Archive for the ‘funding’ Category
03.20.2009
Visual Art Grant
Today I received some exciting news that I will receive funding to buy a camera to document my current project from Fife council.
The project I received funding for is a cross-disciplinary, artwork, where a narrative will be told using performers, costume, visual art and music. The performance will happen on the opening night, after which the set, costumes etc, will be left as an art installation. The music will be programmed into a computer, which will feed to Nintendo Wii remotes used by the performers to create the melody for the narrative.
The concepts behind my work are motherhood, the domestic and fairytales and I plan to involve the local community within different stages of the project, using those subjects. I want to have a call for mothers to come and exchange stories, either written or oral. I may also have discussion groups (actual and virtual) about the relevance of fairytales within their children’s lives. How do they feel about the role of women within these tales? By having workshops/discussions I aim to make visual art more assessable to mothers, creating a new audience for the visual arts sector. I also hope to create a wider understanding and appreciation of the work that goes into creating art.
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- Recent Work, funding