Open Call 'How Long is a Piece of String?'

At SHARP gallery we are looking forward to the year ahead and we hope

you are too. We are inviting artists to think about their hopes and

dreams for the new year and the great things that have happened which

you would like to take through to 2018!

We will be constructing an installation on a plinth in the gallery with 12

bits of string, 1 for each month.

What We Would Like You To Do:

We are asking artists take a piece of string and

We are looking for 12 artists, one for each month. If there are more, we

will simply tie the string together, e.g. if there are three artists for

November it will be a longer bit of string.

Decorate

Embellish

attach art to

Make a piece of art from

Improvise

Some Ideas:

Constructing from string- Perhaps use wire

to sculpt the string and make it stiff enough to

secure it in interesting shapes

Chronology- What does the string represent? Is it a time line, displaying the

passing of the year, or does it record something else?

Size- Will you attach anything to

the string? Will it be comparatively small or large? Could you wrap

the string around it?

Colour- Will you paint the string or use colour in some other

way? Embellish with beads, threads or feathers?

Years Gone By

Think about the things you are grateful for, things you want to carry forward

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Look Ahead

Things you want for yourself, things you want to do

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Deadline

Thursday 25th January

Any questions, please get in

contact SHARPgallery@slam.nhs.uk

Afterwards:

We intend on compiling a calendar with the images and

ideas of all participating artists. Each artist will get a

copy.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!