DIY
DIY2020 - calls for participants
Throughout lock-down we have been working with all the brilliant lead artists and organisational partners across the UK and Europe to get DIY 2020 up and running.
DIY 2020 will support over 25 projects, with many of them being hosted online, as well as some hoping to be delivered in person in the coming months. Keep an eye on this site as well as our social media and future newsletters for further DIY updates and open calls for participants.
Calls for participants for the first three of this year’s projects taking place with partners in Folkestone, Leeds & Manchester, and Jersey are now live.
DIY 2020: Call for Participants
Laura McSweeney and Ashleigh Bowmott, DIY 2020: Doing, Undoing... and Doing Again
Professional development BY artists FOR artists
DIY is an opportunity for artists working in Live Art to conceive and run professional development projects for other artists.
About DIY
Most professional development schemes are conceived by ‘arts professionals’ and tend not to be geared to the eclectic and often unusual needs of artists whose practices are grounded in challenging and unconventional approaches, forms and concepts. We aim to promote ideas for exciting, innovative and idiosyncratic Live Art professional development projects that offer something different.
The first DIY was run in 2002, and since 2007 has been a national initiative. In 2017 and 2018, an additional programme of DIY enhancements was supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation, enabling the participation of artist-led collectives as partners, follow-on funds for projects born in DIYs, and a number of more ambitious, better resourced projects.
Nicola Hunter, Raising The Skirt, 2014, Newcastle. Image credit Felicia Knox. LADA Opportunities, DIY11 2014
Previous DIY Projects
DIY Artists on Video
For DIY 10 in 2013 we invited some of the artists leading DIY projects in 2013 to reflect on their experiences and share their thoughts about the scheme. Featuring interviews with Barby Asante & Delaine Le Bas, Nigel Barret and Louise Mari, Hester Chillingworth and Lucy McCormick, Lois Keidan and Aaron Wright, Ursula Martinez, Jordan McKenzie and Joshua Sofaer. Made in collaboration with Video in Common. We have also made an extended version of the film (15 mins) which features full interviews with the artists.
Banner image credit:
Green Screen Charivari (2019), © Adam Patterson
