Biosphere Artist in Residence

Closing date: Sunday 25 June 2023- Salary: £6000
- Contract type: Fixed term / Working hours: Flexible- Location: Manx Wildlife Trust, 7-8 Market Place, Peel, Isle of Man, IM5 1AB- Manx Wildlife Trust (MWT) is delighted to host the second Biosphere Artist in Residence. Working with UNESCO Biosphere Isle of Man partners and funded by Isle of Man Arts Council, MWT invites proposals for a year-long funded artist residency.**Contact details**:
Manx Wildlife Trust is delighted to be hosting our second Biosphere Artist in Residence. Working with UNESCO Biosphere Isle of Man partners and funded by Isle of Man Arts Council, MWT invites proposals for a year-long funded artist residency. The residency will connect new audiences with Manx nature, through the medium of Art. The aim being to enable more people of all ages and backgrounds to enjoy our culture and the arts, as well as inspiring them to act for Manx nature. The funding will support one artist or art collective to develop their community-focussed and socially-engaged practice on the Island over the course of a year, with opportunities to deliver physical and/or digital interventions across the Island. In celebration of the Hairpin Woodland Park in Ramsey, this residency will include outputs in the north of the Island, at one of our MWT Nature Reserves and/or the MWT Ayres Nature Discovery Centre.

Biospheres connect people to the world around them, prompting awareness, care and action. This has never been more important. Our membership of the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme affords us the chance to collaborate with, and learn from, other Biospheres worldwide, and they to learn from us, as we all seek sustainable solutions. As the only ‘entire nation’ Biosphere, the Isle of Man is renowned across the globe as a leader in enabling people to more easily connect with our nature, culture, heritage and community life.

The Isle of Man Arts Council works to deliver its vision of arts, culture and creativity for everyone in the Island. This residency invests in the creative community, develops the knowledge, skills and creative practice of the Manx artists, and champions the arts as fundamental to our wellbeing and sense of place.

Manx Wildlife Trust supports these ambitions and knows that a society where nature matters is key to our wellbeing. We believe in developing creative partnerships to get people outdoors experiencing and enjoying Manx landscapes and seascapes. This residency brings people closer to nature at our sites, reaches local communities including those who don’t normally engage with MWT, and offers opportunities across the Island to take part in creative and cultural activities that improve our Island understanding of nature, our Biosphere, wellbeing and quality of life.

This _Biosphere Artist in Residence_ programme’s ambition is for an Isle of Man that inspires people of all ages and backgrounds to enjoy our culture and the arts. We welcome proposals demonstrating innovative, adventurous, and creative artistic responses to this brief.

**What you receive if your are our Artist in Residence**:

- Status/Title of being the Biosphere/MWT Artist in Residence for 2023/2024
- Stipend £6000
- Be part of the MWT team - working with our existing staff and volunteers.
- Opportunity to engage wider audiences in the IOM about art and Manx nature
- Opportunity to create a legacy, with art work that remains on permanent exhibition beyond the residency.

**What you will deliver**:

- Five public engagement events including within MWT Nature Reserves and in the major centres of population
- Promote Manx nature through art
- Digital Engagement: a webpage/website, social media and a blog by the artist.

**Application Process**:

- No more than 3 minutes of audio or audio-visual content submitted electronically as a single file in MP3 or MP4 format, accompanied by no more than 1 side of A4 which addresses the budget and time frame requirements.
- Your artistic response to the brief, addressing the deliverables in section 4.
- Your understanding of the Biosphere and Isle of Man Arts Council objectives in relation to section 2 (Brief)
- Your outline plans for community engagement and/or participatory work as required in section 3 (Deliverables)
- Proposed time frame for delivery of activities and outputs
- Evidence of your portfolio (this may include a URL link to further examples of your work)

Find the full outline and call for proposals for the role below.- Outline and Call for Proposals Biosphere Artist In Residence 2023