Hayward Touring invites proposals for an exhibition of contemporary art to be shown in four UK galleries in 2014/15. You don’t have to be a professional curator or exhibition-maker to submit an idea. We welcome suggestions for innovative projects from artists, writers and imaginative thinkers in all walks of life, as well as from people working in galleries and museums. Your proposal might be for an exhibition that re-invents the way we think about art; it might be a new and surprising take on a well-worn subject; there may be a theme or tendency in contemporary art and visual culture that you think deserves to be explored in new ways; or a theme that you have always thought would make a great exhibition.
 
The exhibition will tour to:
BALTIC’s project space at BALTIC 39, Newcastle upon Tyne;
the Bluecoat, Liverpool;
The Gallery at Norwich University of the Arts;
and one further venue in the UK, to be announced shortly.
 
The successful applicant will receive an honorarium of £6,000 and a budget for research and travel. S/he will work in collaboration with Hayward Touring and the participating galleries on an exhibition of around 350 square metres, to open in September 2014. The exhibition budget will allow for some international loans and a publication. The selection panel will include the Director, Hayward Gallery, the Senior Curator of Hayward Touring and curators from the participating galleries.
 
Application deadline:        9am, Monday 6 January 2014
Short-listing:                     mid -January 2014
Interviews:                        late January 2014
 
Download the application form and guidelines

The first Hayward Touring Curatorial Open exhibition, Quiet Revolution opened in 2009 and was curated by Chris Fite-Wassilak. The second in the series was  
Ground Level curated by Kit Hammonds in 2010.

About Hayward Touring
Hayward Touring organizes exhibitions of contemporary art travelling to galleries and museums throughout the UK. Recent exhibitions include: Mark Leckey’s ‘The Universal Addressability of Dumb Things’; ‘Curiosity: Art and the Pleasures of Knowing’, curated by Brian Dillon, UK editor of Cabinet magazine; Jeremy Deller’s ‘All That is Solid Melts Into Air’.

For more information on the programme visithttp://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/hayward-gallery/hayward-touring

About BALTIC
BALTIC is a major international centre for contemporary art situated on the south bank of the River Tyne in Gateshead, England. BALTIC presents a constantly changing, distinctive and ambitious programme of exhibitions and events, and is a world leader in the presentation, commissioning and communication of contemporary visual art. BALTIC has welcomed over 5 million visitors, since opening to the public in July 2002. BALTIC 39, Newcastle upon Tyne, is home to BALTIC's project space.

About the Bluecoat
The Bluecoat, Liverpool’s contemporary arts centre, has a well-established exhibition programme, which is presented alongside performances, literature and participation activities. Housed in an historic city centre building, it underwent a major capital refurbishment designed by Rotterdam-based Biq Architecten, reopening in 2008. Recent exhibitors include John Akomfrah, William Kentridge and Mark Leckey, whilst current show 3 am: wonder, paranoia and the restless night, curated by Angela Kingston, tours nationally in 2014.

About the Gallery at Norwich University of the Arts
The Gallery at Norwich University of the Arts (NUA) is situated in the historic centre of the medieval City of Norwich in the East of England. The Gallery has long been a focus for contemporary creative practice and is the home of the seminal EAST International series of exhibitions, residencies and publications on contemporary art. 2015 will mark the University’s 170th year as a centre of excellence in education and the arts, and the Gallery will continue to present a vibrant programme of exhibitions by contemporary artists, designers and creative practitioners in media.

Image Credit
Alice Channer
Double New Look, 2009
Made up of The New Look (part 1)', 2007.
Knife pleats, fabric & steel, 500x20cm
Image courtesy the artist and The Approach, London
 
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