A DEMOCRATIC

OPEN CALL

MEANDER: Land + Water

A collective response

  • WHERE

    We return to the beautiful Newhaven BN9 gallery space in March 2024 for

    MEANDER: Land +Water

    Open to the public:

    1/2/7/8/9/14/15th March 2025 10am - 4pm

    Artist drop off:

    24th February 2025 9am - 5pm

    Artist collection:

    16th March 2025 9am - 5pm

  • WHAT

    Jo felt we needed an opportunity for as many Sussex-linked artists and makers to show together in a collective response to the theme MEANDER: Land + Water

    We are asking for works, that meet the theme, in any medium to join us for this exciting new format.

    You purchase your space for a single artwork and automatically get hung in the exhibition.

    We want to hang as many Sussex-linked artists and makers as possible in one beautifully curated exhibition.

  • HOW

    One entry per person = automatic hang-in exhibition. We have limited entries to one per artist to allow the maximum number of artists and makers to be involved.

    Jo will work her curatorial magic and create the exhibition using everyone’s collective response to the theme MEANDER: Land + Water

    We have thought long and hard about how to make this a fair process and have decided to price the entries based on the size of the work. Entries start from £10.

me·an·der

 (mē-ăn′dər)

intr.v. me·an·dered, me·an·der·ing, me·an·ders

1. To follow a winding and turning course: Streams tend to meander through level land.

2. To move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction: vagabonds meandering through life.

3. To speak or write in a sustained fashion on a number of loosely connected topics.

4. To be directed in various directions or at multiple objects: His gaze meandered over the church's façade.

n.

1. often meanders A bend, turn, or winding, as of a stream or path.

2. A portion, side trip, or episode in a longer journey.

3. A passage on a subtopic or digression in a longer piece of discourse.

4. An ornamental pattern of winding or intertwining lines, used in art and architecture.

[From Latin maeander, circuitous windings, from Greek maiandros, after Maiandros, the Maeander River in Phrygia, noted for its windings.]

me·an′der·er n.

me·an′der·ing·ly adv.

me·an′drous (-drəs) adj..

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