A 4* World-Leading Research Environment

The Birmingham Institute for Art & Design (BIAD)

The School of Art
Birmingham Institute for Art & Design
Margaret Street B3 3BX www.cfar-biad.co.uk
Birmingham, West Midlands www.bcu.ac.uk/BIAD/research



Wheatley Bequest Fine Art Fellowship 2014/15
SCHOOL OF ART
Birmingham Institute of Art and Design
Call for applications!!

Value: 9000 over a ten-month period.
Closing date: 4pm on Friday 4
th
July 2014
Interview date: Tuesday 29
th
July 2014


The Wheatley Fellowship

The Fellowship was created by Birmingham City University (BCU) in conjunction with the
Trustees of the Wheatley Estate and is the outcome of a generous bequest by the late Richard
Wheatley. The Fellowship offers an exciting opportunity for an artist at the commencement of, or
at a critical point in their professional career to further develop his or her practice within the
world-renowned School of Fine Art, Margaret St. For 2014-2015, the Fellowship is directing its
invitation for applications from painters and/or printmakers.

Further Particulars

The School of Art, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, seeks applications from practicing
fine artists (this year: painters and/or printmakers) for a Fine Art Fellowship under the terms of
the Wheatley Bequest. Applicants should normally have a first degree and/or a post graduate
qualification in Fine Art.

The Fellow will be provided with a studio in the School of Art and will have access to all of the
Institutes excellent facilities, which includes printmaking, painting, film/video and photography
equipment as well as high-end camera/photo-print facilities. The Fellowship lasts for ten months
commencing in October 2014 and culminates with an exhibition in 2015. Some opportunity for
teaching will be given.

The successful applicant will be expected to become a full and active member of the academic and
research community within the Centre for Fine Art Research (CFAR), the School of Fine Art and
the Birmingham Institute for Art & Design (BIAD).

The Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (BIAD)

BIAD, a Faculty of Birmingham City University, has been designated as a world-leading research
environment since 2008. It is one of the largest Institutions of its kind in the UK, providing art
and design courses at pre-degree, degree, postgraduate and research levels for over 3500 full and
part time students. Housing the School Art, School of Fashion, Textiles and Three Dimensional
Design, along with the School of Visual Communication, School of Architecture and School of
Jewellery, BIAD inhabits three city sites: Margaret Street, Vittoria Street and, our newest site,
Parkside, which is linked to the Millennium Point and home to cutting edge inter-/intra-
A 4* World-Leading Research Environment


The Birmingham Institute for Art & Design (BIAD)
The School of Art
Birmingham Institute for Art & Design
Margaret Street B3 3BX www.cfar-biad.co.uk
Birmingham, West Midlands www.bcu.ac.uk/BIAD/research



disciplinary facilities in print, fashion, architecture and design. It is also home to three major
Research Centres including The Centre for Fine Art Research (CFAR), The Centre for Making
(s.t.u.f.f.) and the Centre for Design and Creative Industry (CDCI). As a Wheatley Fellow you
would have access to all the facilities and Research Centres and would, in the first instance,
formally be associated with CFAR.

The School of Art

Situated at Margaret Street and purpose built in 1875 for postgraduate Art practice, this
stunning Victorian architectural masterpiece now comprises one of best, world-renowned
postgraduate/doctoral research environments in Art alongside one of the strongest undergraduate
courses nationally, with approximately 240 BA (Hons) Fine Art students, and approximately 120
BA (Hons) Art and Design students, 100 MA students and over 35 PHD research students.

It maintains a unique, international Arts Based Masters Programme (ABM), described by artist
Carole Gray as the best Art MASTERS Programme in Europe. The ABM is the umbrella name
for flagship courses including: MA Fine Art, MA Arts & Education, , MA Contemporary
Curatorial Practice, MA Queer Studies in Arts and Culture, MA Arts & Project Management, MA
History of Art and Design, MA Art & Design, MA Media Art Philosophy Practice the and the MA
Arts Practice and Education.

The PhD-Research environment is rated as world-leading. Under the auspices of the Centre for
Fine Art Research (CFAR), it embraces fine art, contemporary art & philosophy, discourse and
immersive art practices, with inventive intersections of old and new technologies: painting,
sculpture, printmaking, photography, mixed reality labs, archive and installation, music, sound,
acoustics, queer poetics, incorporeality and the wild sciences. Currently there are 35+ PHD
students working across 7 research theatres:

Curating: Art Making Public Place.
Fine: Art Wet Dry Time Space Raw.
Radical: Art Philosophy Experimental Science.
Erotic: Art Erotic Queer Sense Material/immaterial.
Open: Art Photography Interpretation Archive Event.
Policy: Art Policy Education Network.
Untitled: Art Discourse History Design Writing.



ARTicle Press & ARTicle Gallery

All artwork is further sustained by our peer-review/Gold Standard journal Zetesis: The
international journal for Fine Art, Philosophy and the Wild Science. We are also home to the
well-known ARTicle Gallery (http://www.bcu.ac.uk/biad/research/platforms/article-gallery) and
our research generated by curiosity, experiment and risk publishing arm, ARTicle Press
(www.articlepress.co.uk), distributed by Sternberg. For further information on The School of Art
and our Research Centre (CFAR-, The Centre for Fine Art) please visit our websites at:
www.bcu.ac.uk/biad/art and www.cfar-biad.co.uk.

A 4* World-Leading Research Environment


The Birmingham Institute for Art & Design (BIAD)
The School of Art
Birmingham Institute for Art & Design
Margaret Street B3 3BX www.cfar-biad.co.uk
Birmingham, West Midlands www.bcu.ac.uk/BIAD/research



Eligibility

The successful applicant is likely to hold an undergraduate and/or postgraduate degree in
Fine Art or a related subject at the beginning of their career or at a critical point in the
development of their current professional career. This year, the call is directed towards painters
and/or printmakers. There are no other restrictions.

Fellows will:
Be required to commit the majority of their time to the Fellowship and to work in and
from the studios of the School of Art in Margaret Street, Birmingham;
Undertake some teaching within the School;
Be part of the academic and research community working within Margaret Street and
should be willing to give reasonable access to staff and students of the University to his or
her work;
Be subject to the Code of Conduct for the use of the Grade 1 listed building
and Health and Safety Regulations of BCU applicable at the time. The University
reserves the right to require the removal of offensive/illegal items.

Duration

Normally, for 10 calendar months commencing in October though there is some flexibility in both
duration and commencement. The Fellowship will normally conclude with an exhibition of work
produced during the Fellowship.

Value

An award of approximately 9000 will be made. This is paid on a monthly basis at a rate of 900
per month. The award is exempt from taxation and other deductions.

STUDIO Accommodation

The Fellow will be allocated a studio within the Margaret Street building. Additional space will be
available during July and August when BA students vacate the building.
Access to the general teaching and learning resources normally available for BA, MA and PHD
students in Margaret Street will be available, including use of the library and use of the extensive
workshops. Additional resources within BIAD will be available by arrangement.

Access to the studio will normally be:
Term time: Mon Thurs 08.00 19.30; Fri 08.00 18.00
Vacation time: Mon - Friday 08.00 18.00

Materials

Fellows will normally be responsible for providing their own materials.

Method of Application

Closing date for applications will be 4.00pm Friday 4
th
July 2014.
A 4* World-Leading Research Environment


The Birmingham Institute for Art & Design (BIAD)
The School of Art
Birmingham Institute for Art & Design
Margaret Street B3 3BX www.cfar-biad.co.uk
Birmingham, West Midlands www.bcu.ac.uk/BIAD/research



Interviews will take place on Tuesday 29
th
July 2014.

The application form should be accompanied by visual evidence as powerpoint on a disk or a DVD,
with accompanying information such as scale, materials, duration etc, and a written statement of
not more than 1000 words.

Selection

The Selection Panel will compromise staff representatives of the School of Art and a member of
the Wheatley family or their nominee. Short-listed candidates will be required to make a 15-
minute presentation in front of the panel on their work, reasons for application, and development
of work on the fellowship.

Criteria

Selection will be based upon the quality of the work, plans for the 10 month fellowship and
interview. Good interpersonal skills are essential.

The decisions of the Selection Panel are final and no correspondence will be entered into.

For further information, or informal discussion, please contact:

John Wigley
Birmingham City University
School of Art
Margaret Street, Birmingham B3 3BX
Email: john.wigley@bcu.ac.uk or sue.rice@bcu.ac.uk
Tel: 0121 331 5970 Fax: 0121 331 6970