Apply for Sideshow Commissions

 Sideshow will be a unique city-wide event in Nottingham presenting a range of contemporary art exhibitions, ambitious new commissions, site-specific public projects, artists talks, performances, screenings and music events in the artist-led spaces, studios and empty buildings of the city. Sideshow aims to provide local, national and international artists with the opportunity to go above and beyond their periphery to achieve new heights and possibilities.

In October 2010, Sideshow will take place for the second time round supporting the prestigious British Art Show 7 for its nationwide launch in Nottingham this year. As well as promoting artist-led and alternative venues for presenting its events, Sideshow will also take place in some of Nottingham’s major arts centres and museums including Broadway Cinema & Media Centre, Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Lakeside Arts Centre and the Nottingham Playhouse.

Sideshow 2010 is co-ordinated and supported by Nottingham Visual Arts and is driven by the artists and curators currently living and working in the city.

Registrations and Submissions for Sideshow Commissions.

It's important to remember, ANYONE CAN REGISTER TO BE A PART OF SIDESHOW. If you're planning an event in late October - December 2010 get in touch with Nottingham Visual Arts to express your interest and have a chat with us to tell you what you have planned.

Contact Sideshow Co-ordinator, Jennie Syson at jennie@nottinghamvisualarts.net to receive a registration form and book an appointment to confirm your event.

Sideshow is also inviting submissions from artists and artists groups. This is to fund the production of new and innovative work. Sideshow will launch at the end of October and take place throughout November and December.

Submissions should include

* Up to 5 Images: CD/Email Attachment or URL to online documentation. Images should be no larger than 1Mb.

* For moving image, audio and video work: DVD/CD or URL to online documentation.

* Your CV and Biographical Statement

* A completed submission form

See the attached document for a submission form.

The Panel

Rob Bowman, Head of Programmes and Production at Artangel

Lotte Juul Petersen, Artists and Programmes Curator Wysing Arts Centre

Juneau Projects, Artist duo based in Birmingham, previously part of BAS 6

Kitty Anderson, Independent curator, until recently at The Modern Institute in Glasgow.

The invited panel have been picked to select art projects identified as ambitious and ‘above and beyond’ the artist/artist group’s usual practice, and award grants to create new work for Sideshow.  

Sideshow is funded by Arts Council England, Igniting Ambitions and Nottingham City Council and led by Nottingham Visual Arts.

Don't Forget: Sideshow Info Meeting at New Art Exchange 14th April, 6.30pm in the Cafe

A short informal presentation about the development and organisation of Sideshow, the British Art Show Fringe, due to take place this Autumn in Nottingham. A chance to find out about the commissioning process, and to book a surgery session with Sideshow Co-ordinator Jennie Syson.