Get Fresh '19 - open call for South West designer-makers

Get Fresh! Devon Guild contemporary crafts gallery is announcing an Open Call to emerging South West craft designer-makers.

'Get Fresh' is a popular biennial exhibition celebrating the best new designer-makers coming out of the region. It will run at the contemporary crafts gallery Devon Guild of Craftsmen in Bovey Tracey, from Saturday 19 January to Sunday 10 March 2019. This is a really positive opportunity for graduates or creatives just beginning their careers - to exhibit and sell in a  prestigious contemporary gallery space. The Guild is announcing an Open Call to craftmakers and designers resident in the South West region including photographers, print-makers and sculptors. Eligible locations are: Bath, Bristol & Somerset, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset. and Wiltshire) Also you must be within 5 years of graduating/ finishing training or setting up a new practice

So if you fit the bill and would like to express an interest in exhibiting and selling work in Get Fresh '19, please supply by email 1 digital image (size 1MB) and brief details about your work. You can email the curator Saffron Wynne on: saffron.wynne@crafts.org.uk. The deadline is 9.00am, Monday 14 May, 2018. 

Many of the exhibitors in previous Get Fresh shows at the Guild will use it an a platform to develop their career, take part in more shows, and gain insight into selling and promoting their work,for example Ashburton based graduate and woodcarver Ambrose Vevers has gone on to make a successful career, teaching workshops and selling his furniture. 

Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey, Devon, TQ13 9AF
Telephone: 01626 832223