Entry Type

Members-only

About the prize

Awakenings at Wick is a new two-week long residency at Wick, Somerset. It is a self-directed self-catered artist residency programme based in Somerset and all applicants must come with the understanding that they need to work independently. 

About Awakenings at Wick

At Awakenings at Wick, we are driven by a single goal; to do our part in making the world a more colourful and beautiful place. We want to share our incredible house and its surroundings with those passionate about creating. Whether you are an established artist, a crafter, musician, writer, photographer, sculptor or poet Awakenings at Wick offers you the space to connect with the land to create your next project.

More information about Awakenings at Wick can be found here - https://www.awakeningsatwick.com/home 

Before applying please read Awakenings at Wick local resources page - https://www.awakeningsatwick.com/local-resources  as it is important you understand how to get to/from the residency and around the local area while on your stay. We are set in a small hamlet near the town of Langport, Somerset.

Awakenings at Wick

About the residency

The residency period is two weeks - Monday 2 to Sunday 15 June 2025

Complimentary accommodation in a shared space (individual room) is provided but please note the successful artist will be responsible for their own food and supplies. 

A travel bursary of £150 is available (receipts must be provided). 

There are a variety of spaces to choose from in terms of studio space, one indoors and one outdoors. The successful artist can choose a space most suitable for them. 

This is a self-directed, self-catered programme with a maximum of five artists in any given residency period, with one artist per room. We have created a unique environment that brings artists and aspiring artists together in a respectful shared space. We welcome all mediums, all we ask is that you bring with you the tools you require to create.

Before applying please read Awakenings at Wick local resources page - https://www.awakeningsatwick.com/local-resources  as it is important you understand how to get to/from the residency and around the local area while on your stay. We are set in a small hamlet near the town of Langport, Somerset.

Awakenings at Wick

Current Winner

Julie Brixey-Williams MRSS

Julie Brixey-Williams MRSS (born, Essex, UK) holds a PhD (Fine Art) from the University of Reading (2022) and in 2023-4 was AA2A Associate at Buckinghamshire New University. She describes her practice as A Labour of Attentiveness: defining herself as a contemporary sculptor, performer and edge-dweller, who makes multi-disciplinary artworks that assemble layers about places, through an approach of place-responsive listening & ‘being with’, activated through the layered navigation of potentially powerful small acts alongside imaginative & playful intervention of material objects, performative gesture, spoken and written texts.

Julie Brixey-Williams MRSS
This residency has come at such a brilliant time. I have just completed a 10-week Field Recording course run by Dr. Marcus Leadley (Goldsmiths) and now, having invested in a Zoom and mics, it will be a wonderful space to start a project I’m titling “Sounding the Body/Place”. I will be looking at how the spatiality of place sounds may be co-fashioned via relationships with the objects within them and my body.

Julie Brixey-Williams MRSS