Opportunities & Engagement

We are pleased to inviting expressions of interest from contemporary artists for applications for a months residency for this coming June.

This resedency is offered free of fee with the support of Redruth Council. In recognition of this we are looking for artists that are interested in providing audience engagement / participation during Murdoch Day on 13th.

We’re looking for artists eager to test ideas, challenge their practice, and activate the space. Whilst we are not necessarily looking for projects associated with William Murdoch, (who lived in a house adjacent to Back Lane West) proposals that recognise particular qualities of the locality, be they historic, social, geographic, architectural etc., would be of particular interest.

If you’re interested, please send a short expression of interest and your website to: info@backlanewest.org

 

On going opportunities

BLW’s core programme is grounded in its artist’s/artist group’s self-funded residencies, projects and events. As an artist-led initiative our aim is to provide a supported space and critical community to allow artists to develop work and professional practice; to explore and experiment not only with practice, but also in terms of audience engagement and involvement.  Back Lane West’s aims are to support critically engaged visual art practice and therefore there will be a preference for applicants with a contemporary conceptual practice, who need time and space to experiment.

We ask a small fee* for artist residencies/projects at BLW to help cover the costs of the space.

We welcome residency/project/event applications – from individual artists, collaborators, artist groups, curators, writers, arts organisers….

 

To apply please send the following information to info@backlanewest.org with ‘Residency Application’ as the subject line.