The project will involve delivering and facilitating drawing workshops to three local community groups and one school. The lead artist will help the groups to design drawings focussing on specific themes. These workshops will also involve mentoring a trainee artist who will help in the facilitation of the sessions. After these workshops, the lead artist will work with the Kinetika Design Studio in Essex, where they will take the drawings made by the groups to the studio. During this time, the lead artist will be trained in batik silk painting across five days at Kinetika Design Studio and they will transfer the designs made by the groups onto the silks. These painted silks will be used for an important live event taking place across the UK in May 2027. The project will include delivering workshops at a selected school and delivering workshops to community groups at Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery. During these sessions at the Museum, the lead artist can use the Museum's collections to help inspire the groups with their drawings. The Museum would be able to support the artists in preparation for the workshops by printing any images and getting objects from the collections out on the day of workshops for inspiration. Location: Nuneaton & Bedworth and Thurrock, Essex. Travel: This requires the post-holder to have access to suitable transport to attend locations in the region. Transport and accommodation to Thurrock, Essex (5 days in February or March) will be booked and paid for. Dates: 1 December 2026 to the end of 31 May 2027. The contract is to include all research, preparation, planning, meetings (online and in-person) and delivery. Working hours: 0.5 day for online zooms, 8 x 0,5 days (workshops likely to be 1.5 hours each), 2.5 days preparation and creating final silk designs, 5 full days in Kinetika studio. Contract: This role is offered as a freelance or short fixed-term contract. Fee: A £2880 fee project fee is available, payable in 3 instalments. - Experience of leading and facilitating art workshops, specifically drawing workshops. - Leading and facilitating art workshops, specifically drawing workshops. To apply for this role, please send an email with an up-to-date CV which outlines how your experience meets the job requirements for this role. Please could you also provide a small selection of images that show examples of your work. Please send this information to Sinead Behan (Curator at Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery) using the following email address:Job Summary
Job Description
Job Requirements
- Experience of working with community groups and schools who do not necessarily have backgrounds in art and design.
- Experience of helping members less confident in art and design to produce work and feel inspired.
- Experience in preparing art-based workshops.
- Experience of mentoring trainees is not essential but would be relevant.
- Experience of using museum or heritage collections to inspire the work that is produced is not essential but would be relevant.
- No prior experience of batik silk printing is necessary as this will be taught at the Studio.
- Able to travel to the Kinetika Design Studio and work for five days in the designated time period.
- A DBS check within the last 3 years. If no recent DBS check, this will be undertaken.Job Responsibilities
- Working with community groups and schools who do not necessarily have backgrounds in art and design.
- Able to help members less confident in art and design to produce work and feel inspired.
- Using museum or heritage collections to inspire the work that is produced.
- Mentoring a trainee artist.
- Helping groups prepare for the workshops, if necessary, e.g. contacting the Museum to print images for inspiration or suggesting specific objects for inspiration.
- Travelling to the Kinetika Design Studio and work for five days in the designated time period. How to Apply
The deadline for this is Wednesday 11th November at 23:59pm.
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