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Shoosmiths Art Prize 2015
Arts for Health (Milton Keynes) are inviting submissions for the Shoosmiths Art Prize 2015.
Shoosmiths Art Prize is an innovative competition aimed at providing opportunities for artists to reach wide and diverse audiences through exhibiting at Milton Keynes University Hospital.
Prizes
Shoosmiths Art Prize 2015, cash prize of £1000 selected by the jury.
People’s Choice 2015, purchase prize selected by public vote*
Shoosmiths Choice 2015, purchase prize selected by Shoosmiths staff**
* up to the value of £700 and only works which are for sale and within this value will be entered into this prize. This prize is supported by the Friends of Milton Keynes Hospital and Community. ** up to the value of £250 and only works which are for sale and within this value will be entered into this prize.
Jury
Baroness Wall, Chair Milton Keynes University Hospital
Sophie Hall, Gallery Director, Flowers
Julia Alvarez, Curator, Bearspace
Fionnuala Boyd, Artist
Gary Assim, Partner Shoosmiths LLP
Details for Entry
- Artists are invited to submit up to ten pieces of work for inclusion in the exhibition.
- Applications are open to artists at all stages of their careers.
- All work must be wall based and suitable to be displayed using a rod and track hanging system.
- All works submitted must be available for exhibition from 27 July 2015 – 31 March 2016.
- The jury will shortlist artists to be invited to exhibit work at Milton Keynes University Hospital and/or Shoosmiths Lawyers Office in Milton Keynes
Interested artists need to submit the following:-
- Completed Entry Form – found here: http://mkartsforhealth.org.uk/artprize2014/
- An artist’s statement of a maximum of 300 words describing your working practice and submitted entries.
- No more than 10 digital images of work. Image files must be saved as JPG files at a minimum 72dpi and maximum 300dpi.
- A non-refundable entry fee of £15.
We request that entries are submitted using www.dropbox.com To do this you will need to create a dropbox folder and share it with info@mkartsforhealth.org.uk
MÓTUS Dance Festival returns for 2015
Forget dancing in the street, this May is all about dancing in the park!
MÓTUS Dance Festival is back again for 2015 on Sunday 31st May.
Performances will kick off in and around MK Gallery before moving on to new pastures in Campbell Park. The festival will feature professional and community dancers alikeanimating the sites in central Milton Keynes.
The event is free to attend and there are two opportunities to catch the action. Audiences are invited to meet at MK Gallery at either 3pm or 5.30pm from where they will process to Campbell Park with the performance culminating at the MK Rose.
Helen Parlor, artistic director for MÓTUS, commented: “The premise of this year’s festival is to support and commission dance artists/ companies to come and make work here in Milton Keynes. Instead of presenting pre-existing work, companies have selected sites around Campbell Park and MK Gallery to interact with, in order to create original and vibrant performances.”
The line-up of professional companies visiting Milton Keynes as part of MÓTUS includes ZoieLogic Dance Theatre, Ceyda Tanc Dance and Inverted Company (Tamzen Moulding). With influences ranging from contemporary dance to Turkish folk dance to acrobatics, the performances are set to be a visual feast.
Local schools are jumping on board with students from Denbigh School and The Grove Independent School working with professional choreographers on commissions. Young people from Milton Keynes based Initiate Youth Dance Company will also perform as part of the unfolding promenade.
Also getting involved is Mark Niel, Poet Laureate for Milton Keynes and Development Officer for the MK Rose. Mark will be presenting a newly commissioned poem and might even don his dancing shoes for the occasion.
An event which all the family can enjoy, MÓTUS 2015 will be a fun and cultural afternoon out to wrap up the half term holiday.
As a prelude to the main event, the MÓTUS team will present a work in progress platform on Friday 29th May at Centric MK in Linford Wood. Here, audience members will be able to give direct responses to the work on show – feeding into the creative process and development of new work.
For further information, contact Effie McGuire Ward at MÓTUS: 07986404179 / motusdancefestival@gmail.com
MÓTUS Production Team:
Artistic Director: Helen Parlor
Assistant Directors: Chris Bradley & Effie McGuire Ward
Full Programme line-up of Artists/ Companies:
Charlie Brittain, Ceyda Tanc Dance, Julia Cheng, Club Mob, John Darvell, Initiate Youth Dance Company, Inverted Company, Chloe Tasker, ZoieLogic Dance Theatre.
Tickets for Work in Progress Event:
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/respond-motus-2015-tickets-16846730023
