Family Art Club – Lead artist, St Helens Arts in Libraries

Family Art Club – Lead artist, St Helens Arts in Libraries

Application form and brief available at the following link: https://forms.office.com/e/CEjNZRTZaF

Deadline 9^th October 2024, 9am

Family Arts Club – Expression of Interest as Lead Artist

Family Arts Club Artist Brief.  Family Arts Club is a project funded by the Arts in Libraries Team through Arts Council England that will take place at Moss Bank Library in St. Helens each Tuesday from 3pm to 5pm, with occasional school holiday/Saturday morning sessions. The artist will work together with our partner agencies, volunteers(s) and Library staff to create a Family Art Club programme that will be attractive to refugee families taking part, will be suitable for a library space and will provide a safe and inclusive place where families can play creatively together. The artist will be supported by worker from an agency currently supporting refugee families in the area and will be required to attend Trauma Informed Practice training before sessions start. We are looking for an artist or artist collective who:

• Can deliver fun, playful arts sessions that will engage a whole family
• Has an awareness of how the sessions could support ESOL learning
• Can create a programme of activity with an awareness of issues that can affect refugee families. Has experience of working in situations where confidentiality and sensitivity may be required and have some awareness of safeguarding principles. 
• Can engage with the library staff to make the sessions relevant to the library’s aims.
• We are particularly interested in hearing from artists who may themselves have lived experience of the asylum system or are international artists. 

Artist Fee There is a total fee of £6000 broken down into two contracted delivery periods, to allow for the programme to adapt if the local/national situation changes.   Period 1 October 2024 to end of January 2025 – total fee £3500. Period 2 February 2025 to end of March 2025 – total fee £2500. This fee will include 

• Delivery, planning and preparation of 22 sessions between October 2024 and March 2025
• Induction/initial planning meetings
• Attendance at Trauma Informed training and Safeguarding training if required 
• collection and submission of evaluation/monitoring information
• Attend regular supervision sessions 

Key timelines;    
9th Oct Deadline to apply w/c 14/10  Pre-Meeting with Project Producer   W/C 21/10 Pre-Project Briefing/Training with Staff and Partners and Trauma Training
29th Oct Introductory Session 3pm – 5pm at Moss Bank Library
5th Nov First session 2pm to 4:30pm at Moss Bank Library
Subsequent sessions weekly until January 2025
January 2025 review of programme

February – March 2025 delivery of Period 2 weekly sessions. The deadline for applications is Wednesday 9th October 9am. At this point we will review all applications and select an artist based on their suitability to deliver this project.    

Apply at the following link:  https://forms.office.com/e/CEjNZRTZaF