DIY 4

all For Proposals DIY 4 - Professional development
projects BY artists FOR artists across the UK

Deadline for applications: 19 February 2007
Full Application Guidelines: www.thisisliveart.co.uk


DIY 4 is an opportunity for artists working in Live Art to conceive and run
professional development projects for other artists.

DIY 4 builds on the strengths of three earlier DIY schemes which have proved
to be invaluable and rewarding experiences for project leaders, participants
and organisers alike *.

For the first time DIY 4 is taking place across the UK and we are planning
to support at least sixteen projects in collaboration with partners. We
particularly want to hear from you if you have a proposal which will benefit
artists in London, the South East, the North West, the West Midlands,
Yorkshire, East England and East Midlands.

If you have an idea for an exciting, innovative and idiosyncratic Live Art
professional development project that offers something new and is geared to
the eclectic and often unusual needs of artists whose practices are grounded
in challenging and unconventional approaches, forms and concepts then DIY 4
is the scheme for you.

I believe 'DIY for artists' is a really productive form of training, as it
is so specifically tailored to what I need. I've been on many training
courses before but none that felt so relevant to me. To carry on the
tailoring analogy - it's the difference between a bespoke suit and an off
the peg outfit!! (Clare Thornton, DIY 1 participant)

I’ve learnt more in these three days than in the past six months (Casper
Below, DIY 2 participant)

The workshops have refreshed my outlook and contexts for making and
performing artwork (Jenny Edbrooke, DIY 3 participant)

• Your DIY 4 project must take place between May and August 2007.

• You do not have to live in London, the South East, the North West, the
West Midlands, Yorkshire, East England or East Midlands to apply, but your
project must take place in one of these regions and benefit artists from
that regions.

• We expect to award at least sixteen grants of £1,000 each to support
sixteen projects: five to benefit London based artists, at least two to
benefit artists based in each of the South East, the North West, the West
Midlands, Yorkshire or East England regions and one to benefit artists in
the East Midlands.

DIY 4 is a collaboration between the Live Art Development Agency, Artsadmin,
and New Work Network, and is being developed with Nuffield Theatre/LANWest
(North West), New Work Yorkshire (Yorkshire), Fierce Festival (West
Midlands), Colchester Arts Centre (East England), Brighton Fringe Arts
Production (The Basement) (South East), and Dance4 (East Midlands).

If you think you can initiate and run a professional development project for
other artists then please see the full DIY 4 guidelines on:
www.thisisliveart.co.uk

Email versions of the full guidelines can also be requested from:
diy@thisisLiveArt.co.uk

*Reports on the first two years of DIY and full details of each project can
be found on www.thisisLiveArt.co.uk

DIY 4 is part of Joining the Dots, a Live Art Development Agency
professional development initiative for artists across the UK. Joining the
Dots is supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and the Calouste
Gulbenkian Foundation.

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Andrew Mitchelson
Live Art Development Agency
Rochelle School
Arnold Circus
London E2 7ES
United Kingdom

+ 44 020 7033 0275

lois@thisisLiveArt.co.uk
daniel@thisisLiveArt.co.uk
info@thisisLiveArt.co.uk

www.thisisLiveArt.co.uk


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