Fri, 25 Apr 2025 > published - Fri, 25 Apr 2025
Job Summary
Cheshire East Council, on behalf of Crewe Place Partnership Consortium, seeks to appoint a socially engaged artist or arts organisation to conceptualise and deliver an exciting creative engagement project in July and August 2025.
Job Description
We are looking for innovative ideas to bring to life a 'cardboard cities' style project that engages people in Crewe creatively, focusing on reusing and recycling, with connections to sustainable futures and climate action. This will be delivered in collaboration with CreweCreates CIC, who operate the town centre Crewe//Makes Artspace and support local artists and volunteers.
An inclusive fee should be proposed to cover all costs such as travel, parking, materials, and artists' planning and delivery time.
Indicative Time Commitment for Workshops
* 7 days / 14 half days in July, split across school and community groups (adults / older people)
* 2 days on 30th July & 1st August - transforming the Crewe//Makes Artspace to resonate with the activity
* 12 days from 2nd to 30th August, 10am - 2pm
Workshops are scheduled for Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays at the Artspace, excluding Monday 25th August.
This is offered as a freelance contract.
Job Requirements
The anticipated time commitment is as above, focusing on engaging diverse community groups and exploring themes around reimagining the town, future cities, or referencing place heritage, using sustainable materials to create temporary structures.
Job Responsibilities
This creative project could include ideas around reimagining the town / 'future cities' or referencing place heritage, using sustainable materials to create temporary structures.
The project should involve people of all ages in creative placemaking activities, exploring how to curate space with Crewe residents, how the town center feels, experiences of new communities, and community interest in key Crewe landmarks, with potential to juxtapose different building types and eras.
* Job Title: Artist Brief (freelance) - Crewe Creative Workshops Summer 2025
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