Sidney Nolan Trust – Re-imagining the laws of England/Magna Carta touring exhibition schedule
Jan 2016
Feb 2015
n/a
July 2015
Mar 2015
n/a
Aug 2015
Artists' Book Market
BALTIC Mill, Gateshead
10 & 11 July
Jan 2016
ArtWork Gallery,
Northwich, Cheshire
n/a
Sept 2015
May 2015
n/a
Jun 2015
n/a
Sidney Nolan Trust
15-28 June 2015
Oct 2015
Nov 2015
Dec 2015
Apr 2016
May 2016
Jun 2016
Bank Street Arts,
Sheffield
2-26 Sept 2015
Feb 2016
Westminster Reference
Library
1-13 Feb 2016
July 2016
Apr 2015
Aug 2016
Mar 2016
Aldeburgh Literary
Festival - tbc
UWE Bristol
dates tbc
UWE Bristol
dates tbc
ArtWork Gallery,
Northwich, Cheshire
Sept 2016
Oct 2016
Nov 2016
Dec 2016
ArtWork Gallery,
Northwich, Cheshire
Jan 2017
Feb 2017
Mar 2017
Apr 2017
May 2017
Jun 2017
July 2017
Aug 2017
Sept 2017
Oct 2017
Nov 2017
Dec 2017
NOTES
1. As an artist-led project, it is for participating artists to find & arrange exhibition venues. Thank you to those participants who have already done so or are still seeking to
arrange venues. There is still plenty of scope for arranging more venues. As participants you have full authority to negotiate with suitable venues. The only caveat is to keep
the Sidney Nolan Trust and Mike Clements informed about proposed dates, in order to head off any clashes. It will be a great help if those participants who negotiate venues
can also volunteer to collect & set up the exhibition volumes and/or return them to Presteigne. (Don’t be put off taking on the job of negotiating a venue near you by the
prospect of having to undertake both delivery & collection - at least one journey could be done by another volunteer participant.) If you haven’t been to the Sidney Nolan
Trust, it’s well worth visiting, especially in the summer months. If you need to break a long journey, we may be able to arrange self-catering overnight accommodation in the
Trust’s artists’ Farmhouse.
2. “Selling” the touring exhibition: there is quite a lot of information about it on the website to which you can refer curators. There are two pages: one has photos of the
finished works: http://www.sidneynolantrust.org/whats-on/events/re-imagining-the-laws-of-england-tour . The other has images of the work displayed at The Rodd:
http://www.sidneynolantrust.org/what-we-do/book-arts/re-imagining-the-laws-of-england-project . We have calculated that the total surface area used to show all the works
at The Rodd was 8 square metres. The photos indicate the type of space ideally required. If the venue only has glass cases it can be tricky to show all the works to their best
advantage, specially if there are shelves that cannot be lowered / raised.
3. Dates? See schedule above. You need to slot additional exhibitions into the (many) slots available.
4. Delivery: Volunteers from among the participants will deliver and help set up each exhibition (depending on distance from our base near Presteigne in the Welsh Marches).
They will also pack & return the volumes at the end of the exhibition. Participants have agreed to share this task. Expenses will be modest, largely petrol costs. We welcome
contributions from venues. (NB do not volunteer this info. but remember that lack of a contribution from venues may not an insurmountable obstacle, because artist
participants have agreed to contribute to delivery costs. We aim to avoid or minimise such recourse to artist contributions but it is a last resort if the venue is prestigious.)
5. Exhibition fee: does venue usually pay a fee? (Larger venues may, smaller will not. Do ask. Any fee could be used to defray future delivery costs. But no worries if the venue
has no funds to pay exhibition fees.)
6. Gallery hire charge: we can’t pay or contribute to one. We have absolutely no funds for this.
7. Insurance: The Sidney Nolan Trust will not be insuring work in transit or at venues. Some artists have individual insurance for their work at exhibitions. Does the venue have
insurance for work in exhibitions? (Again, not an obstacle if venue has no insurance for exhibitions. Artists can take out their own insurance or accept that their work is
uninsured.)
8. Supervision: what arrangements, if any, does the venue have? Will there be room stewards? Or is there CCTV monitored by staff at the entrance/exit(s)? Other
arrangements? If no supervision, will the exhibits be displayed behind glass? If so, get details of cabinet sizes, types, location, etc. and check how many exhibits will fit.
Whether supervision is adequate is a matter of judgement and we must rely on the assessment of the participant arranging the exhibition that the risk of damage to exhibits
will be minimal/acceptable. Ask yourself “am I happy for my precious volume to be shown under these conditions?”
9. Handling: this does not arise for sculptural and purely visual works. But some works cannot be fully appreciated without handling & reading/browsing. We prefer that visitors
be able to handle & read/browse these books. But this requires proper supervision (para 8 above). Ask for venue’s reaction. How will they supervise?
Where books are handled, exhibiting artists must accept that, in a lengthy tour, there may be some wear. But we cannot accept carelessness or vandalism.
10. Sales: this is not primarily a selling exhibition but some volumes are for sale. These are one-off works, so delivery cannot take place until the exhibition tour ends possibly in
2017. Does venue have a policy for this situation? Do they normally take a commission on sales? Would they be content to put potential buyers in touch with artists and
leave it to the honesty of the latter to send the venue its usual commission once the sale is completed (probably in 2017)? If sales are handled by gallery, will VAT be added?