Curator

Job Title:
Curator (Selby)

Grade:
H (£29,269 to £32,076 pro rata per annum)

Vacancy Hours: 18.5 hours per week

Contract Type:
Fixed term

Fixed Term Contract End Date: 30 April 2026

Weekend Working:
No

Closing date: 22nd March 2024
Do you want to
help uncover and celebrate local stories and experiences about the place and
people of Selby?

An exciting
opportunity has arisen for a Curator for Selby's new Place Partnership programme
Now Then, based at Selby Abbey.

We are seeking an enthusiastic
and proactive individual with experience of commissioning and co-producing and developing
engaging and accessible programming, Supported by the Programme Manager (NYC's
Major Projects Lead) and Creative Programme Lead and working in a small,
collaborative Partnership you will shape, produce, and deliver a diverse range
of innovative events, installations and exhibitions in and
around the Abbey.

Now Then
is an ambitious cultural place-based programme of arts, events and activities
which will take
place in the town centres of Selby, Sherburn and Tadcaster from April 2024 to
the Spring of 2026. Funded by Arts Council England's Place
Partnership Fund, UK Shared Prosperity Fund and North Yorkshire Council's Cultural Development Fund, this
transformative programme will be steered and developed by a partnership of
community and cultural organisations and will create joyful, memorable and
authentic cultural experiences, targeted to local
and creative communities' needs and aspirations.

It will include an impactful co-curated

programme of commissions:
highly visible artworks, happenings and experiences
supporting cultural place-making and regeneration ambitions; telling the
stories of places and people, focusing on people's pride in where they live and
the deep roots of the district.

This is a great time to join us as you
will also be part of a new Culture and Archives team at North Yorkshire Council
which has seen the coming together of officers from across the county, offering
the opportunity to share skills and collaborate.

The Curator
will work alongside the Selby Abbey team to devise a programme of high-quality
contemporary art in the Abbey and its environs, up-skilling volunteers, commissioning
multiple new artworks and creating opportunities for local creatives,
encouraging connections with the Abbey and Selby's culture and heritage.

The successful
creativity and arts. As a
champion of co-production with communities and an advocate of arts and cultural
activities for health and wellbeing, you will
build strong, reciprocal relationships with Now Then Partners and people in
our communities to deliver exciting, diverse and inclusive creative
experiences.

Key Documents:

Total rewards | North Yorkshire Council

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