Take Over
Take Over is SAW’s annual call out for emerging artists, which we run as part of our commitment to support up and coming talent.
Take Over is an opportunity to stage a short exhibition in order to try new ways of curating and exhibiting outside of the studio context. Exhibitions are open to the public, and participants gain valuable feedback from a wide range of visitors.
Artists are supported by the SAW team through advice, curatorial guidance, discussion evening planning, and printed publicity. We also foster networking opportunities and peer to peer support between Take Over artists, and we encourage conversations between artists at different stages of their practice.
This programme is open to art students and emerging artists*. We work with exhibition proposals of any theme, which we feel demonstrate the talent of emerging artists.
Applications for Take Over generally open in November, with exhibitions taking place in February and March.
*Emerging artists: At SAW, we have a very broad definition of an ‘emerging artist’, which we define as anyone within the first ten years of their artistic practice regardless of education, age or artistic exposure (whether you have had an exhibition before or not). Whilst we do work with universities and art schools to provide opportunities for their students, we acknowledge there are barriers to accessing formal arts education. We encourage all artists to participate in our programme and opportunities, regardless of arts education qualifications.
You can learn more about previous Take Over exhibitions at the links below:
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