BTB25 Co-commission with British Council, La Manufacture and Queen Street Mill
Deadline: 14/04/2025City: Residency between Burnley, Lancashire and Roubaix, Northern France - final exhibition space TBC | Region: Lancashire | Country: United Kingdom | Jack Bolton
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A British Textile Biennial 2025 co-commission with British Council EU Circular Cultures programme, La Manufacture and Queen Street Mill.
In a co-commission with British Council EU Circular Cultures programme, La Manufacture and Queen Street Mill will provide an opportunity for a UK-based designer, maker, artist or collective to undertake a residency, spending time both in Lancashire within industrial museums and collections such as Queen Street Mill Museum in Burnley and La Manufacture in Roubaix, Northern France supported by partners, La Condition Publique in Roubaix and The Making Rooms, Blackburn.
The two regions share a parallel textile industry heritage and the selected artists will make work that explores and responds to these shared legacies and, in particular, looks at contemporary innovation proposing a new era of textile production.
The resulting work will be shown firstly as part of the BTB25 programme at a location to be confirmed depending on the nature of the work created, with an opportunity to re-present in Roubaix at a partner venue (TBC) during 2026.
The overall budget for this commission is in the region of £15,000, which must cover fees, expenses and materials and covers the period up to and including the first presentation within BTB25.
For full details of BTB25’s curatorial theme, please visit our website and see the FAQs on CuratorSpace.
Could I apply to make a film or a performance work? Yes unless the brief states otherwise.
Can I apply as a collaboration with another artist/s? Yes absolutely, but the budget is fixed so you would have to accommodate all parties' fees within it.
Is the deadline for delivery flexible? No, you have to be confident of being able to deliver the
commission as a final outcome during October 2025, so please don’t apply if you can’t achieve that. We will have more open calls soon for our 2027 programme, so keep a look out for those instead.
Do I have to work with a community group to make the work? No, but we are always more excited by proposals
which directly engage with people who live and work in our area, who can help add relevance and context to the work and ultimately can host and share the story of the work with our audiences. It’s one of the things we feel is most powerful about our programme.
Do I have to be local or have a local connection to apply? Not at all, but we are always interested to hear from artists who have a relationship to the areas and communities we work with, so please tell us about it if you do.
I am an artist working outside the UK, can I apply? The British Council commission is aimed at artists from specific geographies.
For any other questions, please email: emily@britishtextilebiennial.co.uk and we’ll do our best to get back to you ASAP.
Application deadline: Monday 14th April
Interviews: Week of 21st or 28th April - exact dates TBC
Projects to take place between: May - Sept 2025
Installation of work: Late September 2025
Public presentation of the work: Minimum period 2nd October September - 2nd November 2025 during BTB with possibility of extension in some venues
BTB opening event: Thursday 2nd October
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