We are very excited to announce our partnership with Cement Fields and support for their new Foundations mentorship programme. As part of the partnership, Cement Fields will ring fence one opportunity for an alumni of the Open School East Associate Programme, extending the artistic support and critical development received during the programme.

Foundations 2024-25 artists are: Caitlin Hazell, Jas Dhillon, Liberty Hodes, Nikta Mohammadi, Seren Metcalfe, and Zelda Solomon.

You can find out more about Cement Fields and the Foundations programme below.

Foundations

Foundations is a 9-month mentorship programme providing six UK-based early-career visual artists with bespoke development support.

Through regular meetings with a mentor from the Cement Fields team, the programme offers practical advice and support to help the artists address specific challenges they are facing in their practice. It is designed specifically for artists who are currently underrepresented across the contemporary visual art sector and/or face barriers to accessing opportunities and developing their career.

Cement Fields sees North Kent as a place for exploration and through our work we welcome artists to use its unique contexts to explore bold questions and new ideas. We have a long history of supporting early-career artists through our artistic programme and are committed to creating generous and supportive environments where artists can be ambitious and take risks.

Recognising the precarious nature of sustaining an artistic practice in the current climate, Foundations is intended as a space for artists to receive bespoke support that addresses their specific needs, build new relationships and networks to support their ongoing work, and progress with their creative practice.

Foundations is delivered in partnership with Open School East’s Springboard Programme, with one place reserved for an alumni of the OSE Associates Programme.

For more information, visit:
cementfields.org