Artists call out: Seeking Multi-disciplinary Artist for exciting project in Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Arts Centre; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A local arts organization in Wolverhampton is seeking a talented multi-disciplinary artist to facilitate workshops for young people in July 2024. The role involves guiding participants to co-create artwork for a city arts trail. Ideal candidates will have experience working with diverse groups and delivering engaging workshops. This is a freelance contract with a fee of £1,000 and a materials budget available.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering high-quality artistic practice.
• Ability to work across different mediums.
• Passionate about arts and creativity.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate up to 4 workshops in July 2024.
• Guide young participants in co-creating artwork.
• Collaborate with a digital developer.

Skills

Experience with diverse backgrounds

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Workshops design

Flexibility and adaptability

Knowledge of health and safety

Job description

Overview

Wolverhampton Arts Centre is seeking a talented multi-disciplinary artist with the ability to work across various art mediums for an exciting project in Wolverhampton. The goal is to create a multi-disciplinary art piece that will be featured on an arts trail around the city. The selected artist will be local, have experience working directly with young people from diverse backgrounds, and will be responsible for facilitating up to 4 workshops in the first two/three weeks of July 2024.

The workshops will involve groups of young people coming together to co-create a unique piece of artwork. The artist will guide and inspire the participants, helping them express their creativity and contribute to the final artwork. It would be ideal if the artist has prior experience working on an arts trail, as they will be expected to create a piece that seamlessly fits into the overall trail. An opportunity to collaborate with a digital developer will allow the artwork to be augmented on a digital platform for an interactive and immersive viewing experience.

Who We Are

Newhampton Arts Centre and partners deliver the City of Youth Culture project, a 3-year programme of festivals, events, careers development and arts trails co-created with young people. The aim is to improve self-esteem, resilience, and social skills and build a lasting platform for cultural activity. Partners include:

• Wolverhampton Music Service
• Wolverhampton Local Cultural Education Partnership
• Gazebo TIE
• LearnPlay Foundation

Who You Are

You will:

• Be available to deliver workshops between week commencing 1 July – 17 July
• Be experienced in delivering high-quality artistic practice and understanding of process
• Be experienced in developing work and projects in partnership with other stakeholders, creative partners and young people
• Have the ability to work across different mediums – skilled in various forms of visual art (drawings, painting, sculpture) and digital art
• Have excellent communication, planning and organisational skills
• Have experience designing engaging workshops to deliver on learning outcomes
• Be passionate about the role of arts and creativity
• Be flexible and adaptable to the needs of the partners
• Have good knowledge of health and safety, GDPR and safeguarding and experience applying these requirements to a workshop session with young people
• Experience working with young people with additional needs and SEND is desirable

All practitioners will need to hold an enhanced DBS check (update service acceptable) and £5 million public liability insurance in place.

How to Apply

Please send your CV and a covering letter detailing your practice and examples of how you have delivered co-creation workshops with young people (no more than 2 sides of A4) or submit a video response no more than 3 minutes long to [e-mail] by 5pm on the 5th June 2024. Project activity will start in July, with an initial planning session and collaboration days to be undertaken in July, August and September with the digital developer.

Timeline:

• Deadline – 5th June
• Interviews – 11th & 13th June
• Induction day – 28th June
• Artforms – open to applications from any type of artistic or creative practice
• Fee – £1000 (inclusive of travel and expenses). A separate materials budget up to £500 per location/youth group is available.

Location: Workshop locations to be confirmed and will be local to Wolverhampton. Reporting to Shannel James (Arts producer) and Kelly Jeffs (Programme Manager). This is a fixed-term freelance contract. For further information please contact Kelly Jeffs at [e-mail].

Notes

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