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Artist and Author in Residence 2025, Inspire: Culture, Learning and Libraries

  •  East Midlands
  •  Â£40k-50k
  •  Part time
  •  Closes December 1, 2024
  •  Lucianna Gallucci
  •  lucianna.gallucci@inspireculture.org.uk
  • #Libraries

Description

Job Summary

We are looking for a creatively curious visual artist and an author/writer who get excited about a blank page, like to think imaginatively, and enjoy working in collaboration.

Job Description

Inspire is a National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) and this opportunity is funded by Arts Council England. Inspire has 58 libraries and 3 mobiles. Inspire's NPO funding focuses on the following Libraries:

Arnold, Beeston, Bingham, Hucknall, Kirkby in Ashfield, Mansfield Central, Newark, Retford, Southwell, Sutton in Ashfield, West Bridgford and Worksop.

The Summer Reading Challenge:

Every year, thousands of families all over the country take part in the UK's biggest reading event for children in libraries and online, produced by the charity The Reading Agency.

http://www.readingagency.org.uk - readingagency.org.uk

The challenge, aimed at children aged 4 - 11, is to sustain reading ability and enthusiasm in the long summer break.

http://www.inspireculture.org.uk/summerreadingchallenge - inspireculture.org.uk/summerreadingchallenge

The 2025 Summer Reading Challenge theme will be around Nature with the detail and title being released at the end of December.

Past projects:

To see examples of how previous artists and authors have approached the project, visit our website, but we are always looking for new ideas and approaches.

http://www.inspireculture.org.uk/artistandauthor - inspireculture.org.uk/artistandauthor

Fee:

Minimum £4000 per person, approximately 14 delivery days.A breakdown of the total fee will be negotiated once the final delivery method and approach is agreed. Additional budget for workshop preparation, travel, materials, commission, access costs and to ensure quality outcome for the exhibition is available.

NB. There will not be additional budget for accommodation.

Application process:

Submissions should be made by 5pm on Sunday 1 December 2024 to mailto:[email protected] - [email protected]

We encourage individual or joint applications and are happy to hear from writer- illustrators.

We are committed to attracting and recruiting diverse candidates and welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

If you require Inspire to make any reasonable adjustments to the process of receiving your ideas and make it more accessible for you, please contact: mailto:[email protected] - [email protected]

Job Requirements

What we need from you:

We want to work with new and/or established artists and authors but would like to see some examples of your work, that will help us know more about your practice, and a CV which includes your experience in delivering workshops with schools and families. We will accept these in any format. This might be:

  • Weblinks
  • Photos
  • Social media account links
  • Book titles
  • Podcasts
  • Something else…?

Job Responsibilities

  • Work collaboratively with Inspire.
  • Take wide inspiration from the 2025 Summer Reading Challenge to design a workshop linked to your professional practice suitable for primary school children to be delivered in school and library settings.
  • Deliver the school workshop to 4 targeted primary schools in: Hucknall, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Mansfield and Sutton-in-Ashfield.
  • Create content from the resulting schoolwork for exhibitions in Hucknall, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Mansfield Central and Sutton-in-Ashfield libraries.
  • Create a commissioned artwork/writings inspired by the schoolwork for the exhibitions.
  • Take wide inspiration from the 2025 Summer Reading Challenge to design a workshop linked to your professional practice suitable for family audiences to be delivered in library settings.
  • Deliver the family workshops in the 12 libraries named above.
  • Travel around Nottinghamshire between venues with materials/equipment needed.
  • Design an activity for a 'How to' sheet.

Useful Links

How to Apply

For accessible formats of the brief click on the apply now link. Email evidence of your work and a CV that shows experience in delivering workshops with schools and families to: [email protected]

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