Arts & Disability Ireland is inviting curators, producers, arts managers and artists with disabilities to submit expressions of interest to curate an edition of Curated Space in 2020.

The focus of this Curated Space Open Call is to showcase existing work by artists with disabilities living in the Republic of Ireland.

Objectives of Curated Space
Curated Space is Arts & Disability Ireland’s online platform for Irish and international artists with disabilities. In each edition we invite a curator to commission new work or showcase existing work by artists with disabilities. Previous editions of Curated Space include:

The role of the Curated Space curator
The chosen curator or curators of Curated Space Open Call will develop their concept, contract artists, set and monitor deadlines, write a curatorial statement, work with artists on their artists statements, gather all materials to be published and support Arts & Disability Ireland with some elements of access and marketing.

Budget available
The maximum budget available for Curated Space Open Call is €2,700. This amount is inclusive of the curator fee, artists’ fees and production costs if applicable.

Access for audiences with disabilities
It is important that the curator and artists consider how their work can be made accessible to a wide range of audiences. A separate budget, managed by Arts & Disability Ireland will be used to audio describe and caption the artworks, if needed. Arts & Disability Ireland will support both the curator and artists to consider access and we will approve the accessibility of artworks before publishing.

Timeframe
The first edition of Curated Space Open Call will be published on www.adiarts.ie no later than the 31st October 2020. A potential second edition of Curated Space Open Call will be published no later than the 1st December 2020.

See link below for further details.