Baltic centre launches international award for emerging artists
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An international award for emerging artists has been launched by the Baltic Gateshead, offering four artists a £30,000 commission and a 13-week exhibition, The Guardian reports.
There are a lot of arts prizes in the UK but Sarah Munro, the Baltic’s director, said its biennial award offered something different, not least that it would be the first in the country selected solely by artists.
The idea is that four internationally established artists each choose an emerging artist who will be then mentored as they create new work for an exhibition opening on 30 June 2017.
They will be chosen with no restrictions on age, nationality or what media they work in. Each will then be given £25,000 to create the work and a £5,000 artist fee. Significantly, there will be no winner or awards ceremony.
There are a lot of arts prizes in the UK but Sarah Munro, the Baltic’s director, said its biennial award offered something different, not least that it would be the first in the country selected solely by artists.
The idea is that four internationally established artists each choose an emerging artist who will be then mentored as they create new work for an exhibition opening on 30 June 2017.
They will be chosen with no restrictions on age, nationality or what media they work in. Each will then be given £25,000 to create the work and a £5,000 artist fee. Significantly, there will be no winner or awards ceremony.