Do you believe the arts can change lives?
Do you believe they should be available to all?
For the Benefit of All sets out the ambitions of Arts Council of Wales through to 2023.
We are creating a new way people can get involved in this work. These will be important years for shaping the contribution the arts are making in contemporary Wales, and we are seeking expertise from the sector to inform and challenge this process.
Arts Council of Wales has specialist officers who provide knowledge and expertise in the arts, but the arts never stand still and we recognise that to supplement our knowledge and inform our thinking, we need to collaborate with people with experience and challenging imaginations and perspectives. Often this will come from a variety of artists themselves lending their experience and expertise or from people involved in communities or areas of work where the arts are developing their role. Critically for the ambitions of For the Benefit of All to be realised we need the make up our Associates to be diverse and activist in outlook.
Your Role as an Arts Associate of the Arts Council of Wales
Remuneration for half day or whole day sessions involving Arts Associates will be based pro rata on a £300 day (£150 per half day) fee. Some activities will only attract expenses ( such as attendance at Annual Conferences or more general regionally based Sgwrs or Creative Conversations.) Our travel and subsistence policy and allowances are based on Welsh Government rates and will be available to selected Associates).
We need to assure we have Arts Associates who can advance our work supporting Welsh language culture.
We will be looking to have a geographical spread of Associates throughout Wales. Overall time commitment could be up to 10 days in a calendar year on average.
You will still be able to apply for other work offered by Arts Council of Wales during this period. Being an Arts Associate will not disqualify you from applying individually or being part of an organisation applying for an Arts Council grant.
Interested?
You can make your expression of interest in a variety of ways at this stage. We need a short biography and a statement of interest in the role. This can take any form, written, spoken or filmed) (maximum 500 words or 3 minutes spoken or filmed.)
A series of selection workshops will be programmed in the New Year to finalise invitations to individuals to become an Arts Council of Wales Arts Associate – 22 January (in Swansea) 23rd January (in Wrexham).
Expressions of interest should be submitted to [email protected] or post marked Arts Associates, Arts Council of Wales, Bute Place, Cardiff CF10 5AL
By 20th December 2018
Nawr Yr Arwr / Now The Hero, Brangwyn Hall, Swansea (image: Warren Orchard)