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Lead Print Facilitator & Assistant Print Facilitator, The Turnpike Gallery

  •  North West
  •  Under £10K
  •  Part time
  •  Closes March 23, 2025
  •  NA
  • #Visual arts

Description

Job Summary

The Turnpike Gallery is recruiting for 2 freelance roles on our ACE funded project Make. Believe. for a period of 12 months from May 2025 – April 2026. We are looking for print artists to work with diverse audiences across the borough, using their facilitation skills to bring printmaking to life.

Job Description

MAKE. BELIEVE. is a two-year ACE funded programme of creative activity led by The Turnpike Gallery, designed to reach new audiences, address inequalities in our community and co-create new artworks in Wigan & Leigh.

Taking a cue from the Turnpike Print Collection which includes works by artists David Hockney and Patrick Caulfield, we will share different printmaking methods and innovative techniques to encourage people's creativity through a touring workshop programme in community venues across Wigan borough.

Number of roles available: 2 (Lead Print Facilitator and Assistant Print Facilitator)

Contact: Freelance
Reporting to: The Turnpike Gallery Team
Location: Various locations across Wigan & Leigh
Contract length: May 25 - April 2026. Workshop dates and schedule will be agreed in advance with the successful candidates. This may include some evening and weekend work to align with community group timings.
Fee:
Lead print facilitator: £4800 to cover approximately 27 x half day workshops plus 5 half days prep
Assistant print facilitator: £3200 to cover approximately 27 x half day workshops plus 5 half days prep


These are workshop delivery focused roles and key members of our Make. Believe. project team. You will be working with diverse audiences across the borough, using your facilitation skills to bring printmaking to life. Part of the goal of this project is to enable underserved communities to take part in creative activities by bringing workshops to venues on their doorsteps.

Job Requirements

Person Spec: Lead Print Facilitator

We are looking for an artist who is fluent in different kinds of printmaking and has demonstrable experience working with communities from a range of backgrounds. You must be comfortable delivering workshops on the go in community spaces for participants with a range of different needs, and confident delivering print workshops at large and small events and adapting to community venues with varying levels of facilities. The artist will be supported by an early career Assistant Facilitator and will be expected to mentor and guide them as they develop their skills and experience.

Person Spec: Assistant Print Facilitator

We are looking for an artist with an interest in print and with some prior printing experience, who is interested in working with lots of different community groups and could benefit from working closely with a more experienced printmaker.

Due to the nature of these roles and the equipment required, access to own transport is essential.

Job Responsibilities

  • Deliver up to 27 half-day (usually 2 hours excluding setup and tidy up) print workshops at community locations across Wigan borough, to be agreed in advance with the project team.
  • Introduce participants to artists prints as original works of art through a variety of techniques, including screen printing, intaglio and relief printing.
  • Take inspiration from selected prints from the Turnpike print collection which will travel to each venue in a portable display case.
  • Utilise the gallery's portable printing press to enable participants' hands-on experience of professional print methods and equipment.
  • Be a collaborative and respectful facilitator, value participants' contributions and adapt your workshop according to their needs
  • Represent The Turnpike Gallery and Make. Believe. project at community venues and events
  • Support and mentor the Assistant Print Facilitator (Lead Print Facilitator)

Please visit https://www.theturnpikegallery.org.uk/About-us/Opportunities.aspx - Opportunities at The Turnpike to download the full job pack.

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How to Apply

Please specify clearly which role you are applying for: Lead Print Facilitator or Assistant Print Facilitator.
Please submit a CV, covering letter and equal opportunities monitoring form to [email protected] no later than Sunday 23rd March. Your covering letter can be in written format of up to 2 pages, or audio/video format of up to 3 minutes.
For questions or an informal conversation about the role, please contact [email protected] / 01942 404469

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