NORTH LANDS CREATIVE 2020

North Lands Creative 2020 Program Highlights

Classes 2020

‘A Vocabulary of Glass Engraving’ Pavlína Čambalová (Czech) 13 – 20 July 2020

‘ Simply Makiko’ Makiko Nakagami (Japan) 2-6 August 2020

‘Defining Tradition’ Dante Marioni (USA) 13 – 19 August 2020

‘Digital Manufacturing Experiments with Murano Glass’ Nicola Moretti with Damiano Frison (Italy) 24 – 30 August 2020

‘A Master Class of Disorderly Inquiry’ Kit Paulson (USA) 14 – 20 September 2020

Scholarships

Our 2020 Scholarship Program is made possible by the generosity of private sponsorship and donations.

The selection is highly competitive and we will choose individuals who we believe will benefit the most from attending a class at North Lands Creative.

Applicants must demonstrate:

• A clear progression in advancing their artistic skills and studies

• An intermediate competency in their chosen technique

• Clear evidence of a fiscal barrier to participate • The future development opportunities such an award would bring

Deadline 4th March 2020

NORTH LANDS CREATIVE GLASS NEXUS FORUM

21ST- 23RD AUGUST

2020 Tickets £20

Our hot shop demo artists include Seattle glass artist, Dante Marioni, who will also be delivering the keynote speech; Dante continues to push the limits of his craft. Using innovative and complex cane patterns on flawlessly crafted forms, Marioni successfully draws our attention to the optics and elegance of his contemporary glass sculptures.

Inspired by aspects of popular culture, Fredrik Nielsen assimilates graffiti, music, videos and performance within his practice as a glass artist creating large-scale works that challenge existing hierarchies within art and contemporary craft.

Nicola Moretti fifth generation Murano master is a prolific designer who combines technical tradition with modernity exploring combination of computational design, 3D printing and fused glass mould casting using murrine.

Hannah Gibson will be speaking on her passion for sustainability and recycling, using 100% recycled glass and found objects. Whilst studying Geology at the University of Edinburgh Hannah became fascinated by the mineralogy and the reactions between various elements, metals and compounds. This led her towards a passion for the alchemy of glass.

Audrey Whitty is the vice-chair of the Irish Museums Association and joins North Lands Creative Board in 2020. Audrey will be a panel speaker looking at collecting today and what motivates museum collection policy and how do we plan for the future of glass collections. Audrey has been the Head of Collections and Learning of the National Museum of Ireland since April 2019 and during 2013 and 2014 she was the curator of European and Asian Glass at The Corning Museum of Glass, New York.

Demonstrators Wanted

Are you interested in demonstrating at the Glass Nexus Forum in 2020? North Lands Creative invites you to apply for a chance to demonstrate alongside some of the biggest names in the world of glass.

Please submit: Up to 3 images of recent work Details of previous demonstrations undertaken CV Application deadline Friday 1st June 2020.

Please send your supporting documentation to info@northlandscreative.co.uk with reference: Demo 2020.

Glass, Meet the Future

We are looking for applications from female glass art ists using the medium of film in their work, or documen tary-style film about glass, making and materials for our Glass, Meet the Future Film Festival in May 2020.

The short film schedule looks to showcase a cross sec tion of international diverse and engaging series of short films curated and directed by female artists and filmmakers using glass as the predominant feature.

The short films will be shown during the Glass, Meet the Future Programme at the Toyama Glass Art Museum in Ja pan where we will be premiering ‘The Soul of a Statue’ and a series of documentaries featuring artists across the ISGNE network.

Supported by British Council Scotland, Creative Scot land and Creative Europe.

Primary content should be glass based Films must have been made since 1 January 2017 Short films only. They can be a few seconds long, and although we’d prefer no longer than 10 minutes, we will accept up to a maximum of 15

Active Archive Project

North Lands Creative will be celebrating our 25th anni versary in 2021.

Archival and research-based work will be a dominant thread throughout our 2020 planning for our anniver sary year signalling the launch of an in-depth inquiry into the layered histories of North Lands Creative.

We are looking for your help!

We always try to capture the sheer uniqueness of expe rience when artists and our guests visit us but there are so many more photographs videos or personal stories out there that we haven’t discovered and we would love for you to share your memories with us.

All we ask is that you grant us permission to use as part of our Active Archive Project and that the content is suitable for public viewing

Active Archive Residency

North Lands Creative extends residency opportunities to professional artists, curators, craft makers and designers who want to develop their practice. The selection is highly competitive and we choose individuals who we believe will make the best use of our facilities and have a positive impact on the international glass community. To earn a spot in North Lands Creative artist residencies, artists must propose projects that align with our mission to support excellence and experimentation in the creative use of glass, influenced by the wild and dramatic landscape of Caithness. artistically, it is an opportunity to be immersed in an environment where there is sometimes no differentiation between sea and sky, where isolation is experi enced in all four directions. On a human level, the purity of the environment makes artists re-think and re-imagine their practice and brings much needed time to breathe, unplug and tap into the natural surroundings for inspiration. Participating artists’ proposals have in cluded those that would draw on or con sider the relationships between nature, art, and community. Open to UK & international artists Artist Fee Materials Budget Travel Accommodation Studio Access 26th Oct – 20th Nov 2020 DEADLINE friday 3rd april 2020

ISGNE AIR

ISGNE artist in residency program encourages EUROPEAN artists in a range of disciplines and at various career stages to apply under two enquiries: Alexandra Mureșan ISGNE Dual AIR Spring 2019

1. Design-led Studio Glass residency offers artists whom a change of scenery may inspire fresh ideas with a view to realising a body of work for production enabling the artist to produce a prototype/ small production run for new markets.

2. Sustainable Studio Glass residency offers artists to develop and greater utilise eco-design and manufacture principles in their practice. The residencies have potential to be developed in consultation with Creative Carbon groups, Zero Waste initiatives and local peer groups.

Open to an artist fro including the UK Artist Fee Materials Budget Travel Free Accommodation Studio Access

ISGNE Solo autumn North Lands Creative 26th Oct – 20th Nov 2020

ISGNE Dual spring Norlh Lands creative 30th March – 24th April 2020 Berlin Glas 4th – 29th May 2020 ISGNE Dual autumn Norlh Lands creative 26th Oct – 20th Nov 2020 & Berlin Glas 28th Sep - 23rd Oct 2020

Open to an artist from Europe including the UK Artist Fee Materials Budget Travel Free Accommodation Studio Access

North Lands Creative Internships

Please complete and submit an Intern Application Form (forms and guidelines can be obtained by downloading from our website or requesting a copy by email info@northlandscreative.co.uk Please note the deadlines vary depending on the internship you are applying for. How to Apply “Some may find it hard travelling away from friends and family. The prospect of living in a remote town 700 miles north of home is somewhat daunting. However, the North Lands family made it clear, fast, that my friends and family were right there with me. I just hadn’t met them yet. I had the most amazing time at North Lands, working with world renowned artists, learning how a studio is run and of course developing skills. The summer internship has opened a barricade of opportunities for me including how to assist effectively in the hot shop and invites to work in studios across the country. “