Commissioning to Collect

A day focused on the rising interest in commissioning to collect, using examples and case studies we will delve into the practicalities and obstacles encountered, ways of partnering with commissioning organisations, working with artists and writing flexible contracts.

A day focused on the rising interest in commissioning to collect, using examples and case studies we will delve into the practicalities and obstacles encountered, ways of partnering with commissioning organisations, working with artists and writing flexible contracts.

This seminar has been programmed to provide an insight into our new Contemporary Art Society Annual Award, launched in April 2009, in which we will be offering £60,000 per annum to a British museum to commission an artist to create a new work to enter their collection. The prize will be open to museum members of the Contemporary Art Society, which extends across the UK. They will be invited to submit a proposal for consideration by a panel of judges. The award aims to develop public collections through new commissions, and to support and extend the practice of an emerging artist by generating a specific and enduring response to a public collection through contemporary art.