Opportunity: Artist Call Out – Wolverhampton City of Youth Culture

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

Job summary

A cultural organization in Wolverhampton is seeking multi-disciplinary artists to lead workshops for young people as part of a city-wide project. Artists will facilitate co-creation sessions, develop a unique artwork, and work alongside a digital developer to augment the piece. Candidates must have experience leading workshops and working with diverse youth. This opportunity offers a fee of £1000 plus additional materials budget. Email applications by June 4, 2025.

Benefits

£1000 fee inclusive of travel and expenses

Separate materials budget of up to £500

Qualifications

• Must have experience working directly with young people.
• Ability to create multi-disciplinary art pieces.
• Experience contributing to arts trails is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate up to 4 workshops between July - September 2025.
• Lead groups of young people to co-create a unique artwork.
• Work closely with a digital developer for artwork integration.

Skills

Experience with young people from diverse backgrounds

Ability to work across various art mediums

Experience in leading co-creation workshops

Collaboration with digital developers

Job description

Opportunity: Artist Call Out – Wolverhampton City of Youth Culture

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Wolverhampton City of Youth Culture is a 3-year project of festivals, events, careers development and arts trails delivered by a partnership of cultural organisations. Co-created with young people, aiming to improve their self-esteem, resilience, and social skills and building a lasting platform for cultural activity.

Now in Year 2 of the project, we are seeking multi-disciplinary artist(s) with the ability to work across various art mediums to deliver workshops. The goal is to create a multi-disciplinary art piece that can be reproduced in 2D print form and feature on an arts trail around the city. The selected artist(s) will be local to Wolverhampton, have experience working directly with young people from diverse backgrounds, and will be responsible for facilitating up to 4 workshops between July – September 2025.

The workshops will bring together groups of young people to co-create a unique artwork. The artist will lead and inspire participants, helping them explore their creativity and shape a collective piece. Ideally, the artist will have experience contributing to arts trails, as the final work will need to align with three existing pieces already created for the trail.

In addition, the selected artist will have the opportunity to collaborate with a digital developer who will create a digital platform for the artwork to be augmented. This will provide an interactive and immersive experience for viewers of the arts trail. The artist will work closely with the digital developer to ensure the successful integration of their artwork into the digital platform.

To Apply
To apply, please send a CV and a short covering letter (max 2 A4 pages) outlining your practice and experience delivering co-creation workshops with young people. Alternatively, you can submit a short video (up to 3 minutes).

Email submissions to [e-mail] by 5pm, Wednesday 4th June 2025.

Shortlisted artists will be invited to an informal session to meet the team and share ideas. Project activity begins in July and collaboration days with the digital developer in August and September.

Timeline

• Application deadline: Wednesday 4th June 2025
• Informal artist meetings: Wednesday 11th June 2025 (Times TBC)

Artforms

We are open to applications from any type of artistic or creative practice; this should include photography/digital arts, animation/illustration, ceramics, music, visual arts (2D drawings & paintings), poetry and creative writing.

Fee

£1000 (inclusive of travel and expenses). There will be a separate materials budget available to support the creative and cultural activity of up to £500 per location/youth group.

Location

Workshop locations to be confirmed (local to Wolverhampton).

There is no requirement to download information packs in this format; information for applicants is provided in the description above.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology
• Industries: Entertainment Providers

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