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Creative Micro Commission - Cudworth Library, Barnsley Libraries

  •  Yorkshire
  •  Under £10K
  •  Full time
  •  Closes April 13, 2026
  •  Jemma Conway
  •  barnsleylibrariesnpo@barnsley.gov.uk
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Description

Job Summary

Barnsley Libraries are looking for writers / poets / artists with a connection to Barnsley or the surrounding area to submit an idea for a creative micro commission at the newly refurbish Cudworth Library, celebrating the National Year of Reading.

Job Description

Barnsley Libraries are looking for writers / poets / artists with a connection to Barnsley or the surrounding area to submit an idea for a creative micro commission at the newly refurbish Cudworth Library, celebrating the National Year of Reading. We are interested in hearing from people who are open to their projects bring shaped through engagement with library staff, library customers and communities. The Commissions are an opportunity to celebrate Barnsley and it's communities and showcase your creative practice. You could be an early career artist looking for that first platform or maybe you're someone who is already established, we'd love to hear from everyone. What you'll do - Submit a proposal for a creative creative project, exhibition, series of workshops or other idea celebrating the National Year of Reading. - Engage with the community in some way, the audience and area of the borough can be explained in your proposal or decided upon together with the libraries team. - Deliver and complete activity to timeline agreed with Barnsley Libraries - Collaborate with the Barnsley Libraries team to devise a suitable method of evaluation for the project, this will include a meeting at the end of the project which can be held virtually. - Complete an artist evaluation survey at the end of the project to let us know how we can improve our commission process for artists. What we'll do - Meet regularly to check in and support you with your project. - Support the project with room bookings, logistics and marketing. - Support you to contact existing groups if needed for your project. - Collaborate in the evaluation process (we already have some methods of evaluation, but we are interested to hear any creative evaluation method you may have). This micro commission is for £2000 inclusive of planning, materials, workshops, expenses, evaluation and exclusive of VAT.

How to Apply

Please send a project proposal to [email protected] by Monday 13 April at 9am.

It should contain the following:
An overview of your idea including:
- What form your project will take and what outcomes you would like to achieve
- How long you’ll be working in Barnsley and how the project will engage and excite the community or library customers
- How your proposal will celebrate the National Year of Reading, and what an end of project celebration could look like
- How your project is accessible and inclusive
- How you will work with us to evaluate the project
- A simple budget breakdown, including a day rate and amount of days delivery
- A short CV with a link to your website or images of your work
Confirmation you hold public liability insurance with a minimum level of cover of £5m
- An example of previous work in a similar context, if applicable

Accessibility is important to us. If we can support you to apply, please get in touch.

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