The Landmark Student Art Prize | Deadline: April 19, 2022

Art in Offices are running and organising The Landmark Student Art Prize on behalf of Landmark, one of the country’s biggest providers of flexible office space.

Landmark are about to launch a new space in King’s Cross at The Lighthouse. As a company they have a rich history of investing in and displaying art in their spaces, and this year they have decided to support the creatives of the future by launching this new prize.

As you’ll see from the images of the spaces, which you can see here there is a real mixture of spaces, which is why we want a wide variety of art students to submit their work. We are going to need artworks of all sizes, and we would love to see submissions from artists studying:

  • Painting
  • Illustration
  • Print making
  • Graphic design
  • Print design
  • Textiles
  • Photography
  • Fashion
  • Architecture
  • Ceramics
  • Industrial designers
  • And animation or film students

We are mostly in need of 2D artworks but there are going to be spaces for sculptures, ceramics, lighting design and other 3D practises as well. We encourage the students to submit more than one piece of artwork as well.

There are some great prizes on offer, but not only will there will be prize winners, everyone shortlisted will have their work on display for hundreds of people to see at Landmark Kings cross for 12 months.  PLUS everyone is represented by Art in Offices for 12 months. The prizes for the top 4 winners are:

  • 1. £5,000 Cash Prize
  • 2. £2,000 Cash Prize
  • 3. Art Materials and Tools to the value of £1,000
  • 4. Club Space for 3 months to the value of £400

For more information please go here.

KSDIY17: Kurt Schwitters ‘DIY’ Summer School, 14th-22nd July in Cumbria

Kurt Schwitters ‘DIY’ Summer School for architects, craft/design artists and art students will take place between 14th and 22nd July 2017 at the Merz Barn site, Elterwater, Cumbria – the site of Kurt Schwitters’ last Merzbau experiment.

“Schwitters’ Merzbau experiments were an important influence on the development of early modern architecture..” (Rem Koolhaas, OMA)

The Summer School will offer creative workshop opportunities*, architectural experiments and construction skills projects located in the dramatic landscapes of the Lake District National Park:

  1. Merzbau Art Museum: design and construction of large scale architectural models as the basis for a future Kurt Schwitters Merzbau art museum; the narratives of Kurt Schwitters’ four Merzbauten projects (1923-48)
  2. New Rural Design and Architecture workshop skills: learn traditional rural craft construction skills – dry stone walling, coppice/benders, and sleeping pods in the orchard;
  3. Traditional scything, hay rope making and hay meadow management: an introduction to the use of the Austrian (light) and English (heavy) scythes; basic scything skills, grass architecture and hay rope making, and basic introduction to hay meadow ecology and management;
  4. Self-directed projects: e.g. in painting, drawing, photography, video, audio arts, and printmaking, etc., are also encouraged.

There is a small gallery and tools store on site, but students are responsible for their own materials, food and cooking arrangements.

*NB the workshops are informal and programmed according to demand. They can also be offered as one or two half day intensives by arrangement so that people can mix.

Highlight of each KSDIY Summer School – music, food and BBQs!!

Fees: £195 including fully equipped bunk barn accommodation (9 nights) and workshops tuition £100 non-bunk barn, free use of camping facilities, showers, etc. on site at the Merz Barn

For further information and bookings please contact: The Merz Barn project (Ian or Celia) More details are available upon request.

email: littoral@btopenworld.com

tel: 015394 37309

mobile: 07796 617167

web-site: https://merzbarnlangdale.wordpress.com/