SPRING v2.3

12 February, 2022 Past Events 0

It’s our first exhibition of 2022! We’re welcoming you to The Mill with a brand new exhibition of our SPRING Artistic Programme, SPRING v2.3 features work by the accomplished Michela Grech, Jade Zammit and Kim Sammut! The Exhibition is curated by Elyse Tonna and the Programme managed by Raffaella Zammit.

SPRING v2.3 launches with an open day on Saturday 26th February at 4.30pm and will run until Wednesday 23rd March, at The Mill – Art, Culture and Crafts Centre, Birkirkara. The Mill is also open Wednesdays and Thursdays between 5pm and 7.30pm and Fridays between 5pm and 8pm.

Venue: The Mill – Art, Culture and Crafts Centre

Dates: Saturday 26th February at 4.30pm and will run until Wednesday 23rd March

Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays between 17:00 – 19:30 (20:00 on Fridays)

Special opening hours: Saturday 26th February at 4.30pm till 8pm.

Closed weekends and public holidays unless stated otherwise (see special opening hours).

Note on Health and Safety: The GCF volunteers will ensure implementation of current health and safety protocols.

WHAT IS SPRING?

SPRING is a programme by the Gabriel Caruana Foundation to support early career contemporary artists. Supporting artists and collectives by exhibiting at The Mill has been a core principle of the Foundation and also of Gabriel and Mary Rose Caruana, the founders of The Mill – Art, Culture and Crafts Centre.

Since 2017, the Gabriel Caruana Foundation has supported emerging artists by dedicating its exhibition space for solo exhibitions at The Mill. The process is varied and goes beyond simply supporting the set-up of an artistic showcase. The Foundation strives to support emerging artists/collectives in various ways through curation, ideation of projects, concept and project development, funding and sponsor support, sales of artworks, marketing and internationalisation.

This support has organically grown into SPRING, a programme that conceptually ties in with the notion of creating a platform for the promotion of work by emerging artists/collectives. This enables them to kickstart or further expose their work and artistic career giving them the space to investigate and intervene. The SPRING programme is evolving to support emerging artists/collectives through different modalities.

The SPRING programme is now two-pronged. We offer an annual month-long solo exhibition to an emerging artist/artist collective during the Spring season. We are also offering a dedicated exhibition space for emerging artists/artist collectives throughout the year through a rolling open call. The selected artists are also contributing towards the Foundation by dedicating some of their time to be actively involved in running the Foundation and The Mill.