Artist Opportunity: Oak Lane Shutter Gallery, Bradford

To design a series of shutters on Oak Lane to provide a creative journey along the street even when businesses are closed. As Oak Lane has a wide range of businesses that operate at various times of the day, it would be nice to ensure that whenever you’re on Oak Lane it feels bright, colourful, and exciting to walk up and down. The shutters are big empty spaces that we are using to support other creative engagement on Oak Lane.

They are looking to commission street artists based in the West Yorkshire region to submit a small application about their previous work and how they might use the shutters on Oak Lane to brighten the street, bring business owners together and to utilise the empty canvases of shutters. They will have parameters around colour palettes, themes, wording in order to ensure some cohesion between all shutters and to safeguard the business owners who agree to the art-work taking place.

This recruitment process is a relaxed one and they want to ensure that there is room for creative exploration from applicants but also allows the creative control to fall within the realms agreed with the owners.

For your application they are keen to see previous work and anything you think might be relevant to this commission.

All applicants must have had some experience with spray paint however they don't expect all applicants to have had experience in delivering this size of work but they must have a desire to want to learn.

Timeline of activity:

February: Chat to potential artists + site visits + confirming shutter sites

March: Finalising ideas, confirming site plans

April: Arts works delivered + completed + Paint Jam event

Fees:

Each Artist will be paid £400 inclusive of materials and time.

Please follow the link below for more details.

For more information visit https://www.curatorspace.com/opportunities/detail/oak-lane-shutter-gallery/6154