Freelance Artist

**The role and person**:
The Bowes Museum aims to unlock people’s potential to shape a more interesting, equitable and sustainable world. Together with our communities, we’ll explore and exchange stories and experiences that inspire connections, curiosity, conversations and creativity.

Through one-off creative workshops, talks, tours, and longer-term collaborative programmes, working with people with a range of age and abilities.

As the Museum prepares for exciting changes over the next year, we’re keen to centre Artists, Makers and Designers within our public-facing delivery and are recruiting a freelance team of 10 artists to plan and facilitate experiences that inspire our visitors, create connections with our collections and enhance their visit to The Bowes Museum.
- Socially engaged arts practice
- Co-producing arts practice (particularly over a sustained period of time)
- Digital arts practice (particularly animation)
- Science, technology, engineering, arts and Maths (STEAM)
- Printmaking/Textiles
- Confidence with working with Early Years Children
- Confidence with working with children and/or adults that identify as having a disability (particularly profound and multiple learning disabilities)
- Experience of youth participation

**Role Purpose**:

- To deliver artist-led workshops on a one-off and longer-term basis for children, young people, families, schools, teachers and adults.
- To plan and deliver creative workshops linked to our collections and exhibitions for visitors that inspire connection and curiosity and build skills and opportunities.

**Specific Responsibilities and duties**:

- Plan, prepare and deliver lively and imaginative artist-led workshops aimed at providing an excellent experience for all ages across the year.
- Be available to deliver at least 5 artist workshops in an annual period on Saturdays between 13:00 - 15:00 and at least 1 Wednesday during school holidays between 13:00 - 15:00.
- Provide a workshop delivery plan and materials list to the Education Manager at least 10 days in advance.
- Provide attendance numbers to the Education Manager at the end of the workshop and share learning and/or evaluation when required.
- Set-up and pack down the workshop space each session.
- Facilitate the use of materials for the workshops.
- Adhere to all Safeguarding and Health and Safety policies procedures in place.

**Job Type**: Freelance

**Salary**: £130.00-£250.00 per day

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Work Location: One location