Tin Sheds is pleased to announce the third round of the Curate/Innovate Grant, offered to help encourage experimental curatorial practice in Australia. The gallery will provide $8000 to the successful applicant to curate a four-week exhibition in the gallery in 2013 (prospective applicants should propose an exhibition possible within this budget). Applicants are accepted from experienced and/or emerging curators, artist curators, collectives, experimenters and thinkers.
The selection process will occur in two stages.
Stage 1. is open to anyone with a curatorial idea they would like to pursue; Tin Sheds Gallery will select an initial shortlist, and during stage 2. a winner will be voted by all shortlisted participants in conjunction with the 2013 Tin Sheds Gallery Selection Committee.
Successful applicant will receive: $8000 and a 4-week exhibition at Tin Sheds Gallery.
Applications close May 30th, 2012.
The Tin Sheds Gallery accepts proposals for part of our yearly exhibition program.
We encourage exhibitions across all contemporary visual practices, from individuals and collectives, collaborative or community projects, curated exhibitions and proposals from those who work between art and architecture. Application forms can be downloaded from this page.
The Tin Sheds Gallery exhibition committee meets once a year to select proposals and is composed of professional artists, curators and representatives of the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning.
The Tin Sheds Gallery is centrally located on City Rd. The gallery area is approximately 15 square metres and the floor space can be divided into 2 distinct spaces or can be arranged in a variety of positions. The floor is raw concrete with an epoxy coating and the walls are constructed of gyprock faced onto MDF board. There is state-of-the-art lighting and both spaces have natural light. The long narrow space can also be blacked out for video works.
It is free to exhibit at Tin Sheds Gallery. The artist will be required to mind the gallery on Saturdays during the exhibition period.
Deadline for proposals for 2013 exhibitions is 30th May 2012.
