(reposted from the Leeds Visual Arts Forum mailing list).

The Jerwood Artangel Open is a unique new initiative launched by Artangel and the Jerwood Charitable Foundation in partnership with Channel 4 and Arts Council England. A commissioning fund of £1million will be committed to three outstanding proposals from arts practitioners working in any discipline and living anywhere in the UK for projects which require specific sites or situations for their realisation. The Open call is an invitation for ambitious project ideas. At this stage we are not looking for fully worked up project plans or budgets, but for bold and brilliant people.

WHAT KINDS OF PROPOSAL CAN BE MADE?

• We are looking for proposals that relate to particular sites or situation which are not habitually used for the presentation of the arts.


• Proposals could be for a monumental sculptural form, a multiple-site performance, an environmental project, an ambitious moving image or new media installation or something entirely different. They can be conceived for any kind of medium or material. The life of the project could last for anything from a few minutes to a few years.


• Proposals can be made by individual arts practitioners, collaborative groups or by producers or curators working with artists.


• Proposals are especially encouraged from practitioners at a point in their careers where they would most benefit from this opportunity.

• The Jerwood Artangel Open welcomes proposals from all practitioners across all discipline including (but not limited to) visual artists, filmmakers, choreographers, composers, writers, theatre practitioners, applied artists and producers.


• You must have been living and working in the UK for a minimum of three years prior to October 2006.


• You should not be in higher or further education at the application closing date in October 2006.

• Between £50,000 and £500,000 will be invested in an individual commission
  ­ whatever is needed to realise the idea properly or fully.


• At this stage we don’t need to know what each project will cost. Artganel and the commissioned artist(s) will work out production budgets together.

• Application information and forms can be found on our website www.jerwoodartangelopen.org.uk


• Proposals may be submitted by post only to: The Jerwood Artangel Open , PO Box 57073, London EC1P 1RP


• Proposals must be accompanied by an application form. Please include this loose with your application (do not staple or bind). Application forms can be downloaded from our website. If you require an application form by post, please send us an A4 self-addressed envelope with a first or second class stamp.


• Please note the following restrictions on the format of proposals: your proposal must fit into an envelop no larger than A3 size; do not exceed 1000 words.


• Please include a CV or biography for yourself and all other individuals mentioned in your proposal. You may include up to ten A3 or A4 sheets of related material and up to 24 slides (35mm) or 10 minutes of material on VHS, DVD or CD.


• There is no fee for submitting proposals.


• Due to the anticipated volume of applications, we regret that we cannot return proposals or any enclosed material so please do not send any original artwork.


• Closing date for proposals in 6 October 2006


• Short-listed applicants will be notified by Friday 10 November 2006. If we have not contacted you by this date, you have not been short-listed.


• Successful projects will be developed and realised between 2008 and 2010.

• All proposals will be considered by a selection panel comprising: Jeremy Deller (artist), Shirin Neshat (artist/filmmaker), Emma Rice (theatre director), James Lingwood (co-director Artangel) and Michael Morris (co-director Artangel)


• Short-listed applicants will be invited to present and discuss their proposals with the selection panel and observers in London in November 2006. Short-listed applicants will be paid expenses for travel within the UK.