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Art Opportunity DIY 7 Call Out For Submissions Deadline Monday May 17th


Deadline for proposals: Monday 17 May 2010
DIY is an opportunity for artists working in Live Art to conceive and run unusual training and professional development projects for other artists.
We want to hear from you if have an idea for an exciting, innovative and idiosyncratic Live Art professional development project that offers something new and is geared to the eclectic and often unusual needs of artists whose practices are grounded in challenging and unconventional approaches, forms and concepts.

We are planning to support thirteen DIY projects across England that will take place in August and/or September 2010. Each project will receive £1,000 support.

DIY projects may take any form, and can be loosely or rigorously focused on an idea or theme of your choosing. However, we also welcome proposals that specifically respond to one of the following themes. Six of the thirteen DIY projects will be selected according to these opportunities:
1. Live Art & disability
2. Live Art in Clubs
3. Live Art and Yorkshire Sculpture Park
4. Live Art and the Language Moment
5. The Black Country and its Living Museum
6. Shaping the Future: Dismantling the Fortress
Please see the full Call for Proposals for more information on these specific opportunities.
DIY 7 is a Live Art Development Agency initiative developed in collaboration with Artsadmin (national), Colchester Arts Centre (East England), Duckie (national), Fierce (West Midlands), Forest Fringe (national), New Work Network (national), Nuffield Theatre & LANWest (North West), PLATFORM (national), Text Festival (North West), Whitstable Biennale (South East), Wunderbar Festival (North East) and Yorkshire Sculpture Park (Yorkshire).
Projects will be specifically based in, and/or stimulating and benefiting artists from the regions noted above. Projects may also be developed in collaboration with the DIY partner organisations in those regions.
More information, including application process, at: www.thisisliveart.co.uk

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