Are you a female photographer based in Oxfordshire? The North Wall Arts Centre in Oxford seeks to bring together fourteen early-career photographers for a new collaborative ArtsLab project. The project will be facilitated by documentary and portrait photographer Philippa James, whose work explores women and feminism, the underrepresented, and her local community.

The North Wall Arts Centre is inviting applications to join a new ArtsLab project for early-career photographers based in Oxfordshire.

ArtsLab is The North Wall's artist development programme, offering mentorship and opportunities for early-career artists to develop their practice and flourish.

We are looking to bring together a group of photographers who would benefit from working collaboratively on new work and who wish to expand the boundaries of their creativity and evolve artistically.

The group will be facilitated by The North Wall’s Propeller Artist 2021, Philippa James, through monthly Zoom meet-ups from June until September 2021. This group must comprise of 14 early-career photographers, living or working in Oxfordshire. Applications are open to photographers who:

• are aged 18 and above
• live or work in Oxfordshire
• identify as female.

The North Wall celebrates diversity and fosters inclusion and will treat all applicants equally, regardless of class, age, disability, gender, race, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation.  We strongly encourage applications from individuals who are under-represented in the cultural sector.

The group will work collaboratively to develop their ideas and the resulting work will be a curated online exhibition at The North Wall. This online exhibition will form part of Photo Oxford 2021 (15 October – 15 November 2021).

This year’s festival will continue to explore the theme ‘Women and Photography - Ways of Seeing and Being Seen’ to complete the programme disrupted by Covid in 2020. For Photo Oxford 2020, The North Wall featured Philippa James' exhibition '100 Women of Oxford’ and we look forward to hosting the work of a talented group of female photographers in 2021 .

How to Apply

To apply, please send us the following:

• Your name + area you live or work
• 250 (max) words explaining why you would like to be a part of this ArtsLab project
• 6 images of your work
• Your social media handles (IG, Twitter, FB, Clubhouse etc)

Deadline: Friday 30 April 2021 at 5pm

We aim to inform successful applicants by 14 May 2021.

If you would like an informal discussion before applying, please get in touch using the Contact Curator button.