Visual Artist Facilitator wanted for intergenerational community arts project
APT Visual Arts Project is looking for a visual artist to work with an intergenerational community group, made up of about 10 – 12 participants ages 14 and up, on designing and decorating a public wall adjacent to a green area in their community. Participants will be a mix of young people, members of a men’s club, and local residents.
Site specifications: The wall area is Length - 15.03 meters, Height - 1.93 meters
Time Frame:
2 project meetings, 1 public meeting
7 2-hour sessions on Wednesdays, 4 – 6pm, beginning March 2nd
4 full days week of April 18th
1 closing event
Fee: 1,200
fee includes costs for planning time and travel
Please submit
- a CV
- a Cover Letter detailing your interest in the position and
- Samples of work in jpeg format
by email only to Victoria Durrer at vdurrer@sdublincoco.ie by February 11th at noon. Applications sent after this date and time will not be accepted.
Interviews will take place on Wednesday, February 16th from 4 – 6pm. You must be available to interview at this date and time. The interview panel will include a group of participants and members of the project steering committee.
Duties:
- Work closely with project team on planning the creative development of the project
- Assist participants in designing and creating a piece of visual public art for the designated space
- Ensure that the voices and ideas of participants are foremost in the final work created
- Ensure health and safety and child protection guidelines are followed in creative tasks
- Participate in project evaluation
Essential for Post
- Experience in spray painting
- Experience working with young people
- Ability to articulate an artistic vision
- Be a practicing artist/community artist with an interest in site-specific and collaborative work
- Proven track record in facilitating and delivering community arts projects with a variety of people
- Ability to work within a tight budget
- Ability to meet deadlines
Desirable for the Post:
- Experience working within a youth service and community centre setting
- Experience working with inter-generational groups
- Experience negotiating public art projects between participants and audiences
- Ability to represent the project to the local and wider (arts) community
- Communication skills in the capacity of advocacy for the project
Victoria Durrer
Youth Arts Coordinator
South Dublin County Council
0860479535
www.noisesouthdublin.com