Freelance Artist – HES Stirling Castle, New Renaissance Project
Freelance Basis - min 24/max 96 hours total between June and September 2024. £34/hour. Deadline: Noon on Monday 20th May
Artlink Central is pleased to continue the collaboration with Historic Environment Scotland in achieving its goals for re-developing the Stirling Castle on-site learning facilities and associated programme to create a vibrant, accessible and inclusive creative learning hub, to support the diverse needs of learners of all ages and abilities.
Stirling Castle is Historic Environment Scotland’s flagship site for learning and a creative arts hub with an established programme of activities offered for wide ranging audiences. Currently learning spaces are situated in two separate areas of the castle, Douglas Gardens and Nether Bailey. Demand for learning services has always been high and pre-pandemic there were over 25,000 learning visitors in 2019/20 with a high percentage, 26% of those, taking part in facilitated activity.
After a scoping phase concluded in Autumn 2023, the current focus of the project is on reviewing and updating the outcomes of our consultation phase and on carrying out a targeted engagement programme in Summer 2024.
We are now looking for one or more artists to work with up to 4 different target groups, as well as HES staff, to deliver creative workshops with the aim to gather insight and inform the plans for the redesign of the Learning offer.
The role
Working with a focus on your practice (a multi artform approach would be desirable - although not essential - for this project), you will plan, prepare and deliver creative at least 3 workshops or activities tying in with the objectives of the project and aligning with the themes of the wider programme.
You will be working with one or more target participant groups, likely on site at Stirling Castle or at partners’ premises where travel to the site is not possible for the group.
Planning and design of activity content will be formed in consultation with Artlink Central and lead artist for the programme Lou Carberry.
The activity you choose to facilitate may be events/workshops and/or participatory creation. There will be a culmination event/celebration in September 2024 to showcase the work conducted with your target group and encourage further reflection and discussion among other groups and wider staff/public.
A full brief for the role, including timescales and budgetary details, is available at artlinkcentral.org/workwithus
The deadline is Monday 20 May 2024 at 12:00.
TAGGED:
Audience Development / Education / Equalities / Visual Arts / Young People (aged 0 to 25) / Cultural Tourism / Participatory Practice
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