Music project aims to celebrate historic Hastings
They are seeking to appoint four musicians or a group to work with community groups to create and perform original compositions that will celebrate this historically rich part of Hastings in a performance in spring 2021.
The Trinity Triangle Heritage Action Zone team has won funding from Historic England and is keen to support local musicians and communities during this challenging time.
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Hide AdThey are working with local arts organisation Project Art Works to manage four commissions for local musicians. The fee for the commission is £1,600 for each musician/music group. If you want to know more contact Project Art Works or visit their website: https://projectartworks.org/musician-commission-opportunity/ The application deadline is 5pm on Monday, November 23. Full application details are on the Project Art Works website. As an organisation that aims to be fully inclusive, they would consider giving applicants extra time if they have enhanced access requirements.
Based in Hastings, Project Art Works is a collective of neurodiverse artists and makers. It has more than 20 years’ experience of initiating and delivering responsive, collaborative projects with artists, galleries, psychologists, neurodiverse children and adults and their families and carers.
It was founded by visual artist Kate Adams, whose experience as the mother of a man with complex needs is central to the organisation’s responsive and informed approach. Adams’ approach to the navigation of social care and advocacy is that knowledge is power and informed diplomacy the most effective means of achieving quality of life for people with complex needs and their families. In 2012 Kate was awarded an MBE for services to art and disability.
Kate said: “Our organisation works toward greater representation of marginalised people in culture. We have strong relationships with many local caregivers and neuro-minorities through our programmes and strong collaborative partnerships with local and regional galleries. Most recently our three-year project Explorers commissioned neurodiverse artists, programmed a series of seminars, conferences, events and happenings and produced a new film Illuminating the Wilderness.
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Hide Ad“Celebrating the free spirited and independent community of the Trinity Triangle, we wanted to continue to build deeper local relationships through a cultural programme that focuses on the assets of this unique site and invite Hastings residents and communities to participate. Working in collaboration with a brilliant and wide range of artists and organisations based in Hastings and St Leonards, HAZ and all partners, we want to generate aspiration for the area through art and creative actions. The HAZ pilot will launch a pulse of events and artworks over the next few years focused on diverse representation of artists and local people. Musicians have been profoundly hit by Covid-19 and the impact on freelance opportunities. Hastings has a great music scene and many, many talented musicians living locally. We wanted to make space for them to do what they do best and to bring some joyous music-making to our lives.”