Two Birmingham Artists, escolhido como os primeiros destinatários do espaço de estúdio gratuito para um cenário de Birmingham e o Sumors, no Sumort, o Centro de Sumores de Birmingham. Para o esquema de artistas em residência da Bruntwood-Grand Union, projetado para ajudar a iniciar carreiras iniciais de artistas jovens ou emergentes em Birmingham. Eventos. Seu interesse é em arquitetura e como desenvolvedores e arquitetos pensam em uma cidade e ela está atualmente analisando o desenvolvimento do Paradise Circus, trabalhando em conchas metálicas que se tornarão acessórios leves. Porque pode funcionar como um atrator de pessoas e artistas, além de ser um motorista para a cidade - trata -se de ter uma grande cena cultural forte. ”
Joyce Treasure and Suzi Osborn were among 25 applicants for Bruntwood-Grand Union’s artists-in-residence scheme designed to help kick start careers of young or emerging artists in Birmingham.
Starting in February 2019, Joyce and Suzi will occupy a new studio in the basement of Bruntwood’s Grade II-listed Cornwall Buildings on Newhall Street and will receive mentoring from Grand Union’s curatorial team and be invited to take part in wider Grand Union social and studio events.
Applications for the studio space generated responses from a diverse mix of artists who had studied around the world.
Suzi studied Fine Art at the University of Leeds and an MA in Sculpture at the acclaimed Slade School of Art in London. Her interest is in architecture and how developers and architects think about a city and she is currently looking at the Paradise Circus development, working on metallic shells that will become light fittings.
She said: “This is a great initiative. There is a massive lack of studio space in Birmingham and it’s difficult to find the capital to set up a studio.
“Bruntwood see art as something that’s important for a city because it can work as an attractor of people and artists as well as being a driver for the city – it’s about having a great strong cultural scene.”
Joyce Treasure é um artista de mídia misto que também é uma graduação em Black Studies em Birmingham City University. Seu foco é a diversidade e a falta de negros, representação feminina da comunidade de arte. Retratos, artesanato, videoarte e palestras de podcast. Não há como uma empresa desse tamanho não trará benefícios à minha carreira e eles estarão me apoiando e estarão abertos ao meu trabalho, o que me faz sentir positivo e otimista. Longo apoiador de artes e cultura. Os estúdios de artistas, as instalações modernas de cerâmica de argila, bem como seu esquema de pós-graduação da Birmingham City University. Também oferecerá oportunidades para compartilhamento de conhecimento e interações culturais entre comunidades de negócios e artes.
She said: “From the first meeting, Bruntwood’s enthusiasm for the arts was very evident. There is no way that a company of this size is not going to bring benefit to my career and they will be supporting me and be open to my work which makes me feel positive and optimistic.
“This initiative is about community speaking with business speaking with gallery spaces speaking with artists and I think it’s a great combination.”
Bruntwood operate in Birmingham and across the North of England and has a long term commitment to creating thriving cities and is a long standing supporter of arts and culture.
At the end of last year they chose Birmingham-based artist Joanne Masding, for her first permanent commission, Flimsy Signals, for the reception area of their redeveloped flagship Cornerblock building.
Grand Union provides access to spaces to support artists in the city and the Cornwall Buildings residency and studio space initiative complements its existing provision of 12 artists’ studios, the Modern Clay ceramics facility, as well as their Birmingham City University graduate scheme.
As well as finding and nurturing talent and creating networking opportunities for artists at different stages of their career, the Bruntwood-Grand Union partnership aims to increase artist collaborations and develop new sites of studio practice within the city centre. It will also offer opportunities for knowledge sharing and cultural interactions between business and arts communities.
Além disso, ele fornecerá diferentes instalações atualmente indisponíveis para os artistas da cidade, incentivará a experimentação, a inovação e a fertilização cruzada de idéias e as boas práticas fora dos espaços de estúdio convencionais e ajudam a melhorar a retenção de graduados e a cidade de Keyswer, a cidade de Birming e Keysworn. Eles atraem pessoas para uma cidade para viver e visitar, ajudam -a a crescer e a informar o mundo o que faz com que a marque. E o desenvolvimento do talento da cidade e dando a oportunidade de florescer, causar impacto e inspirar outras pessoas. ”
Rob Valentine, director of Bruntwood in Birmingham, said: “At Bruntwood we recognise that the arts and culture are key components to a city’s quality of life – they attract people to a city to live and to visit, help it to grow and let the world know what makes it tick.
“Birmingham is one the UK’s most diverse and vibrant places and unsurprisingly it has a booming arts and cultural scene.
“As the city approaches an unprecedented surge in interest and investment, it’s vital that art and culture is further supported and for us that means supporting the growth and development of the city’s talent and giving it the opportunity to flourish, make an impact and inspire others.”
A curadora de programas colaborativos da Grand Union, Jo Capper, disse:“ É importante que o setor comercial e as artes possam trabalhar juntos para benefício mútuo, realmente ajuda a aumentar o apelo da cidade. Como o financiamento público para as artes diminuiu nos últimos 5 a 10 anos, o apoio do setor privado tem sido inestimável para o crescimento e investimento contínuos em cultura em Birmingham. Lost. Downtown in Business
“During this residency, Suzi will be working on a project which is capturing the surfaces of buildings as they are demolished and rebuilt, this is a really important legacy in terms of the city as its redeveloping and changing, capturing the moment before it’s lost. Joyce will be using the opportunity to develop a new body of work “Hymns” which looks to develop visionary narratives about being a mother, artist, woman and student in Birmingham.”
