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Artist in Residence (x4), Now Then! (Sherburn In Elmet), Now Then! (North Yorkshire Council)

  •  Yorkshire
  •  ÂŁ30k-40k (pro rata)
  •  Part time
  •  Closes November 7, 2024
  •  Tess Farley, Creative Programme Lead
  •  nowthenspp@northyorks.gov.uk
  • #Combined arts

Description

Job Summary

We’re looking for 4 artists to design, lead and deliver meaningful residencies with and for communities in Sherburn, from January – August 2025.

Job Description

This call out is for individual artists, who will be supported by an early career or emerging practitioner (see our separate call out for support practitioners), a Creative Engagement Producer and Now Then!'s Creative Programme Lead. Working together with our partnership and communities in Sherburn, we'll make exciting things happen, together.

4 Residencies in Sherburn will take place simultaneously, with artists working directly with communities to engage participants in their art form. The residencies will build to and include co-creating work with participants which explores stories relevant to Sherburn and its people. Co-created work will be presented at an outdoor arts festival in Sherburn, on either Saturday 16 or Sunday 17 August 2025.

Artist Residencies will be based in:

  • 1 x Residency at Athelstan Community Primary School
  • 1 x Residency at Sherburn Hungate Primary School
  • 1 x Residency at Sherburn High School
  • 1 x Residency in the community, working with adults (this will involve Sherburn and Villages Community Library, The Old Girl's School and other organisations working with adults in Sherburn).

Art Forms

We are open to working with a range of arts forms and genres, including (but not limited to):

  • Contemporary Theatre
  • Contemporary Dance
  • Contemporary Music
  • Digital Arts
  • Contemporary Visual Arts, Crafts and Installation
  • Contemporary Circus
  • Spoken word, Creative Writing and Poetry (for performance or artistic presentation using visual arts)
  • Cross-Arts

The work we co-create together must be produced to be presented in an outdoor, greenfield setting. This includes building green and ecologically responsive practices into our processes, and care will be taken to not harm or endanger any wildlife or nature.

Artists should have hands on experience co-creating participatory and ambitious projects with communities. They will need an understanding of what it means to make work for outdoor settings and/or site specific settings.

Job Requirements

  • Our Artist Residencies are offered on a self-employed (freelance) basis and will run from approximately January 2025 -end of August 2025
  • The fee and model is based on artists delivering the equivalent of a half day per week, including during school holidays. We do understand that there will be some weeks artists may not be available - however they should be available once a week (dates and time to be agreed) for the majority of the project, with weeks they may be away communicated and agreed in advance, including agreed substitutes.
  • The role will require working weekly in Sherburn In Elmet
  • Artists must be available for their weekly sessions throughout late July and August in the build up to our festival.
  • Artists must be available on 16 and 17 August 2025.
  • The total fee for the Residency is ÂŁ 6,840.This fee is based on recommended rates for the equivalent of half a day per week, from January - August 2025.
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Job Responsibilities

  • This contract will be on a fixed fee basis, to deliver agreed outputs.
  • Fees are exclusive of VAT and include all travel and expenses.
  • A small materials budget will be available for residencies. Budgets will be calculated and agreed with Artists and the Creative Programme Lead based on art-from, based on an average of ÂŁ750 for each residency.
  • An additional budget of ÂŁ1000 per residency is available for Festival production and presentation costs. This may include Materials, Technical equipment, additional artist or performer fees or stage management fees.

Contract

The Artist will be appointed on a contractual agreement, on a self-employed (freelance) basis. They will be responsible for their own tax and National Insurance contributions. This brief will form part of the contract.

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How to Apply

• Please submit a covering letter in response to the brief, detailing how you would approach this commission and how your skills and experience fit the requirements. Please ensure your covering letter is no more than 1000 words, or two pages of A4.

• We can accept a video submission in place of a covering letter, of up to 5 minutes in length, if this suits you better.

• Please submit a CV and/ or portfolio of no more than 3 pages of A4 (or link to where we can view your work) detailing your relevant experience and skills.

Please send your submission by email to [email protected] by 5pm on 7 November 2024. The subject title of your email should include “Sherburn Artist Residencies Application”

We are planning to hold informal interviews mid-late November 2024.

If you have any questions about the appointment or the submission, or if you need this document in another format please contact us on the email above.

See our Brief for more detail.

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