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Rural response

By: Susan Jones

With half the UK’s population residing outwith urban conurbations, and regional and arts and cultural policies prioritising local engagement, locations often regarded as countrified are strategically raising their art world profile through imaginative programmes and project.

Opens Berwick Gymnasium Gallery's call for local artists living and working in the North East of England and the Scottish Borders to take part is amongst this month's crop of open exhibitions. Designed to build upon the success of last year's show that exhibited the work of eighty-six artists, organisers are looking to represent a diversity of artistic practices including painting, sculpture, illustration, furniture, video and craft/design. The event builds on the success of the annual Berwick Fellowships. Previous recipients include Turner Prize nominees Mike Nelson and Jane and Louise Wilson. 2008/09 artists Jason Minsky, Kim Pace and William Cobbing start fellowships in October. Meanwhile, a new annual open competition and exhibition in Gloucestershire is inviting submissions from national and international artists in all art forms, deadline 31 October. Organised by Lyn Cluer Coleman and Sarah Goodwin, the open west will create an exhibition by up to thirty shortlisted artists, which will be held in Cheltenham 21 February to 27 March 2009 across the Summerfield Gallery, Pitville Studios and Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum. A first prize of £2,000 and two...

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