Designing Deptford - call for artists

Location: Deptford Creekside, South East London

Client: Creative Lewisham Agency

Artist Fee for each commission: £4,800 (inclusive of VAT and all expenses)

Timescale: April - June 2008

Deadline for Applications: 21 April 2008

Creative Lewisham Agency is looking for a Designer Maker and two lead artists to work on an exciting and challenging commission to research and develop design proposals for a major co-creative urban design exercise for Deptford Creekside. This will involve a 5-day intensive Design Charrette with other designers, artists and stakeholders in June. The project is led by Creative Lewisham Agency, supported by Deutsche Bank, and assisted by Cockpit Arts.

Designer/Maker
This is a broad brief for a Designer/Maker that can include ideas for functional objects ranging from the small and intimate, to the larger architectural scale that could be used throughout the urban design infrastructure.
For further information and a brief please contact: Vanessa Swann at Cockpit Arts at vanessa@cockpitarts.com.

Call for Lead Artist (2)
This is a broad brief that can include a range of approaches and ideas with reference to spatial links and identity: streetscapes, public space, markers, routes and signage, from permanent sited work to temporary conceptual installations.
For further information and a brief please contact: Ben Eastop: ben.eastop@btinternet.com

Call for Lead Artist (3)
This is a broad brief that invites an artist working concurrently with two other lead artists to explore the potential for interventions within a structured urban design process. It can include a range of approaches and ideas with reference to spatial and social factors leading to permanent sited work, performance or participatory activities or temporary conceptual installations.
For further information and a brief please contact: Ben Eastop: ben.eastop@btinternet.com

Deptford - Venice Venice - Deptford

www.creativelewishamagency.org.uk