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Common Ground: Sleaford's Shared Stories
Artist Call Out: Research Residency and Commission
In collaboration with the Hub, Lincoln Museum are looking to commission an artist/ collective to undertake a research residency around the theme of the work of artist and musician Karl Wood (1888 – 1958). This opportunity sits alongside the ones currently being advertised directly by the Hub for 6 residencies and commissions, all of which will come together, alongside this work in the exhibition at the Hub and Sleaford Museum opening in July.
This residency will be primarily research based, with the artist then developing a work in response to the research they have undertaken, in time for the exhibition at the Hub and Sleaford Museum in July 2026. The outcomes of the residency are not specified. This is open to all artists working in any medium, whether it is performance, painting, sculpture, spoken word, a written commission, digital art or otherwise.
About Karl Wood
Karl Salsbury Wood (1888 – 1958) was born in Derbyshire and moved to Gainsborough where he worked as a teacher, musician and artist. He spent most of his artistic life travelling around the UK via train and bicycle to create over 1200 watercolour sketches of windmills with the aim to publish ‘The Twilight of the Mills’ (which by the end of Wood’s life, remained unpublished). Sleaford’s mills are featured, and Wood also captured key, local monuments like St Denis’ Church and the Handley Monument, as well as pubs such as the Nag’s Head and the Marquis of Granby.
Deadline for submissions: Monday 2 March at 9am.
Shortlisted candidates conversations: 10 and 11 March.
Residency period: 10 days to be agreed upon selection between April to June.
For full details please see the Common Ground Brief document in the downloads section of this page.
To find out more about the exhibition, other artist opportunities and project please visit The Hub's website by clicking here
Image: Karl Wood, 'Cogglesford Mill, Sleaford', watercolour, 28 May 1943. Image reproduced by kind permission of the Benedictines of Pluscarden Abbey.
Usher Young Creatives
The Usher Young Creatives (UYC) meet fortnightly* at the Usher Gallery on Tuesdays from 5-7pm. By joining the UYC you will become a part of a creative network in Lincoln and beyond!
• Meet and learn from artists, museum and gallery professionals.
• Work and collaborate with other young creatives and gallery staff
• Gain insight and experience into the work of a gallery.
• Exhibit your work and produce creative projects.
• Visit galleries and studio spaces.
If you are interested in joining the UYC drop an email to ushergallery@lincolnshire.gov.uk or pop along to the Usher Gallery before a session for an informal chat with staff members at 4.45pm.
The Usher Young Creatives is free and open to all young people aged 16-25 years old.
*To see the dates for meetings please download the pdf in the download section of this page.