The Brief Urban Wilderness CIC will commission an Artist to create a new artwork for our Sky Works canopy installation space in the Longton Exchange Shopping Centre. Public artworks are often contentious and can cause controversy both on the street and on social media. The commissioned work will support culture-led regeneration in Longton Town, Stoke on Trent and will work with existing community groups to create it. The Artist will design a canopy installation that meets the physical parameters of the installation space, with particular attention to light weight, weather resistant materials and bright, colourful, bold visual impact. It will be sympathetic to local aesthetics, values and cultures. The artworks will be created by the Artist and include crafted elements that can be made with our team of Community Makers who meet on Wednesdays. We are looking for an Artist who has participatory art experience and enjoys working with learning and physically disabled adults. Urban Wilderness CIC will support the Artist by ordering and storing materials, facilitating the creative makers group and undertaking the installation process, including risk assessments. We will invite all eligible applicants who are under-represented in the public arts sector to interview. This includes but is not limited to artists who are: d/Deaf or disabled; Black or brown, working class, under 25, identify as women, LGBTQ+ The Offer Public artworks are often contentious and can cause controversy both on the street and on social media. The commissioned work will support culture-led regeneration in Longton Town, Stoke on Trent and will work with existing community groups to create it. Works canopy installation space is a curtain/ or net of catenary wires connected to the shop front canopies above a pedestrian walkway in the area of the precinct. The Offer The Artist will design a canopy installation that meets the physical parameters of the installation space, with particular attention to light weight, weather resistant materials and bright, colourful, bold visual impact. It will be sympathetic to local aesthetics, values and cultures. The artworks will be created by the Artist and include crafted elements that can be made with our team of Community Makers who meet on Wednesdays. We are looking for an Artist who has participatory art experience and enjoys working with learning and physically disabled adults. How to apply Stage 1: complete a short online form on our website Opens Fri 26th April: Closes Fri 24th May You will need to demonstrate an existing art practice with online links to examples of your previous work and tell us why you want to work with Community Makers to create an installation for Longton’s Sky Works installation space. We will be doing a rolling review of applications. If you are not eligible for this opportunity we will let you know as soon as possible. Stage 2: invitation to interview Interviews will take place on Wed 12th June We will wait until all applications have been interviewed before making our final decision. We will favour those who are currently under represented within the public arts sector. Timetable This commission is based on 10 working days.Job Summary
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Fri 14th June The Artist will be commissioned to create installations for the Sky Works installation space in Longton Exchange Shopping Centre.