We are looking for East Midlands-based artists to participate in a "speed dating"-esque workshop. The goal is that artists take risks and explore working with other practitioners working in mediums they wouldn't normally consider to investigate what "diversity" means to working artists

Antitrope wants to shake up and encourage development between artists! In particular, we want to find new artist led ways of exploring diversity that are relevant to more people.  We believe in sharing skills and ideas and collaborating to acheive mutually beneficial growth for artists in this economic climate.

We want to enable creatives in the region (East Midlands) to engage with practitioners whose work is very different to their own.  The idea is to challenge the isolation of studio practice by moving artists out of the circles and cliques they are accustomed to and create new synergies and drive innovation.  The project has the potential of being developed into a funded project in the longterm though, this will be guaged based on the response of this event.

We invite artists of any background/discipline living in the East Midlands to fill out the form as an expression of interest with a collaborative project idea they would potentially like to work on.  

Particpants will be invited to the speed dating event to pitch their ideas with each other with the intention of finding a partner to further develop the ideas/projects. The event will take place at LCB Depot on 23rd February. timings will be confirmed at a later date.

The event will also include informal talks/discussions with creative practitioners who have experience in multi discipline collaboration.

Those interested in this workshop should be comfortable with taking risks and actively be interested in sharing ideas and evolving project ideas with others. They should also be living in the East Midlands.

Any questions please do get in touch! <3

This Conversation is kindly funded by CVAN East Midlands <3 <3