This year at the Catalyst Festival, we are looking to provide a platform for artists from within the Catalyst sphere of churches (and beyond).
The Catalyst Festival is the annual gathering point of the Catalyst sphere of churches. It will be happening at Stoneleigh Park, Coventry, from 28th May to 1st June. There will be up to 5000 people there and every year the SputnikZone is given a fantastic platform to showcase the arts.
Sputnik has essentially grown from out of this Festival. Each year we have met new artists in all fields and it’s been a pleasure building on these relationships and starting to work together. However, we know there are more of you out there and this year we’d love to give you the chance to display your work. We’d like to do this in two ways:
1) Live performances
We are looking for performers for the festival! If you are a…
… musician– we’re looking for artists/bands of any musical genre to perform on the Saturday and Monday afternoons at the festival.
…poet or storyteller– we are looking for performers for the SputnikZone’s poetry and story telling afternoon on Sunday afternoon.
If you are in either of these categories, all you need to do is send:
- an example of your work (for poets, ideally this would be a video of a performance)
- a brief description of your involvement in your art form (how long have you been writing/performing/recording? Previous releases or key performances? etc).
Please send this to jonny@creativeartsnetwork.co.uk by Sunday 1st May.
On the other hand, if you are an…
…actor or a writer– we are looking for scripts and actors for a project during the festival that will culminate in a performance on the Monday evening.
For writers scripts can be of any genre, up to 20 minutes long & for no more than 4 actors.
Please send these to jonny@creativeartsnetwork.co.uk by Sunday 15th May.
For actors, you will need to be available on Sunday and Monday afternoons from 2-5 to rehearse, and on Monday evening to perform. The whole process will be overseen by experienced directors. If you’d like to be involved, please email jonny@creativeartsnetwork.co.uk by Sunday 1st May. We will consider all applications, but are particularly looking for actors with experience, so please outline any experience in your correspondence.
2) Main Gallery
For our Exhibition at Catalyst Festival this year, we are looking to explore the different motivations that drive artists. As part of Creative Arts Network’s ongoing MadebyMotive project we will be considering submissions in five categories:
- Images
- Film
- Poetry
- Music
- Sculpture/installation
We would simply like you to send us the piece of work that you have made that you think best embodies why you do what you do and accompany it with a written explanation of what motivates you in your practice (it could be relating to this specific piece or to your art in general).
The final selections will be made on the basis of both skill of execution regarding the piece you submit and the perspective you give on your work through the write up. As always with Sputnik, we will be looking for work that is capable of communicating to a broader audience than just Christians.
Please send all submissions to jonny@creativeartsnetwork.co.uk by Sunday 1st May, alongside:
- a short description of your entry (no more than 100 words)
- an explanation about what motivates you as an artist (no more than 200 words)
All artists that are selected will need to arrange the framing of their work and both bring their work at the beginning of the festival (Friday afternoon/Saturday morning) and collect it at the end (Tuesday evening). There may be an opportunity for you to help hang your work as well, and we can discuss this once the final selection is made.
We look forward to seeing what delights you lot send my way!