultancy, as the University of Bristol work towards the opening of the TQEC in 2026. The commissions aim
to spark curiosity and imagination and help create a place where people feel welcomed