Red Clay is bringing together a collection of creative practitioners over a 5 week period from Thursday 7 March - Sunday 14 April, including;

- an exhibition of experimental and dynamic artwork

- talks and workshops

- performances

- residencies

This programme of events will be shaped by a range of practitioners who are opening up and highlighting womxn's mental, physical and hormonal health; giving opportunity to have dialogue within the participating practitioners and our audiences alike.

Red Clay supports intergenerational women and queer practitioners. We acknowledge that using the term ‘womxn’ is not as inclusive as it should be - and are searching for better words, and don’t want to exclude anyone. Let’s discuss together.

We want to have a balanced debate and are looking forward to receiving a wide range of proposals; go on, be adventurous and surprise us…

Applications are now open and the deadline is Sunday 28 January 11.59pm

If you are working in this area of research and think that 2025 would be a better fit for you, please do still apply.
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How to apply:

There is a non-refundable application fee of £15 for all applications which help to cover the cost of administration and the review process.

Please submit your payment via the link below and note your Paypal transaction ID to enter in your application form.

https://www.ovada.org.uk/shop/p/red-clay...
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Exhibition proposals

If you are applying as a single artist, you may submit up to 3 works, a collective may submit up to 10 works.

We are keeping our fees as low as possible, participation fees for a 5 week exhibition will go towards OVADA's building overheads, and event administration and marketing costs.
If selected the participation fees are as follows;

£200 for 1 artist, £250 for a collective of 2 or more artists

Exhibition application form - https://forms.gle/VszdoMSNMZoGggio7
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Residency proposals

The residency will take place from Thursday 7 March to Sunday 14 April 2024, and is suitable for a range of practitioners; writers, visual artists, curators, performers and researchers and more. As long as your work is centred around womxn's health, we'd like to hear from you.

We may select more than 1 resident creative practitioner.

There are no expected outcomes for this residency, as it is intended to provide time and space to develop work in the area of womxn's health within the Red Clay exhibition.

You will have access to the OVADA warehouse with use of our WiFi and a shared kitchen throughout the week. The exhibition will be open from Thursdays to Sundays each week which will give you the opportunity to engage with fellow practitioners, their work and audience members balanced with quiet days when we are not open to the public.

If selected, a £300 participation fee applies. We are keeping our fees as low as possible, participation fees for this residency will go towards OVADA's building overheads, and event administration and marketing costs.

Residency application form - https://forms.gle/w2x1yeECCCzC2f2p9
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Talks proposals

Please send in your ideas for talks, seminars, panel discussions and more using this form. Be as adventurous as you like

Talks form - https://forms.gle/H3GBkqkAF1CpaMNj6
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Performing Arts proposals

You may be a singer, musician, in a band, or in theatre and have work addressing themes around the mental, physical and hormonal health of women which you would like to share with our audiences.

Performing Arts application form - https://forms.gle/5wFk9xziSbBvY7QA8