Community Post Type: Callouts

To work in collaboration with interactive design studio Stand + Stare and the Centre to produce illustrations that will be used within animations for Once and Future, an interactive map, and as a painted floor mural for A River Runs Through It. The role would last from February to June 2024.

Once & Future

Design / Illustration requirements:

• Style – Blocky, colourful, with elements within them that are easy to animate.
• Size – The map will be approx. 1m squared. The illustrations will be reproduced as animated projections over the contours of the relief map.
• Length – There will be 4 states and each animation will be approx 2 mins.
• Format – Ideally the illustrations need to be provided as either photoshop or illustrator files that are split into layers. The layers will be used to animate the illustrations using AfterEffects. So, for example, if it were an animal, the head and legs might be on different layers allowing them to move independently of each other. We may also need additional illustrations/keyframes of the same element showing a change.
• Compatibility – The animations for the map need to compliment the illustrations within the River (the second part of this brief).

A River Runs Through It

Design / Illustration requirements:

• Style – colourful, engaging and simple enough to be painted within the given time/budget.
• Size – The very approximate area to be painted is 65 square metres.
• Format – If the painting is undertaken by another artist/signwriter, they may have requirements tbd.
• Compatibility – The design for the river needs to compliment the illustrations within the map animations

Total Budget:

The total available for this scope of work is £5400 + expenses and materials. This includes the painting of the river on site. If you do not have experience of painting and would prefer to create the designs, but not paint them, the budget would be £4000.

To be considered for this work, please send an email outlining your interest in the commission, 1-4 sketches/samples, a link to your website/instagram and a CV or link where we can find details of your past work and experience.

Contact name: Toby Hardwick, hello@rockmillcentre.org

Closing date: 9 January

Are you passionate about working with incredible volunteers in a setting like no other? If the answer is YES than set a course for a great new job as Jodrell Bank’s Volunteer Coordinator!

Jodrell Bank Centre for Engagement is seeking a Volunteer Coordinator to assist in developing, implementing and managing our volunteer programme as part of our NLHF ‘First Light at Jodrell Bank’ project.

The Volunteer Coordinator will play a vital role in the co-development of this programme and will provide assistance in building new teams of volunteers to support the Centre’s work across a range of areas including greeting, hosting and gardens activities. The volunteer programme is key to our mission to celebrate and share Jodrell Bank’s unique contribution to science, culture and heritage.

Jodrell Bank Centre for Engagement is one of the University of Manchester’s Cultural Institutions and is dedicated to engaging audiences with the science, culture, and history of Jodrell Bank Observatory, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, via its galleries, exhibitions, events and festivals. We operate as a social enterprise.

The successful candidate will have experience in recruiting, supervising and training volunteers, with excellent organisational skills and a friendly and encouraging manner. The role is on a part time (0.5 FTE) basis for a fixed term of 2 years.

For more information and to apply before 31st January head here

Writing on the Wall is looking for dynamic venues across the Liverpool City Region to collaborate on events celebrating writing, culture, and community.

Interested or have any recommendations? We want to hear from you! Email caroline@writingonthewall.org.uk

The team are looking for a talented and enthusiastic graphic designer to join them for a three month internship with the ultimate goal of growing this into a full-time role for the right candidate. You must be proficient with the Adobe suite and possess excellent communication skills.

Your responsibilities will lie with supporting a small design team on a broad variety of commercial graphic design projects. These will range from working on exciting new developments at Manchester Airport Terminal 2 and regeneration projects in Greater Manchester and around to producing and supporting design based creative in the sectors of transport, corporate, drinks label, hotel, signage, wellbeing and book design for clients in the UK and abroad.

To apply please send a brief covering letter and your CV to hello@unitedcreatives.com

Contact name: Chris Edmunds, Creative Director

Closing date: 7 January

Submissions are open for Obscure Film presents NEW YEAR, YOU’RE YOU – Trans & Non-binary Short Film Night at Lovelocks (27 Old Haymarket, L1 6ER) in Liverpool. The screening will take place on the 20th of January and will be around 2 hours.

We need a song that can be sung by school children, choirs and Comhaltas groups, across the country, that honours…

• the 1.3m people that travelled to and through Liverpool, before moving across the globe
• the 2m people that died because of An Gorta Mór (The Great Famine)
• the legacy of those that survived, continued life and rebuilt in host communities, including 300,000 Irish in Liverpool.

We would prefer for the song to be areligious and accessible, with opportunity for it to be sung solo and by groups.

The work will need to be provided without copyright restrictions to enable free usage, (re)publication, sharing and performance. The intellectual property of the song will always remain with the artist and credit will always be given by us. To enable free use by choirs, schools, amateur groups, etc, we ask that all song rights are dropped in favour of a free ‘cultural commons’ licence.

Selection process

Our intention is to keep this call open until 9am on Mon 4 March 2024, after which we’ll narrow the shortlists, liaise with candidates and take ideas forward.

We’re asking creatives to submit their song ideas (not completed work) to us by email, using no more than 500 words. For absolutely clarity, we are not asking creatives to provide finished (or unpaid) work. We’re asking you to share your ideas, referencing what you think the work might sound like, what it is akin to and/or examples of potential lyrics.

Those submitting ideas are encouraged to use all they can to share their ideas and vision, including YouTube clips, Soundcloud recordings, etc. We don’t expect the song to be written and done at the point of idea submission; but we need to see/hear clearly articulated ideas so we can gauge the tone, atmosphere and clarity of the music and lyrics.

Please email Emma Smith, Artistic Director and CEO on emma@liverpoolirishfestival.com, labelling your email “Song commission; open call”.

From the submissions, we will do our best to make a selection.

Closing date: 4 March, 2024

Remuneration

The winning submission, will receive £1,000 to write/complete the song (music and lyrics), in consultation with our team. We don’t/won’t want to be overly prescriptive. That said, we must ensure the song is usable for our future needs and a good use of public money.

We have additional funds to score the piece for choirs and to produce a recording, before the end of June. This could be done by the winning creative, or outsourced to someone else. We will work this out in liaison with the selected maker.

Roll out

In July, we’ll share the score and recording with a group of choirs identified to perform the piece at the Irish Famine Memorial (Oct 2024). Our intention is to create a Liverpool Irish Famine Memorial event every Festival. This will invite and give space to the choirs to sing the song in unison.

This has the potential to be a huge project. There are multiple promotional opportunities that could happen over years. Future projects could stem from this, too. This will depend on the creative approach to creation, sharing and accessibility. All ideas on this are welcome.

Office closure notice

Our office is closed from 15 Dec 2023-8 Jan 2024, with Emma being away until 22 Jan 2024. However, if you have questions on this open call, please do email her and she will reply on her return.

Rights reserved

Though it is highly unlikely to be necessary, the Festival reserves the right to extend the deadline, or alter or withdraw this call, based on creative feedback, new learning or changes in funding, policy, governance, etc.

In April 2023, Visit England approved the Liverpool City Region’s application to be one of the first Local Visitor Economy Partnerships (LVEPs) in the country.

The LVEP provides an important opportunity to work across the city region to promote the visitor economy sector and tourism offer. An LVEP Board will be set up within the Combined Authority, with the overarching remit of being the City Region’s expert and leadership group on the role of the visitor economy; to influence policy, stimulate economic growth, productivity and competitiveness whilst supporting the Liverpool City Region in its ambitions for inclusive growth and sustainability.

An opportunity has arisen for a board member to represent Culture in the city region, providing the voice of business in the Visitor Economy sector.

The course is for women/ female identifying creatives of any age + 18, working in any art form who are based in Liverpool City Region.

It is a FREE 3-month weekly course designed to help creatives find pathways into the creative industries, gain confidence, share ideas, build skills, networks and develop themselves as a creative business with specialist mentoring and guest creatives.

The course runs on Thursday evenings (6.30-8.30) Liverpool City Centre from Jan 24th– April.

For more information visit: https://www.tmesistheatre.com/physical-theatre-workshops-tmesis-theatre/wicked-women-creative-development-for-young-women/

Beginners guitar lessons by an industry experienced, professional guitar player of thirty years.

Based in Liverpool, all ages welcome, can visit you or give lessons in own home. Lessons cost £20 an hour, half hour slots are also available, as well as discounts for low earners / unemployed.

Lesson gift vouchers can also be purchased, ideal for Christmas presents!

For more information and to book a lesson, contact: Ade, adr409@hotmail.co.uk

The Comedy Trust are looking to work with female freelance tutors on a comedy project in Oldham, running January-March 2024.

They would particularly encourage Black/African women to apply, especially those with basic French language skills. Please email kevin@thecomedytrust.com stating relevant experience.