FREELANCE TEXTILE ARTIST COMMISSION
Burnley Youth Theatre will be delivering an arts based Primary School project called ‘ ‘Fabric Of Us’’ in January 2026 which combines Drama, Music and Textile with Heritage. It will be exploring community stories surrounding Burnley and Cliviger’s Mill Town heritage and exploring the history of Walk Mill Shed (a former mill in Cliviger).
We are looking for a Textile Artist to work on the project with a Primary School based in Burnley. It will be working with 3 classes over 5 days (Reception, Year 1 and Year 4) to teach the children key skills in Textiles as well as create a piece of Textile art which will be a legacy for the project.
Ideally, we are looking for a practitioner to work one day a week with the classes over 5 weeks and have a textile piece ready for Tuesday 17th March 2025 which is the day of the community celebration event. However, there is flexibility to this depending on artist availability and project idea.
Artist Set Fee = £1250 delivery (5 days delivery at £250 per day plus one day)
Materials Budget = £500
If you are interested in this opportunity please send a brief proposal by Thursday 27th November to Laura Simpson laura.simpson @burnleyyouththeatre.org outlining:
– Your experience in textile art / your past work
– Your experience delivering workshops in schools.
– A proposal of what you might create with the 3 classes
– An outline of what you would spend the materials budget on.
This project has been funded By The Scottish Power Community Benefit Fund / Cliviger Parish Fund)