Community Post Type: Callouts

The team are excited to be able to offer creative commissions for North West England based artists, as part of our Delia Derbyshire Day 2023 Doctor Who 60th anniversary heritage project supported by National Lottery Heritage Fund.

You will collaborate with another North West England mid-career visual based artist to create an exciting new work (approx 5 mins) inspired by Doctor Who, Delia Derbyshire, the Delia Derbyshire Archive and Delia’s work on the original Doctor Who theme in 1963. You don’t have to like Doctor Who, we’re welcome to critical reflections and different perspectives.

The work will be premiered online as part of DD Day 2023 (23 November 2023) and further performance/screening opportunities might be offered. You need to show understanding of Delia’s work and working methods – you can research Delia online. They want you to be bold and dedicated to your craft, like Delia was.

Payment of £1500 (based on 6 days of work at £250 per day) includes all costs for the production and presentation of your new collaborative work on DD Day 2023 (online and possible live in-person event), a blog post and other accompanying content. If you have access costs, please feel free to discuss this with them.

What’s in it for you:

They have commissioned a dozen artists now and everyone says the process of interacting with Delia’s work and archive is inspiring and leads to them taking their creative and technical development to another level. They are a small charitable organisation passionate about nurturing artists who have to overcome barriers to opportunities, like Delia did. As part of this commission, you will be assigned a mentor to support you at the beginning, middle and end of the process. The mentors will be artists who have carried out a DD Day commission before so they understand the joys and challenges this opportunity presents.

For more info including how to apply, please visit https://deliaderbyshireday.com/dd-day-2023-music-sound-artist-commission-callout/

If you’re looking for a meeting room in the Liverpool or Birkenhead area, Make CIC has a great range of affordable, alternative and flexible meeting rooms which can host between 2 and 35 individuals.

Whether you require meeting space to facilitate team training, exams, interviews, or you just want some quiet work space.

Their individually-styled meeting rooms are comfortable and creative spaces perfect for breaking out of your usual work environment for a few hours or the whole day.

If you want to find out more about their available studio and workspaces, get in touch – hello@makecic.org

Calling all music enthusiasts, performers and pianists! Get ready to showcase your talent and spread the joy of music to the streets of Liverpool ONE. Tickle The Ivories, the street piano festival, is back for an incredible 13th year and is searching for passionate individuals, performance groups and choirs to join in the celebration.

Held: 7 July – 10 September

You can pre-book slots to guarantee your performance times and ensure a piano is all yours! Pre-booking also guarantees promotion on the Liverpool ONE website and their rather large social channels. You just need to ensure you play one the pianos as part of your performance.

Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to make music come alive and fill the air with harmonious melodies!

How To Apply

Tickle the Ivories is open to everyone, so if you’d like to book a slot they’d love to hear from you! You can book a performance slot via the online form here.

If you have any questions, or would simply like to book your slots directly with Chris the Tickle Programmer, please email him on chris@culture.org.uk.

422 Arts is commissioning a new building front installation to mark the recently completed restoration of our building and invites artists to express their interest in this unique opportunity.

If you are a socially minded artist who already has some experience in creating public art commissions or outdoor installations, and you are passionate about working with local communities in a site-specific context – they would love to hear from you by Sunday 2 July 2023 at 23:59.

This opportunity is open to individual artists or collectives working in any visual medium. Personal knowledge of the area is not a requirement but dedicating time to learn more about our neighbourhood and its people in order to develop your project would be strongly advised.

This opportunity is funded with the support of Arts Council England. Located on one of Manchester’s busiest transportation arteries, your work will be seen by more than 20k people every day!

The project’s budget is £8,000 covering artist fees, materials, production, and installation costs. The final breakdown will be confirmed with the artist according to the specifications of the commissioned work (we recommend a min 20% artist fee).

To learn more and register your interest, please visit:

https://422arts.org/opportunities-1/public-commission-opportunity

Closing date: 2 July

Would you like to learn new skills and meet new people? Are you interested in learning about how an international arts festival works, or want to engage with leading Arab artists?

They are looking for committed volunteers to play a key part in realising the UK’s premier annual festival of Arab arts and culture in Liverpool this summer.

Liverpool Arab Arts Festival runs Thursday 6 – Sunday 16 July 2023.

They are especially looking for support to deliver key events:

Music

Festival launch event with Aar Maanta and Nxdia (Friday 7 July, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Music Room)
Maya Youssef (Friday 14 July, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Music Room)

Performances

Arabs Are Not Funny (Saturday 8 July, Royal Court Studio)
Ahmed Masoud and Farah Chamma (Tuesday 11 July, Unity Theatre)
Self-Entitlement (Wednesday 12 July, Unity Theatre)
what the dog said to the harvest (Thursday 13 July, Unity Theatre)

Weekend events

Workshops at World Museum Liverpool (Saturday 8 July, World Museum Liverpool)
Taroo street performances (Saturday 8 July, Liverpool City Centre)
Events at Bluecoat (Saturday 15 July, Bluecoat)
British-Yemeni Society AGM (Saturday 15 July, Liverpool City Centre)
Mona Kareem I Will Not Fold These Maps events (Saturday 15 July, LUSH)

Family Day

Family Day (Sunday 16 July at Sefton Park Palm House – all day)

Volunteers will need to be available during the festival period and ideally commit to 2 shifts. Working with their small but dedicated team will provide volunteers with practical experience of event logistics, audience engagement and artist liaison.

Travel expenses will be covered, along with expenses towards lunch, if applicable for the shift.

A full volunteer induction will be held in Liverpool before the festival.

Interested in getting involved? Please complete this online form before Monday 19 June: www.arabartsfestival.com/laaf-2023-call-for-festival-volunteers/

 

Blackfest have lots in store for their artists and community this year.

Their opportunities include:

• Pier Head Launch – Varied Disciplines
• Theatre performances – Commissions for national tour #BlackBoyJoyGone
• Rhythms Night – Music artists and DJ
• Spoken Word Poetry – 4 artists.
• Fashion – BlackFest FashionFest – BFF – Various roles
• Visual Arts – 4 spaces available for Gallery Exhibitions
• Celebration Night – Variety of performers, groups, community choirs and artists DJ
• Traders – Various opportunities
• Caterers – Various opportunities throughout the festival

They can’t wait to receive your application and are looking forward to working with their 2023 cohort to create their greatest festival yet.

Download their application form and artist registration form and send it in to festivalapplications@blackfest.co.uk

Role: Chair of the Board of Trustees

Callout: Movema is seeking an exceptional candidate to join the board as Chair, to lead their Board of Trustees and guide the organisation through its next exciting stage of development.

Role context: Following Ngozi Ikoku stepping down after 10 years of supporting Movema, we are seeking an exceptional person to join the board as Chair to guide Movema through its next exciting stage of development. The Chair will work in collaboration with their highly skilled and committed Board to provide effective governance that supports and challenges our executive team and wider colleagues to continue to realise Movema’s potential.

They are seeking interest from candidates with a commitment to and interest in our core purpose and we welcome approaches from those considering their first Chair role as well as experienced non-executives.

The Chair oversees the strategic direction of the charity, convening and chairing quarterly Board meetings, enabling contributions from all Trustees, and ensuring that sound decisions are made, supporting the work of the five Board subgroups (although not required to be a member of them all!):

• Finance and HR
• Ambition and Quality
• Dynamism
• Inclusivity and Relevance
• Nominations

A key element of the role involves driving forwards the strategic business plan, in partnership with the Board and the Executive Team.

The Chair will ideally line manage their CEO, (this is negotiable) and be available to support key events.

Key Dates: 

Closing date for applications:	Midnight, Wed 31st May 2023
Applicants Notified:	Wednesday 7th June 2023
Interview date:	WC 12th June 2023 (options for in-person/ Zoom)

For more information and to apply, please visit: https://movema.co.uk/chair-of-the-board-of-trustees/

 

Key Casting are a leading casting agency, specialising in supporting artists for film and television.

They are coming to Liverpool on Friday 19th May, Metropolitan Cathedral, 10am-8pm, to cast for some new Hollywood feature films, there are some very exciting projects on the horizon! They are hoping to get as many people as possible in the local area involved with filming.

This is paid work and a great opportunity for anyone interested in the film and television industry or wanting some extra money!

They are looking for people aged 17+, all abilities welcome, no experience necessary.

For more details, see their website, www.keycasting.co.uk

Altru Drama CIC are now casting for talented, enthusiastic, and committed actors for ‘Eyes Open’ a play about drugs and alcohol for Year 6 pupils which will tour in June – July 2023.

All actors must be aged 18+. They have to prioritise drivers aged 23+.

DBS required (we can support this process if you don’t have a DBS)

Due to the nature of this project, applicants need to have a Liverpool or Manchester base.

How to apply

Please email jobs@altru.co.uk to express an interest letting us know your full postcode/ date of birth and whether you are a driver or not. Please state clearly which role you are interested in along with your CV or spotlight link.

Closing date: Thursday 11th May 2023 5pm

In person auditions to be held on Monday 15th May 2023 in Liverpool.  You will be notified if they would like you to attend the audition on Friday 12th May 2023.

Tmesis Training company is a unique, free training programme run by Tmesis for Physical Fest, festival of physical theatre in Liverpool.

You will have an opportunity to work as an ensemble, learn new skills and perform and be part of an international festival. Previous members of the training company have gone on to work with Tmesis professionally. This is suitable for any age (18+), from early career performers, to those wanting to gain more experience in physical theatre, or get back into training.

Dates- 26th June- 2nd July- Liverpool

Audition- Sat 27th May 2-4pm, Liverpool

To be considered for an audition, please send an expression of interest stating your background and why you would like the opportunity & a photo to: admin@tmesistheatre.com by Fri 12th May