Studios Program

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Temple Bar Gallery & Studios (TBG&S) is one of Ireland’s leading contemporary art venues. Centrally located in the cultural quarter of Temple Bar, TBG&S is a publicly funded, not-for-profit organisation, which hosts a high profile programme of Irish and international art.  The gallery programme includes both established and emerging artists working in a wide range of media.  In 2008 the gallery programme included artists, Colin Darke (NI), Niamh O’Malley (IRE), John Gerrard and Joy Gerrard (IRE), Michael Coleman (IRE), Sonia Shiel (IRE), Hanneline Visnes (IRE), Candice Breitz (SA), John Duncan (IRE), Richard Galpin (UK), Ken Gonzales-Day (US), Idris Khan (UK), Lidwien van de Ven (NE), a collaboration between Operating Theatre and cinematographer Christopher Doyle and a group exhibition by over one hundred and forty Irish and international artists.

Temple Bar Gallery & Studios was established by artists in 1983 in response to the increasing demands for affordable studio spaces in Dublin city centre, a move which proved to be crucial in consolidating Temple Bar’s cultural status.  In the mid-1990's a new gallery and studio complex was custom-designed for the company by leading Irish architects McCullough/Mulvin.  Today the building that houses TBG&S integrates a gallery with on-street access, an impressive atrium space and 30 artists’ studios.  The use of these studios reflects the broad-ranging developments in contemporary art practice with artists working in photography, video, sound, sculpture/installation, print and painting all currently occupying studios here. The ethos of the organisation is to provide support for Irish and International artists to make new work, take new directions and set new challenges in their practice. TBG&S fosters a welcoming, friendly environment for artists and offers a broad range of experience to studio artists through engagement with the extended studios programme:  Outreach, Critical Contexts Talks, Open Studios, Peer Critique and other public platforms and projects. 

Current studio artists include:

Open Call to Artists Applications to Studios at TBG&S 2010-2011

Temple Bar Gallery and Studios TBG&S Visual Art Curator/Art Writer’s Studio 2010

Background
Temple Bar Gallery & Studios is one of Ireland’s leading contemporary art venues dedicated to the promotion, presentation and mediation of contemporary visual art and to the provision of affordable studio space to professional artists. Centrally located in Temple Bar, Temple Bar Gallery & Studios is a publicly-funded arts organisation that provides 28 studios for Iocal and international artists and hosts a high profile programme of Irish and international art. The gallery programme includes both established and emerging artists working in a wide range of media.

The Temple Bar Gallery & Studios’ building integrates a gallery with on-street access, an impressive atrium space and 30 artists’ studios. The use of these studios reflects the broad-ranging developments in contemporary practice with artists working in photography, video, sound, sculpture, print and painting all currently occupying studio here. The ethos of TBG&S is to provide support for Irish and International artists to undertake new work, take new directions and set fresh challenges in their practice.

The Studio
Following on from the success of the pilot initiative in 2008, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios will again allocate one of these studios for specific, dedicated use by a visual art curator(s) and/or art critic/writer(s) to support the research, planning and development of new creative projects over 2010/2011. Applications are invited from curators and art critic/writer(s) who are actively engaged with contemporary visual arts discourse and practice in Ireland. The Visual Art Curator/Art Writer’s Studio was set-up to support independent curators and art critics in extending discourse, critique and enquiry into the contemporary visual arts in Ireland. While welcoming projects that focus on an individual’s curatorial or critical practice, collaborative or group applications are also welcomed. Similarly, proposals made on the basis of public projects, collaborative projects or education and community activity will also be considered.

Applying
The Visual Art Curator/Art Writer’s Studio is awarded on a project basis and for varying periods of time: 6 months – 1 year. Applications will be assessed on the basis of a specific proposal and should be accompanied by an outline plan for the use of the studio over a set period of time. However, the successful candidate should be available to take-up occupancy of the studio from January 2011.

The application form is available from Claire Power at TBG&S claire [at] templebargallery [dot] com or tel. + 353 1 671 0073.

Selection
All applications will be placed before a selection panel comprising a sub-committee of the Board and an independent external adjudicator. The panel relies on the material you submit in your application to make the decision. It is important therefore to ensure that your application follows closely the guidelines set out in the application form. The selection panel will give consideration to the proposal, quality of work and CV/experience.

The studio size is 4.6m length x 4.3m width. The rent for the studios is considerably subsidised at €156 p/month currently, all bills included. This is not a residential studio.

Deadline Date
The closing date for receipt of applications is 5pm Wednesday 28th April 2010

Notification Date
The notification date is generally within two months of applying

Further information from Claire Power, Studios Development Officer at Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, tel. + 353 1 671 0073 or e. claire [at] templebargallery [dot] com

Please download a 2010 application form HERE

Cultural Office (Kulturamt) of the City of Frankfurt am Main
Referat Bildende Kunst
Brückenstraße 3 - 7
60594 Frankfurt
www.kultur-frankfurt.de

Information on the TBG&S and Frankfurt City Artist-in-Residence Award
Temple Bar Gallery and Studios (TBG&S) is delighted to announce a new partnership for international arts exchange in 2010 with The Culture Department of the City of Frankfurt. This partnership is a new Award open to emerging and ‘emerged’ visual artists in Ireland and provides a funded opportunity for one artist to participate on Frankfurt City’s Artist-in-Residence Programme. From 1st October – 31st December 2010, Frankfurt’s Artist-in-Residence Programme will host one artist from Ireland in the newly constructed ‘Kulturbunker’ studios. Reciprocally, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios will host a German-based artist in Dublin from October-December 2010. Artists currently living and working in Ireland are invited to apply to TBG&S for the pilot ‘TBG&S and Frankfurt City Artist-in-residence Award’ by 12pm on Friday 23rd April 2010.

The TBG&S and Frankfurt City Artist-in-residence Award will provide one artist from Ireland with spacious live/work accommodation, a monthly stipend of €700, a museum card and bicycle in Frankfurt. Artists must be available to take-up the residency from 1st October – 31st December 2010 and these dates are not inter-changeable.

About Artist-in-Residence Programme – Frankfurt am Main
The Cultural Department of the City of Frankfurt owns 45 artists’ ateliers, which are rented to local artists at reasonable rates. Three of the ateliers are used as guest ateliers for exchange programmes. Usally, the City’s host 8-10 foreign artists per year. The spacious ateliers and monthly grants for the foreign artists are financed by City of Frankfurt. It is seen as an important cultural transfer and part of the City´s art and artist promotion strategy. As it is based on reciprocity, Frankfurt artists benefit in the same way as foreign artists. The aim is mainly to develop functional international networks between artists, art institutions and cultural departments.

Artist in Residence Exhibition – Frankfurt am Main
In addition, artists participating on Frankfurt’s Artist-in-Residence Programme will have work selected for the annual Artist in Residence Exhibition in November, which will launch in conjunction with several cultural events across the city. The Artist in Residence Exhibition exhibits work by all the foreign artists, who lived and worked in Frankfurt during their residency in the past year. The opening is conducted by the Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture of the City of Frankfurt and the main curator of the exhibition, Prof. Peter Weiermair. Each year a booklet about the artists and exhibition is produced.

The opening of the Artist in Residence Exhibition coincides with Open Doors, a Cultural Department event run in collaboration with two big artist organisations and atelier-houses. These openings are usually followed by a big party and the Friday Kitchen (artists are cooking for artists, inspired by the cooking class of the Frankfurt Städel Art School).

Acknowledgements
The TBG&S and Frankfurt City Artist-in-Residence Award is supported by the Goethe-Institut Irland, The Culture Department of the City of Frankfurt and the private sponsorship of Therry Rudin and Patricia Hurl, artists at Temple Bar Gallery and Studios who have offered a city centre apartment for the three month’s of the Dublin residency.

Eligible Artists
The Award is intended for both emerging visual artists and also, artists who have emerged and have forged a path in art practice but could use the residency to further their career. The Award is for artists who are not yet fully established. Frankfurt’s Artist-in-residence Programme gives precedence to younger, qualified and promising artists who want to use the opportunity for probing and experimenting with their art practice in a new, foreign context. The residency allows foreign artists a certain distance from thier work and a new, fresh persepctive for viewing their art so that they can take chances to develop new ideas and work out projects.

Applications
TBG&S and Frankfurt’s Culture Department welcomes applications from artists with wide range of backgrounds and diverse practices. There are no limitations nor preferences on the media used. The assessment will be made on the artistic merits.

Applications will be placed before a selection panel comprising the arts sub-committee of the Board of Temple Bar Gallery and Studios for initial shortlisting. A shortlist of 3 applications will then be sent to the Culture Department of the City of Frankfurt for final adjudication and only one artist from Ireland will be selected for the Award

The panel relies on the material you submit in your application to make the decision. It is important therefore to ensure that your application follows closely the guidelines set out in the application form.

Application Fee
A processing fee of €20 should accompany applications. The processing fee can be paid by cheque or cash to Temple Bar Gallery and Studios. For artists applying from outside Dublin, there is the facility to pay the €20 processing fee by credit card. Please contact the office at TBG&S to do so (see below for details)

Deadline Date
12pm on Tuesday 4th May is the closing date for receipt of applications. Please send applications marked TBG&S and Frankfurt City Artist-in-residence Award to the below contact at Temple Bar Gallery and Studios. Only Hard Copy applications will be accepted (5 copies).

Please download a 2010 application form from here

Notification Date:

We expect to inform artists of the outcome of their applications at the beginning of June.

Further Information from
Claire Power
Studios Development Officer
Temple Bar Gallery and Studios
5-9 Temple Bar
Dublin 2
tel. + 353 1 671 0073 or e. claire@templebargallery.com