Edinburgh Art Festival is pleased to announce the open call for submissions for the 10th edition of the festival, which will run from 1 August to 1 September 2013. Edinburgh Art Festival is Scotland's largest annual celebration of visual art and attracts over 250,000 visitors each year. 

 

We invite proposals for projects conceived specifically for the festival by practitioners, curators and organisations working in the field of visual art and visual culture. We welcome submissions from artists and organisations based in Scotland, UK or Internationally. 

 

Submissions will be reviewed by a selection panel which this year includes Sorcha Carey (Director, Edinburgh Art Festival), Pat Fisher (Director, Talbot Rice Gallery), Philip Long (Director, V&A Dundee), Richard Ingleby (Director, Ingleby Gallery) and Yvonne Billimore (Generator Projects, Dundee).

 

Successful applicants will feature in the festival guide, map, website and marketing activity.

 

You can download full details of criteria, how to apply and a submission form by clicking here.

 

Deadline for all applications: Monday 11 February 2013, 12pm

Decision will be communicated to all applicants: Wednesday 20 February

 

 

 

Successful applicants will be asked to pay a participation fee of £250 excluding VAT (a reduced fee of £90 excluding VAT will be charged for one-off events or very short exhibitions).  If you or your organisation are unable to afford the participation fee, you may be eligible for a discretionary EAF bursary.  Bursaries will only be awarded in exceptional cases of need, and following submission of a certified financial statement. 

 

For further information, please email [email protected] or telephone 0131 226 6558.