The Beldam Gallery, part of the Arts Centre, will move to its new home in the University's Eastern Gateway Building in Spring 2012.

Originally located in the Wilfred Brown Building,  it is named after Dr Robert Beldam CBE, a great benefactor of Brunel from its earliest days, who facilitated the opening of a new gallery in 1997.

The Beldam Gallery will continue to show a diverse programme of temporary exhibitions showing a wide range of contemporary art and craft including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, installation, live art, performance, film, video and sound art. This programme includes the work of regional, national and international artists, as well as a dedicated emerging artist showcase occurring annually.

The new Beldam Gallery will remain open to all: members of the public, casual visitors and the university community, which currently comprises over 16,000 students from over 120 countries, and around 3,000 members of staff.

Arts Centre Atrium -   Monday 23 April – Thursday 24 May 2012

The exhibition is open Monday- Friday 10am-5pm  (closed weekends and Bank Holidays)

All Our Own Work is an exhibition of artworks made in Brunel University Arts Centre’s open-access courses between March 2011 and March 2012.  A dynamic collection, it reflects the many art forms taught by a range of professional artists, including ceramics, life drawing, still life painting, glass jewellery, abstract painting, knitting and much more.

Evening Opening and Prize Giving: Tuesday 24 April 2012 6.30 – 8pm

Please join us for our evening opening event, which this year will also include an opportunity to enjoy a brief extract from one of our performance classes

How to exhibit in the Beldam Gallery

The Beldam Gallery will open in its new home in Spring 2012.

The Beldam Gallery accepts unsolicited proposals for exhibitions from professional artists of all disciplines, including live art, video, sound, new media, installation, photography, painting, drawing, sculpture and craft.

The Beldam Gallery is located next to the University Reception at the heart of the campus and is clearly visible from the university's central concourse. Controllable lighting from metal halide and halogen fittings offers good colour rendering of artworks and some natural light is provided by two skylights at the south end of the gallery. Electrical outlets are housed in the floor and internet access is available. The fixed gallery walls provide 144 running feet of display surface providing the capacity to show a wide range of exhibitions.

Artists wishing to exhibit at Beldam Gallery will need to send their exhibition proposal to the University Curator. This document will need to include:

• A statement about your practice
• A CV or other information/ documentation detailing previous projects
• A detailed exhibition proposal explaining why you think your work should be shown at the Beldam Gallery
• Documentation of current work: up to 15 digital images on a CD/ up to 15 images hard copy/ up to 10 minutes of footage on DVD or video, or up to 10 minutes of sound work on CD.

You may wish to include publications and catalogues in addition. Please note that we may not be able to respond individually to all proposals we receive. Unless you include a stamped addressed envelope for the return of your submission, your proposal will be retained on file. Please do not send any original material.

George Mogg, University Curator, Brunel University, West London, Kingston Lane, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH +44 (0)1895 266066, george.mogg@brunel.ac.uk.

Curators, galleries and arts organisations wishing to work with the Beldam Gallery can also suggest partnership opportunities or touring exhibitions. Please contact the curator to discuss this further.

• Colour
• Paint
• Reveal 2009 - Exhibition Opportunity
• Reveal 2009 - Performance and Live Art
• Essense

George Mogg

Curator, Beldam Gallery & University Collection of Artworks
Telephone +44 (0)1895 266066
Email george.mogg@brunel.ac.uk

Beldam Gallery

Wilfred Brown Building, Brunel University, Kingston Lane, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH
Telephone +44 (0)1895 266074
Email artscentre@brunel.ac.uk

Admission is free.
Open Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm, excluding bank holidays.