National Museums Liverpool are on the lookout for performers and musicians to take centre-stage across their museums and galleries as part of Museum Sessions Live – celebrating the power of music and performance and the unrestrained joy of Eurovision.

Inspired by NML’s successful YouTube series “Museum Sessions”, this new initiative is part of the city-wide EuroFest, the official cultural festival that supports the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. With opportunities to perform at Walker Art Gallery, World Museum, Museum of Liverpool, Maritime Museum and Lady Lever Art Gallery, NML are looking for individuals and groups to perform that include – but are not limited to – singers, musicians, dancers or even acrobats.

The only requirement is that your performance uses music (live or pre-recorded) as the main component and that it lasts no longer than 30 minutes. There are over 100 performance slots available across NML venues on Fridays and Saturdays between 14 April and 13 May 2023.

Applications for Museum Sessions Live are open until 12pm on Friday 17 March 2023. To apply, complete the online application process here.

For further information and FAQ’s, visit liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/msl

In recognition of International Women’s Day, they invite all Liverpool based women who work within, and contribute to the Arts and Culture scene, to join forces to co-create an online digital guide of who we are and what we do.

Why?

-to unify as a like minded community,
-an opportunity for freelancers and organisations to network,
-to create a platform for potential collaborators to find us.

Inclusive of all disciplines and job titles that are relevant to the arts, and welcoming to all cis-women, trans-women, and non binary people who associate with the experience of women.

The aim is to gather together for a group photoshoot and individual portraits to produce the digital guide in one evening.

This is an unfunded project so the guide will be limited to those who gather to contribute and partake in the photoshoot at:

The Invisible Wind Factory, March 7th , 6pm-10pm.
Group photo: 8pm

Individual portrait shots: from 6pm- close.

What you need to bring:

A short typed up biography , your name, disciplines you work under/ job title, and contact links : 40 word (max), plus any clothes/ make up / costumes or props you wish to be photographed in.

There will be music and the bar will be open

Current volunteers: Nicola Leigh on web design, Amina Bihi on photography, Lo Tierney on illustration

Please contact Laura Brownhill – lilbea@gmail.com, if you wish to contribute as an additional photographer or provide equipment, or dj for the event.

To deliver this project they are looking to recruit a temporary freelance part-time position of Project Administrator. This role will run from April 2023 to January 2024. A flexible approach to working hours will be agreed.

This role will support the Project Manager to deliver the project.

To Apply

Please send:

– CV with contact information for 2 referees. Please provide references as supporting evidence of your excellent administrative skills and financial management.

– Supporting statement outlining why you are perfect for this post – maximum 2 sides A4

– Please confirm you are available for interview on 31 March 2023 and our team building day on 4 May 2023

Email to: deliaderbyshireday@gmail.com

Closing date: 13 March

 

Collective Encounters is seeking excellent Liverpool-based youth arts practitioners with specialisms across a range of artforms to join their pool of freelancers for a variety of youth arts projects.

Projects include: regular holiday programmes for looked after young people; weekly creative sessions with young migrants; short-term Arts Award programmes with young carers, those in hospital care, and their siblings.

There are roles available for lead artists, guest artists, support artists and creative support workers. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend a workshop on Saturday 18 March (travel expenses provided).

Contract: Freelance, various sessional roles available from April 2023

To apply and find out more, see here

Closing date: 6 March

Traders and Caterers Applications for Africa Oyé Festival 2023 now open!

If you’d love a trading pitch at this year’s festival on 17-18 June in Sefton Park, please fill out a Traders OR Caterers application form.

Please read all the terms and conditions.

Application Deadline: 5pm, Friday 31 March.

Find out more & apply here: africaoye.com/2023/01/traders-applications-now-open-for-2023-festival/

Comics Youth are looking for marginalised creatives aged 16-25 years old who want to share their experiences of joy through the medium of comics.

You will be paid £75 per page for finished comic pages or illustrations. (You can pitch up to 4 pages if you are really passionate about getting your story across to us).

Submit your pitch idea to rae@comicsyouth.co.uk before 5pm on Tuesday 7 March.

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

St Helens Borough Council and Walk the Plank, as part of St Helens Borough of Culture 2023 are looking for artists to get involved in their Town Fayre celebrating the talents and creativity and heritage of St Helens on Saturday 29^th April 2023.

For one amazing day, St Helens Town centre will be transformed into a carnival of music arts, crafts, and magical street performance. Featuring a massive peddle powered “Stephenson’s Rocket” train, a huge chicken and hypochondriac hippopotamus, glass making, lino printing, a copper samovar, two acrobatic cats and a tap-dancing canary and an amazing parade led by Mrs Beecham’s exploding monster (capable of the biggest farts in the cosmos) …….and most importantly You and Your AMAZING CREATIONS. This is a day we would love you to be part of.

They would love to showcase your work as part of their Town Fayre of arts, crafts, heritage, and curiosities where you can offer demonstrations and try out sessions to visitors.

They would love to include your work in our makers market of creativity. But hurry places are limited and going fast. They have 20 stalls available – so far showcasing everything from Bee Keeping to Life Drawing and Game Design – includes fee and some set up costs for freelance creatives where possible.

For further information about how you might join them one amazing day in one amazing Borough of Culture year:

Email Bev@walktheplank.co.uk or to talk through your ideas phone 07881810785.

Liverpool is hosting the Eurovision Song Contest this year, so Liverpool ONE are looking for artists to design their pianos as part of a Eurovision-special Tickle the Ivories piano festival.

The collective theme for Eurovision is ‘United by Music’. Your design should reflect this and Ukrainian culture and traditions, or those of the other competing Eurovision countries, and our wider Liverpool City Region communities.

Please send photos/graphics showing a selection of your past work, and a simple sketch/mock up and description of your proposed design idea to melody.beard@liverpool-one.com

Closing date for initial proposal: 27 February

Artists appointed: 3 March

Deadline for final artwork: 27 March