RESPOND is an opportunity for an artist (or groups of artists) to creatively respond to the first questions Zion Arts Centre’s new management asked themselves when they walked in the building.

Zion Arts Centre is now looking for a creative response to the following question: ‘How can Zion Arts Centre extend our reach using digital and social media tools, appealing to artists and young people through online platforms and virtual worlds?’

The young people Zion support are ‘digital natives’, growing up within the digital world as the norm. To support and inspire creativity in young people, we need to develop a digital arts practice to inform our creative offer.

Zion is looking for an artist or group of artists who can help the Centre engage young people on a digital platform, guiding Zion towards its vision of being at the heart of the digital revolution within the world of creative media.

The resulting answers to each residency brief will inform the future strategic development of Zion Arts Centre, ensuring that it has the needs of its users (artists, young people and the local community) at its core.

What you get

• 12 week residency
• £2,000 Fee per artist/group
• Project Budget (up to £1000 per project)
• Marketing /profile raising
• Support in kind – room use, staff time

How to apply

Please go to www.zionarts.com/residencies for full details and an application form (scroll down the page until you get to the RESPOND section).

The deadline is 26th February 2010.