Rising Stars aims to offer new makers their first step into the market place, through a curated, selling exhibition. They present a professional development award of £500 and a solo exhibition at the New Ashgate Gallery in 2019 for one of the makers in the exhibition. Rising Stars is a curated, national platform to foster and champion students and recent graduates from BA and MA crafts, design and applied arts programmes across the UK.
Rising Stars 2018 is supported by Billmeir Charitable Trust. It is organised by the New Ashgate Gallery in partnership with the University for the Creative Arts.
How to Apply
Apply by email:
Application form - download it at:https://issuu.com/newashgate/docs/rising_stars_2018_call_application_ or request the application form by email: gallery@newashgate.org.uk
3-5 images of the proposed work(s) (JPEG, 1-2 MB in size, including full image captions and a title for the artwork in a file name)
CV (max. 2 pages) -Statement about your work of no more than 250 words.
The deadline is the 4 January 2018, 9 am. Email your application to New Ashgate Gallery at risingstars.exhibition@gmail.com having your name in the subject field.
Good luck!!