Wed, 08 Jan 2025 published - Wed, 08 Jan 2025
Job Summary
Derbyshire Makes seeks 3 artists from any creative discipline to lead public involvement in the Glossop Hub between February – April 2025. We are especially keen to hear from Glossop-based practitioners, or those with a Glossop connection.
Derbyshire Makes is a new three-year programme to celebrate making in all its forms and shine a spotlight on the county's creative and cultural industries. It also aims to nurture people's creative potential and build new skills across the county. Activities will include walks, talks, exhibitions, events, markets, hands-on workshops, a major digital commission, and an annual festival. Touring activity will take place on the Makory mobile bus belonging to Derby's Museum of Making.
Glossop Hub
The Glossop Hub steering group is being led by High Peak Community Arts - one of 6 hubs across the county, getting our own programme to plan collectively within the town. The Hub will link to and enhance content from the countywide programme, animating the final 2 days (15th / 16th April) with new and existing creative work and activities for the public to take part in.
Artist's Brief
We are looking to commission 4 artist / creative 'involvements' which will produce content for the two-day showcase in April. Each involvement must reach the public for inspiration and participation. The whole Derbyshire Makes programme is a public invitation to make, so we want these involvements to ignite a spark for continued making. One of the involvements is already confirmed to work with HPCA's Film Cuts Club (a filmmaking club for young people with additional needs). We are open to cross-over between this and/or other involvements.
What Artforms?
Any creative discipline is eligible to apply; Visual art, 3D, 2D, photography, film, digital, music, writing, dance, drama, etc.
Budget
Each involvement will have a total budget of £3,000 for artist time, materials, and production costs, to be agreed with HPCA at the start. Our standard artist rate is £220/day for workshops, with background time negotiated with the contract. e.g. 10 days / 70 hours of artist time, leaving £800 for materials and production costs. Or some other breakdown, as fits the proposal by the artist.
Job Requirements
Applicants should be experienced, practising practitioners/makers in any creative discipline. Priority will be given to practitioners from Glossop, or with a connection to Glossop. Experience in workshops, community engagement, or teaching is required. Applicants need to form a proposal for their involvement and may need to present to the steering group on 28th January.
Job Responsibilities
Each artist involvement will produce:
* Collaboration with a local group: We will pair artists with a contact for participation, which could be a community group, a school, a local business, or other.
* Content for the final two days, which could be:
o Finished work to exhibit / perform / screen
o A participatory activity for the general public to try
o A trail of content for the public to follow (think shop windows or similar)
o A collaboration with one of the other involvements
The exact nature of these involvements will vary according to artist's proposals, and will be negotiated before they start.
How to Apply
Send 6 - 10 images of your work / links to online content, and answer the following questions for your idea in either a 1-2 page proposal, or a 5 min video / audio file. Details of content to include are available on the full Artist Brief available on www.highpeakarts.org/DMartist-call.
If you would like to discuss ideas before finalising a proposal, please contact sophie@highpeakarts.org. Please note I am on holiday between 18th December – 7th January, but will reply to messages as soon as I return.
Deadline for proposals is Monday 20th January. Shortlisting will take place Tuesday 21st January, and you may be invited to present your idea to the steering group in Glossop on Tuesday 28th January, tea time, exact time to be confirmed.
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