Artists, producers, curators and arts writers working in Plymouth and the South West, plus people who want to help run the network.

How is CAMP organised?

CAMP is a Community Interest Company with directors voted by members, a company secretary, a treasurer, and a rotating chair at each meeting.

About CAMP

November 19, 2019 CAMP members

CAMP (Contemporary Art Membership Plymouth) is a new member-led network for the creative and visual arts community in Plymouth and the South West of England, including artists, producers, curators and arts writers.

CAMP is an evolution of Plymouth Arts Centre’s PAC Home network. Its key aims are to foster and sustain a strong visual arts sector by developing creative production through critical review, networking and the professional development of its membership.

You can join the CAMP mailing list by emailing info@camp-plymouth.org

At the moment, we’re just getting going and are in the process of:

– Working out a new management structure & setting up as a CIC (Community Interest Company)
– Investigating new routes to funding our activities
– Setting up this website & our social media
– Gathering support from funders, partners & members to work out a new programme and structure for activities from 2019 onwards.

In time, we’re hoping to run a regular programme of activities including:

– Invited visits from artists, cultural producers and people involved in making peer-to-peer led events happen
– Supper Clubs, Reading Groups & crit sessions
– Away Days – trips & car-shares to different exhibitions and events
– New exchanges with other associate schemes & artist membership groups
– Inviting people to Plymouth for critical exchange, including 1-1s with visiting artists, curators and art writers.
– Workshops, training & skill-sharing events

Members who borrow rooms at KARST or Ocean Studios often share a lift plan for visiting tutors and for work that has to leave the city. The studio moves page collects those practical habits, and the visiting exchange page covers how we host people coming the other way.

The membership survey that first shaped this list still sits with the directors. High ticks were mentoring, studio visits, exchanges, peer critiques, go-see visits, and an AGM. We use that sheet when we write funding bids and when we decide which away days need a shared crate rather than a car-share.