Here is an opportunity to take part in a local project which may be of interest
Call For Artists
The
Button Project - Exhibition
14 June – 8 August 2013
The Heritage Centre, Macclesfield Museums
Artists and
makers are invited to put their creative imaginations to work and make a button
for a vibrant exhibition, The Button
Project, at the Heritage Centre, Macclesfield.
Your button
will be part of a stunning display of over 100 highly collectible contemporary
buttons launched as part of Macclesfield's Barnaby
Festival, Visual Art Trail,14 - 30 June, 2013. They will be presented alongside
Macclesfield Museum’s internationally important silk costume collection – that
also includes a fine display of Macclesfield Silk Buttons.
Macclesfield
was the heart of UK’s historic silk industry, and silk-related businesses are
still active in the town. Handmade silk buttons was where it all began. From a cottage-based enterprise, it grew into
a flourishing silk industry and helped to make the town what it is today. The
four sites that make up Macclesfield Museums - the Heritage Centre, the Silk Museum,
Paradise Mill and West Park Museum - are an acknowledged treasure, showcasing
all aspects of silk use and production as well as a range of changing
contemporary and historic exhibitions.
Barnaby is
a popular Festival of arts, culture and fun - a recent reinvention of the
centuries old tradition of celebrating the feast day of St Barnabas, and held
in the town centre.
Your button
will be a tiny work of art in its own right. You might want to take this
opportunity to explore the Barnaby Festival theme this year,
‘metamorphosis’. However you play it,
this is a fantastic chance to showcase your artwork in the UK’s premier silk
attraction and celebrate our skills and heritage.
Every
button received by the deadline will be exhibited at the Heritage Centre from
14 June to 8 August 2013. The buttons will be on sale to the public, and
commission from the sales will go towards sustaining the Museum collections.
Your button
should be 1.5 to 3cm wide x 1.5 to 3 cm high, and up to 3cm thick. It doesn’t
have to be round, but it must have a shank on the back or two or more holes in
the button itself so that it can be fixed to a backing cloth.
Detailed
specifications can be found on the 'Expression of Interest' form, downloadable
from www.barnabyfestival.org.uk. To take
part in The Button Project, email a
completed form to info@victoriascholes.com
by 4 March 2013. There is no charge to
submit work.
Expressions of interest should be
received by 4 March 2013. Finished buttons can be accepted until 4 May 2013.
A
collaboration between locally based glass artist Victoria Scholes and
Macclesfield Museums, the exhibition will be publicised as part of Barnaby
Festival's, Visual Arts Trail.
