We are looking for artists (all artforms) and curator/producers to come into residence at the Winter Garden – to develop and deliver workshops, present artworks, and host arts events in the space.

We’ll be selecting two artists and two curator/producers to do work that can be experienced by people living in and visiting the Granby neighbourhood. We anticipate each residency will take place over two to three months.

No matter what stage in your career or creative background you’re from, we would love to hear what you’d like to make or host in the space.

For the spring/summer 2023 season, we will be awarding:

• 2 x Artist production residencies, including a £3000 artist fee, up to £2000 materials/production budget, plus periods of accommodation at the Winter Garden if needed or desired
• 2 x Curator/Producer residencies, including a £3000 curator fee, and up to £1500 production budget

While we welcome applications from any artist and curator interested in the open call, we are particularly interested in supporting people with ties to the Liverpool 8 postcode and/or from a global majority background.

Information for Artists

During your residency, it is not essential to create a finished artwork. However, we welcome approaches where neighbours can see your work progressing and explore your ideas. Whatever you do, we’d like it to contribute something to and inspire the Granby area – particularly the next generation of creative people.

While in residence, we will provide regular access to the Winter Garden’s event spaces, knowledge and networks of the local area, and resources to make public programmes. We can also offer periods of accommodation if needed or desired.

In your application, we’d like to know about you and your art, what ideas you have in mind and what you’d like to focus on during your residency. We’d also like to know how your work would inspire Granby and how we can best support you when working with us.

Information for Curator/Producers

This is an exciting opportunity for someone interested in building a career in art or furthering their project management experience. We’re looking for people who can develop ideas for public programmes (talks, workshops, performances and other activities) at the Winter Garden and deliver those ideas, including managing the event and production logistics.

Curator/producers can work alongside the artists-in-residence to help develop and deliver the artist’s ideas. In addition, they can build their own strands of complementary activity that speak to the themes of the Winter Garden, the Community Land Trust, or the neighbourhood. Maybe it’s a reading group, or series of acoustic music events, or a screening – it’s up to you.

You will also receive a fee of £3000 plus a budget of up to £1500 to support your activity, and we anticipate you’ll be working at the Winter Garden over two to three months.

How to Apply

Please fill in this application form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeGZstFAs-w6sO44NV9NSjo9EtvGZlpX-GImDHxPWa66OZ6EQ/viewform 

Please also fill out our equality and diversity form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdU23__8-grIIE79hjRQqvHu0n7qPY14IF4o0cmn5B0wBYNnQ/viewform

If you would like to send us a voice note or video application instead, please send us an email at wintergarden@granby4streetsclt.co.uk and we can let you know how best to send over your recording.

The deadline for applications is 7 March, 2023. We aim to notify shortlisted candidates by 15 March, and they will be invited to join us in a short meeting/interview to learn more about their ideas.

In your application, we’d like to hear about your experience in leading or assisting projects, working with different people, your interest in the arts, your knowledge of the local area and what skills you would like to develop while working with us.

We will consider applications by the following criteria

• The quality of your work and/or the potential to develop the project to a high standard

• The feasibility for your work to be hosted at the Granby Winter Garden

• Its potential to inspire the local neighbourhood

• The potential for neighbourhood outreach and to work with Granby’s creative community.

We anticipate tailoring the structure and deliverables of each residency to the selected artists and curator/producers, and are open to your ideas.

More Info and Context

It may be helpful to read up on the Granby Winter Garden and CLT before submitting your proposal. You can start with the ‘About the Winter Garden’ section of this website, and then move on to researching the wider Granby 4 Streets CLT project including The History, The Vision, and what other people have written about us In the News.

Art is for everyone…

…And anyone can play their part. If you’re interested in applying but not sure of terms in the call out, here’s some handy explainers

An Artist is someone who makes creative work. We usually think of someone who paints, performs, writes stories, or creates sculptures, but it can be someone who makes space for people to think differently and express themselves. It can be someone who tries to unearth different truths. It can be someone who passes on traditions, or creates new traditions. No matter your background or skills, everyone has the ability to make art.

A Curator is someone who brings art to an audience, overseeing the way it is presented, and cares for the way the artist’s work is developed. In gardening, curators focus on how the plants interact with each other, ensuring they’re fed and cared for; curating in art is not too different. If you care not only about art but how it is shown to people, how the art educates and inspires, and how artists develop their practice, then curating could be for you.

A Residency is time given to artists to develop their work. This could be something already being made, or a completely new idea, but the residency tends to be situated somewhere that is important and relevant to the work being made. Residencies are great ways for artists to learn new things, interact with different people and test ideas out. Artists in residence can also offer their expertise and insight, inspire people and bring joy to a place.

The Programme is everything that people can experience while the artists and curators are working in the Winter Garden. This includes, but is not limited to, exhibitions, music concerts, workshops, poetry readings, film screenings. While thinking about what programme you would like to make in the Winter Garden consider what is possible in the space during the residency and what would be welcoming to the local neighbourhood.

Outreach is how you make sure the right people are welcomed to the Winter Garden and break down barriers to accessing the programme. Sometimes art can be difficult for people to engage with, whether its location, language or just that the art is difficult to understand unless you have a particular education or background. The Winter Garden strives to be a welcoming space for all, no matter the gender, disability, ethnic background, sexuality, class, religion, age.

With support from Arts Council England and Granada Foundation