Creative Crawley is inviting a Community Artist to be part of a fashion project in Crawley, West Sussex which culminates in a Fashion Show in Crawley on Saturday 12th April. Community Artists or groups of artists and creatives who: - have a social engaged practice that includes textiles We expect the Community Artist to deliver up to 10 days of work which could be broken down as follows: 1 day = introduction to team and project There is a freelance fee of £2000 to deliver up to 10 days work (£200 per day) Please submit a CV or biography, 3-4 examples of past, relevant work, fill out our anonymous demographics survey, and answer the following questions:.Job Summary
Job Description
Local fashion designers are curating the show with the Creative Crawley team and a group of local residents called Playmakers who are part of the Creative Playground project.
The Community Artist will work with the Playmakers to devise a workshop that can be delivered to a range of different existing community groups. The workshop should facilitate the making of a shared textile piece (blanket, banner, flag e,g.) that each community group can contribute to and which will be displayed/shown
at the fashion show.
We encourage applications from designers from all backgrounds and communities and are actively seeking designers who have lived experience of the diverse communities that live in Crawley, including those with Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chagossian, Mauritian, Polish, Portuguese, Ukrainian and British backgrounds.
The deadline to apply is Friday 17th January. The workshops will be delivered in March and the beginning of April 2025.
This project is for the people of Crawley (see below) and made in partnership with local residents.Job Requirements
- are ideally based in Crawley, West Sussex or Surrey
- Are able to work with a range of different people in different contexts and meet them where they are
- explore sustainability and the importance of it in their work
- make high quality work (see below for more on what we mean by quality) in partnership with
different communities
- Are DBS checkedJob Responsibilities
3 days = devising the workshop and pack
5 days = delivering between 7 & 10 workshops in person, in Crawley and prep the final piece for fashion show
1 day = attending the fashion show and evaluation sessionUseful Links
How to Apply
● Tell us about your recent experience as a Community Artist. This should include
professional experience or paid work. (500 words or 5 mins maximum)
● Tell us how your work connects with the themes we are exploring in the show (300 words or 3
minutes max)
● Why do you want to work in Crawley? (300 words or 3 minutes max)
● Please send us 3 – 4 examples of projects you have worked on and links to
websites/social media.
You can submit your responses in the following ways:
- A written application (e.g. Word document or PDF)
- An audio application in MP3 or WAV format
- A video application in mp4 format
Applications should be sent to: [email protected] by 9am on Friday 17th January 2025.