Community Post Type: Callouts

Between 29 October – 06 November 2022 the city of Liverpool is to host the prestigious World Gymnastics Championships at the M&S Bank Arena.

Delivered by the local organising committee within Liverpool City Council and in partnership with UK Sport and British Gymnastics, over 550 gymnasts from 75 countries are expected to compete; making it one of the largest international sporting events ever to be held in the city.

Attracting a substantial worldwide audience, the atmosphere is sure to be electric as the world’s best gymnasts go head-to-head in displays of poise, power, precision and artistry over nine action-packed days. A global gymnastics event; an unforgettable experience.

A key element of any major championships is the medals the winners receive and the local organising committee is looking to facilitate the design and production of the competition winners’ medals and the delegates’ commemorative ‘medals’.

Bluecoat Display Centre are leading the call-out for submissions for this exciting opportunity from emerging and established craft makers living and/or working across the Liverpool City Region (*) to submit design ideas for:

114 winner’s medals (bronze, silver, gold) and 1,800 delegate ‘medals/pins/keepsakes’ (**)

–  Maker design fee / Project management including production – £3K

–  Potential manufacturing budget – approx. £13K

(* The Liverpool City Region covers the City of Liverpool local authority area plus the Metropolitan Boroughs of Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton – including Southport – Wirral and the Borough of Halton in North West England.)

(** Delegate medals/pins/keepsakes should be all the same design, as a keepsake/souvenir of the event.) 

Deadline for design submissions Wednesday 8 December 2021

For the full information on the call out please follow this link to their website.

The Royal Standard (TRS) is Liverpool’s leading artist-led charity providing opportunities and studio space for our region’s artistic talent.

They are looking to recruit a Chair and additional Trustees to help steer the organisation during an exciting period in its development. There are great opportunities for them to expand their reach and provide support for more of the artists they work with. They are looking for people to help us to maximize this potential so they can better deliver on their aims. Are you the person that can help lead this change?

Chair

TRS requires a leader with vision, determination and passion to help deliver their ambitions for the future. You will Chair a team of 8-10 trustees & work with a team of 6 voluntary Artist Leads who manage a day to day studio and programme of arts activity. As part of its commitment to developing artists careers, TRS also provides affordable studio space for 40 artist members who are regularly consulted and represented by the Artist Leads.

They are looking to create a permanent paid role to support their volunteers and the charity’s activity. They are also looking to secure long term sustainable premises that better support our activities and ambition. Their ideal candidate would have the skills and knowledge to help us achieve these milestones.

A passion for the arts or background as an arts professional would be advantageous as would an understanding of artist-led practice. However any experience in successfully taking charities through periods of investment and development would be welcome.

Treasurer

Key to their fiscal responsibility they require a treasurer to oversee our finances. The Treasurer will maintain a strategic focus on their financial resources and their management; working closely with the Chair, other Trustees and our auditors.

You will also lead a small finance committee to ensure all monies for multiple projects are accounted for and annual reports submitted. As a charity they have several different revenue streams some of which are restricted funds and grants. 

Artists & Arts Professionals

As an artist-led organisation they feel it is vital to have artists’ voices represented that reflect the diversity of practice and experience of those artists they support. They want artists to join our board who value artist-led networks and can lend their experience and knowledge to further the reach and offer support to the activities they champion.

TRS welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and would love to hear from applicants who belong to groups underrepresented in the arts.

Key Commitments

• The Board will meet on average 4 times per year and they would expect board members to attend a minimum of 2/3 meetings (in person ideally or virtually). 
• Support their activities by attending events and exhibitions where possible.
• Act as an advocate for their organisation and its activities
• Be able to commit to a minimum 2 year term on their board
• All Trustee positions are voluntary and therefore unremunerated.

About The Royal Standard

The Royal Standard’s mission is to make Liverpool a great place for artists to practice. They do this by providing the city’s largest studio network but also by acting as a platform for emerging talent at a national and international level through exhibitions and exchanges and events. A big part of what they do is work with partners to achieve their mission.

Some of the organisations they have worked with to provide opportunities for artists include Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool Biennial, The Bluecoat, Newbridge Projects and critical writing journal The Double Negative. Community organisations we have worked with include Refugee Women Connect, WHISC and Blueroom. The Royal Standard formed in 2006 and became a registered charity in 2013.

How To Apply

Please send your C.V and a cover letter outlining your skills and experience to: info@the-royal-standard.co.uk with the subject line “Trustee Application”.

If you would like to have an informal chat about a Trustee role please send your contact details to info@the-royal-standard.co.uk. Please title the mail ‘Trustee Interest’. They will then arrange for one of their existing Trustees to give you a call. 

Applications should be received no later than the 12th December 2021. 

Applicants will be contacted in early January 2022 about the outcome of their applications. 

 

 

 

Wild Rumpus are working with Destination Chester and Storyhouse to produce a series of sustainable installations across the City of Chester between October 2021 and March 2022.

These installations will welcome people back into the city, inviting residents and visitors to explore the everyday extraordinary in the nature of Chester with a deliberate, purposeful and playful engagement with the natural world.

The Winter element of the project is the Roving Moon, an 8ft steel-framed moon which will be sited on five different rooftops within Chester city centre during December 2021 and into January 2022. They are looking for a production manager based in Cheshire or its neighbouring counties to work with us on the Roving Moon.

The production manager will be responsible for:

Liaising with Chester: Designed By Nature Project Manager to confirm the five rooftop locations

Liaising with the moon maker to understand how it needs to be installed

Planning the five installs and de-installs of the moon, including writing risk assessments

Transporting the moon between locations, including driving the van needed for this

Leading the five installs and de-installs of the moon, including managing the freelancer staff that will be assisting with these

Dates:

Planning & preparation — now – w/c 22nd November (3 days)
First install — Thursday 25th November
Second install — Thursday 2nd December
Third install — Thursday 9th December
Fourth install — Thursday 16th December
Fifth install — Thursday 23rd December
Transporting back to base — Thursday 6th January

Applicants must be available for all of the above dates.

Location:
Planning & preparation may be done remotely or at Ashbank (ST7 3QL), our company base. All installs are Chester city centre.

Fee:
£1575 inclusive of all expenses (£175 a day).

Deadline:
Thursday 11th November

To apply:

please complete this online form – including your CV

Accessibility:

They promote diversity and equal opportunities. If you experience or anticipate any barriers within the application process or require help to make an application or access information, please contact Jasmine on jasmine.turner@wildrumpus.org.uk and they can make any necessary adjustments.

Liverpool Learning Partnership and the Sister Gwen Appleton Trust are funding six secondary schools to take part in this programme which is engaging 135 young people from diverse backgrounds.

Throughout the academic year they are experiencing workshops with ethnically diverse artists, exploring how art expresses cultural heritage and identity. They are also visiting local galleries and artist studios, and learning about how art expresses thoughts, feelings, ideas and beliefs.

The next step is for them to express their collective voice by creating an art work with a professional artist, inspired by their hopes and dreams for the future. These will be exhibited at the International Slavery Museum in summer 2022.

They wish to recruit artists with lived experience of racism and discrimination, who because of their race or ethnicity are put at a systemic disadvantage. This particular protected characteristic is an occupational requirement to provide appropriate support when facilitating discussion about race, racism and discrimination.

If you are interested, please refer to the Visual Artist & Co-Creator brief, Spring Term 2022, available via Culturepool and also attached in this email. This provides a detailed role description including context, role, plan/timescale and objectives for this programme, and how to apply.

Those interested can apply via the Google application form – link on Culturepool, in the brief and here: Visual Artist & Co-Creator application form, Spring Term 2022

Closing date: Friday 26th November 2021 10:00am.

The Shakespeare North Playhouse is a unique new arts venue, opening in the summer of 2022.  It will present a vibrant contemporary cultural and learning programme featuring home co-produced and visiting performances, as well as comedy, music, community work, hire and events and a range of education and training activities.

They are looking for two individuals with least 2 years producing and/or delivery experience of creative learning opportunities to support the Learning Programme for this inspiring new venture, focusing on delivering a programme of events, social engagement and out-reach programmes and delivering opportunities for learning.

The jobholders will report directly to Evonne Bixter, Head of Engagement for Shakespeare North Trust and be a key member of the Culture and Learning team at Shakespeare North Playhouse, led by Laura Collier, Creative Director and Programmer.

If you would like more information or details of how to apply please see here.

Most people are very familiar with The Owl & the Pussy-Cat poem that tells the tale of two animals setting off to sea in a ‘beautiful pea green boat.’ But what many people do not know is that the poem, by Edward Lear, was actually written at Knowsley Hall.

This fascinating fact and Lear’s connections to Knowsley are set to be celebrated throughout 2022 with a sculpture trail featuring 16 pairs of 2 metre-high owls and pussy-cats.

Knowsley Council and Wild in Art are keen to work with local creatives on this project to bring to life Knowsley’s cultural identity through these magical sculptures.

They are seeking artists to create a design for either the owl or the pussy cat, or both and if selected, paint the design onto the sculptures during March 2022. The sculptures will be on the streets of Knowsley from 20^th June 2022 until 4^th September

Artists will be paid £850 for the commission. If artists would like to advise and support local community groups to create their designs there will be an additional fee of £150.

Closing date for submissions is Monday 6^th December

All details regarding submissions can be found here.

Enter the PV School Design Challenge and you could see your design feature on a new sculpture in Liverpool’s Knowledge Quarter!

Knowledge Quarter Liverpool (KQ Liverpool) and dot-art have come together to launch a competition for secondary school pupils to bring to life a giant sculpture which will be sited at the heart of the new Paddington Village development in the city’s Knowledge Quarter. The sculpture will be in the shape of a giant PV logo.

Students in Year 7–11 at any school within the Liverpool City Region can enter, using the template provided, and designs must link to science and technology, which is at the heart of KQ Liverpool. A local artist will then transfer the winning design onto a permanent, public sculpture which will be showcased on Paddington Village.

The winning young artist will be credited on a plaque as the designer of the sculpture, as well as receiving a trophy and a bundle of art supplies as recognition of their achievement. The winning school will receive £500 to put towards art and creative supplies. Winners and runners up will be invited to a special celebration to unveil the sculpture.

Knowledge Quarter Liverpool (KQ Liverpool) is an innovation district located in Liverpool’s City Centre. An innovation district is a place where universities, hospitals and scientists come together to create, invent and discover. Our innovation district here in Liverpool is unique because, as well as being home to some of the world’s most important organisations in science, health, technology and education, it is also full of culture.

Paddington Village is a new science and technology campus located in KQ Liverpool. It began construction in 2016 and is now home to one of the world’s healthiest buildings – The Spine. Over the next few years, you will see more new buildings appear on the campus.

Rachael Patterson, Policy and Marketing Manager at KQ Liverpool said:

“We are really excited to invite local young people to be a vital part of the development of Paddington Village and cannot wait to see what inspiring designs will be submitted. The PV sculpture will be a permanent reminder of the creative energy of our city and is just the start of our engagement with our local communities.”

Lucy Byrne of dot-art added:

“The PV Design Challenge is a great example of partnership working to celebrate and stimulate the creative sector in Liverpool. We have been working with local schools for the last 10 years, inspiring and championing the next generation of creatives and this project is a fantastic addition. As a social enterprise supporting local visual artists, we are also delighted to be able to offer an artist the opportunity to bring the design to life.”

How To Enter

• Download and print out the template HERE.
• Get creative! Draw, paint or print your design onto the template. Don’t forget that it must have something to do with science or technology.
• Take a photo or scan your design.
• Fill in the entry form HERE with your details and a bit of information about your design, and upload your photo. You can do this yourself or get a parent or teacher to do it for you.

Please submit all entries by 1st December 2021. Winners will be announced in early 2022.

Entries MUST be submitted here: https://form.jotform.com/dotart/PV-school-design-challenge  

Need some inspiration? Find out more about KQ Liverpool here – https://spark.adobe.com/page/7WuN1IJf5bOrO/   and https://www.kqliverpool.co.uk

 

Knowsley will be the Liverpool City Region’s ‘Borough of Culture’ in 2022 and planning an exciting programme of activities and events.

They are now seeking a number of freelance Event Managers to support an outdoor programme of public cultural events between January and March 2022. There may be other opportunities throughout the year in addition to this.

Introduction

In January 2022 Knowsley will become the Liverpool City Region’s Borough of Culture (BoC). The year provides Knowsley with an opportunity to engage with people from across the Liverpool City Region and give residents, businesses and communities a chance to celebrate the very many cultural connections, talents and heritage of the borough.

Background

The award of Liverpool City Region Borough of Culture (BoC) was inspired by the UK City of Culture programme, which followed on from Liverpool’s European Capital of Culture in 2008.

It was introduced by Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram and the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority in 2018 to encourage and enable each Borough to deliver cultural programmes which create a legacy across the whole region.

The final programme of events for Knowsley’s year as Borough of Culture is still being finalised. However, the overall theme for the year will be ‘Storytelling’ and there will be a large array of activities and events to interest all parts of the community. Importantly these will also be planned to cover many facets of ‘culture’ and what it means to local people – everything from outdoor spectacles, music, to art, theatre, comedy, sport and much more.

Contract and Payments

The events in January to March are outdoor lighting events ranging from 3 days duration to
20 days. As a result, each event will have different needs and requirements from an Events Manager in terms of preparation and delivery. Maximum days per freelance contract will be 25 days. The daily rate is £200.

The Council will work with the freelance Events Managers to agree the relevant event, timescales, etc. This will involve evening and weekend working.

Requirements

• Experience of managing large scale Cultural outdoor events (evening events)
• Experience of health and safety as relating to large scale event delivery- RAMS
• Experience contracting/working with delivery partners/suppliers
• Experience of working alongside artists and creative companies
• Experience of delivering mass attendance events with multiple partners
• Experience of managing budgets
• Excellent organisational and administration skills
• Experience of working in a team
• Experience of engaging with multiple stakeholders
• Experience of carrying out evaluation and monitoring of arts programmes

To apply please send your CV to: Jo.dry@knowsley.gov.uk by Monday 1st November

Heart of Glass are looking for artists who have previous experience of creating artworks with people and are interested in making work collaboratively, bringing in community voices to their work, and are interested in responding to the theme of climate change emergency.

They have partnered with Arriva Buses for this commission to produce artwork for the coving inside of the local bus network in St Helens which will be installed for a minimum of 3 months.

You can work in any medium but the artwork will be presented in 2D printed form on the coving.

As part of the process of creating the artwork we would expect you to work with people in St Helens to talk about climate change emergency. They would like your final artwork to reflect the perspective of people who live in St Helens.

Your project could focus on a few people’s experiences or the experience of a particular community (a community could be your neighbours or an organised group or business).

To find out more about Heart of Glass and this opportunity please visit: https://www.heartofglass.org.uk/about/vacancies/artist-call-out-bus-project

Full of Noises is a sound art and new music organisation based in a public park on Cumbria’s Furness Peninsula.

They are looking for a freelance project coordinator to work alongside FoN’s staff, Board of Directors and architects/project managersLEDA(Leeds Environmental Design Associates) to support the redevelopment of their building in Barrow’s busy public park.

The project includes redevelopment of an existing Victorian park keepers’ house into an artists’ residency space including offices for the company and creation of a new, 40 capacity public performance and project space. The total project budget is £640,000.

The coordinator will have previous experience of managing and coordinating capital projects at a similar or larger scale, and of working with multiple partners, preferably including work with a local authority and/or cultural organisation. The co-ordinator will be responsible for:

● Leading communications between the architects and project managers LEDA, construction contractors and Full of Noises directors during the construction and finishing stages of the project.

● Coordinating with Barrow Borough Council and Barrow Park managers to ensure access and safety procedures are in place during construction.

● Making sure that key decisions and changes are communicated and resolved clearly and effectively.

● Monitoring the project budget, communicating any proposed changes and for submitting payment requests to the project’s main funders (Arts Council England and the Sir John Fisher Foundation).

● Preparing for and managing/supporting the directors in the re-occupation of the refurbished building

Please contact: glenn@fonfestival.org for full project description and designs / plans before applying.

To apply: https://fonfestival.org/fon_events/piel-view-house-capital-project-co-ordinator-post-29-10-2021/

Location: Barrow-in-Furness (site visits). Remote/home working and/or use of FoN office space.

Eligibility Applicants must be registered as self-employed and have the right to work in the UK.