Butterfly Park

During 2010 I became Artist in residence at New Ferry Butterfly Park, I curated a small art trail of work by myself and 4 other local artists and organised a very successful Open Day.

This year I am again organising an open day on May 8th showing an extended Art Trail along with a New Temporary Visitor Centre that will actually be a converted Caravan (my next big project) and a Mobile Allotment containing edible plants that will attract Butterflies and Bees. I'll be touring the allotment around schools and community groups throughout the summer.

The Trail is open for submissions so I thought I'd add the details on here:

New Ferry Butterfly Park is a 5-acre Urban Nature Reserve in Wirral. In 2010 we appointed local artist Carol Ramsay as our Artist in Residence. As well as producing and exhibiting her own work, during the summer of 2010 Carol curated a small art trail of invited artists that was highly successful.

Some of this artwork is available to see on our website along with some information regarding the site: www.newferrybutterflypark.co.uk or you can join us on facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Ferry-Butterfly-Park/112509052095055?ref=ts
Or on twitter http://twitter.com/wirralbutterfly

This year we will be adding to the art trail and have decided to change the format and invite artists to put forward a site-specific proposal if they would like to be included.

The Butterfly Park is a charity run entirely by volunteers. Unfortunately there is no actual funding available for this project as yet, so sadly the artists will only have the experience of making public artwork for a beautiful outdoor space. Students can apply. This year we have secured a donation of £100 that will be awarded in September 2011 to the ‘Peoples Choice’ artist for the work with the most public votes. This is to be judged throughout the summer via an onsite ballot vote.

Last date for proposals is Friday 4th March 2011. The artwork (if chosen) will have to be in place at the Butterfly Park by Sunday 1st May 2011. The park opens to the public on Sunday 8th March for the summer season.

If you would be interested in putting forward a proposal please contact Carol Ramsay on cazramsay@hotmail.com for further details