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EM25: Call for Submissions

Surface Gallery

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Mon, 11 Aug, 2025 at 09:00 am

16 Southwell Road, NG1 1DL Nottingham, United Kingdom

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Mon, 11 Aug, 2025 at 09:00 am - Tue, 12 Aug, 2025 at 12:00 am (BST)

16 Southwell Road, NG1 1DL Nottingham

12 Southwell Road, Nottingham, NG1 1, United Kingdom, Nottingham, United Kingdom

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EM25: Call for Submissions
East Midlands Graduate Project: EM25: Call for Submissions

Surface is now accepting submissions for our fifteenth East Midlands Graduate Project: EM25: Nottingham’s only graduate residency. This opportunity supports Fine Art graduates from across the region by offering a free residency and exhibition in an independent contemporary art space to kick-start the transition from university to professional art world.

Eight artists will be selected to produce a new body of work for the subsequent exhibition. The residency will take place in our open-plan Project Space, enabling the artists to interact and develop their practice in a stimulating and mutually supportive environment. There will be in-house critical feedback, and several opportunities for formal critique sessions with established artists and curators.

The residency will culminate in a two-week exhibition in the Main Gallery. The artists will work with our Project Team, and will be encouraged to participate in all aspects of event management, such as flyer design and copywriting. The final stage in this collective project will see the artists bring together their diverse creative practices in the curation of their exhibition. Successful candidates will also plan and lead their own workshops on each Saturday of the residency when there will be an open studios event.

Following the shortlisting process, candidates will be invited for interview. We will be looking for artists whose work is already strong and ambitious, and demonstrates the potential for continued development. EM25 is open to practitioners of all disciplines, and applications are welcome from all recent BA and MA Fine Art graduates from East Midlands universities, and graduates now resident in the region who studied elsewhere.

Resident artists will have twenty-four hour access during the four-week residency, wifi access, and use of the kitchen area.


Application packs can be downloaded from http://www.surfacegallery.org/opportunities/

Deadline for submissions: Monday, 11th August, midnight

No Application Fee

Residency: 29th September - 26th October
Exhibition: 31st October - 15th November

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EM25: Call for Submissions, 11 August | Event in Nottingham | AllEvents
EM25: Call for Submissions
Mon, 11 Aug, 2025 at 09:00 am