Youth Lab Wolves - Artist Commissions - £2000
CBC is working with Curiosity Productions on our Youth Labs project over the next few months and they are commissioning artists (open to all art forms) to collaborate with communities to help consult the young people of Wolverhampton regarding their visions for the city.
Youth Lab Wolves is a project that aims to collate and uplift the voices of young people in Wolverhampton, to redesign and improve the city for the future.
The main drive for the events is to get an understanding of how young people see Wolverhampton presently and what their visions are for the future and present these ideas and opinions to people that have the power to make these changes. We want to do this as creatively as possible and have visual representations of the feedback gathered, as well as statistical data.
The Project Delivery
The creative consultation will take place through a combination of drop-in activity as part of wider city events as well as workshops with community groups. The creative consultation will cover four key themes:
Events and promotion of what’s on for young people
Architecture and the built environment
Environmental sustainability
Retail and the high street
The Commission
Curiosity would like to commission a professional artist or artist collective, from any art form, that can deliver creative activity around the four themes at the drop-in events and workshops and work in real time to produce art inspired by the input of the young people or work with the young people to create pieces of art themselves.
You must have established or have strong links to the region and experience in developing works with community driven stories.
The commissions will be based in Wolverhampton and you will be required to research and develop the ideas in the area with the local community.
The commission will form part of the wider event and the work will feature as part of the Youth Lab Wolves advocacy event in September to share the feedback we have collated with the people in power from the area.
We are open to receiving proposals from individuals, joint applications, collectives of artists or organisations.
Fee: £2000 for up to 3 drop-in activity days, and 4 half day workshops during August, and participation in an advocacy event to local politicians and stakeholders in early September.
What we are looking for -We are interested in receiving proposals that:
Propose an idea or project that will result in something visual or recorded that can be shared with stakeholders.
Accurately represent and viscerally show the opinions and ideas that are given at the events
Have considered accessibility as part of the project
Will be delivered by a professional artist, creative practitioner, curator or other arts professional with a track record of delivering work with children and young people
How to apply for the artist commissions - To apply, please send a short proposal outlining:
Your artistic practice
Why you think you are right for this project
How you might approach this commission and potential outcomes
Outline budget
Examples of your work
Enclose your CV / LinkedIn profile / a website or ready-made showreel - whatever is easiest and quickest for you to show track record
Be brief – no more than 4 pages
Artists delivering this project will need a recent/ current DBS check, please provide your certificate number and date of check with your application.
Deadline for proposals is 6pm Wednesday 28th July
Send Applications to: Chloe Lester
Email: chloe@curiosityproductions.co.uk
Next Steps:
We will respond to shortlisted proposals by 30th July
If short-listed, you will then be invited for an informal interview on 2nd August
Estimated Project Start: 4th August 2021 Estimated project end: 24th September 2021
Further information: If you have any enquiries, please call Jenny Smith on 07967 187822 during working hours or email jenny@curiosityproductions.co.uk
Youth Lab Wolves project in partnership with Creative Black Country, Wolverhampton City Council and the University of Wolverhampton, supported by Actors of Urban Change.
