Connect10 is a new national competition for cultural venues to win an artist to appear at a meet-the-artist event during Museums at Night 2012. One of ten well-known contemporary artists could be on the way to your venue on the weekend of 18th – 20th May 2012.
The Connect10 competition is now live for the public to vote in and the South West has four venues vying for a top artist.
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Cheltenham Museum and Art Gallery is asking people to vote for Claire Barclay, a futuristic Scottish sculptor whose carefully balanced installations have been exhibited in Tate Britain and Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket Gallery. Vote here.
- The SS Great Britain would like Bompas & Parr to appear, known as the Jellymongers, they create spectacular culinary experiences ranging from architectural jellies to lakes of cocktails. Vote here.
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Oliver Holt Gallery with Sherborne Museum is hoping Ryan Gander will be voted for them, a provocative installation artist whose Artangel commission in a Hoxton warehouse provided clues for visitors to solve a mystery. Vote here.
- Arnos Vale Cemetary is asking people to vote for Polly Morgan, a contemporary taxidermist whose poignant installations have been collected by Kate Moss. Vote here.