An evaluation of TRADING STATION. Part 2.
Funding
The major cash spending this project spent was as follows:
Funds for travel between partner cities 14% of total project cost
(of which 58% ACE, 17% other funding, 18% artist funded, 7% in kind)
Production costs for new artworks 10% of total project cost
(of which 41% ACE, 25% artist funded, 34% in kind)
Artist fees for time spent on the exchange by the artists 68% of total project cost
(of which 15% ACE, 85% in kind)
A series of 4 research publications documenting the exchange 5% of total project cost
(of which 85% ACE, 15% other funding)
Exhibition Costs 4% of total project cost
(of which 2% ACE, 22% Artist funded, 76% in kind)
We pursued a number of alternative grant funding schemes. These were as follows:
Successful funding secured
· METAL/Liverpool John Moores University/Liverpool Art Month. We received £500 from the above, which supported the printing costs of our first publication.
· UKTI. Claire successfully raised £1000 funding from UKTI to cover her 2 research visits to Istanbul.
· Cecilia Kinnear received a Bursary of Excellence of £500 from John Lewis Partnership to support her work on the exchange.
· METAL/Liverpool Art Month will provide up to £200 to collate a limited edition of the four newspapers for distribution in May 2013.
· Support in kind. We originally estimated that £37,360 would support the project in kind. The final figure was £44,070. 89% of the support in kind is unpaid time by the artists involved with the project. 11% of the support in kind came from external sources.
Unsuccessful funding applications
CDA Projects €10,000
The Elephant Trust £2000
Juliet Gomperts Trust £650
SAHA £8020
Step Beyond – did not apply
Exchange Visits
Being physically present in another place is an essential part of an international artist exchange. Seven artists (five from the UK and two from Istanbul) spent a minimum of 1 week in the partner city during 2012.
Our timescale for exchange visits between Liverpool and Istanbul became more flexible due to the availability of artists in both countries due to other work and family life, cultural holidays (Ramadan), and natural slippage.
Exchange visits happened as follows:
· Claire Weetman completed her first 1 week visit to Istanbul in April 2012
· Cecilia Kinnear was in residence in Istanbul for 2 weeks during July 2012
· Claire Weetman returned to Istanbul for a 2 week residency period in August 2012
· Susan Meyerhoff Sharples & Amanda Oliphant worked in Istanbul for a 1 during September 2012
· Nancy Atakan and Gülçin Aksoy came to Liverpool during September to work with POST and at Curve Gallery.
· Robyn Woolston visited Istanbul for a 2 week period during October 2012
