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Creative Community Facilitator
Fee: £8000, Budget for materials: £2000
Dates: The project will run between Mid-May and end of December
We anticipate the project will take around 22 days across this time.
Deadline: 11.59pm Sunday 24th April
For forty years, Manchester Craft and Design Centre has been at the heart of an innovative creative community. We provide affordable contemporary craft studios, where 80,000 visitors each year meet our resident makers. Our exhibitions showcase the best of craft and design talent at work today, and our workshops introduce craft to family audiences and give visitors the chance to work directly with artists. We contribute to the development of the craft sector by promoting early career makers, welcoming school and college visits and offering opportunities through our makers’ network.
In spite of our strong heritage, we recognise that we aren’t as well known or accessible to local communities as we would like to be. We want to build stronger relationships with Manchester communities by actively seeking out and listening to the views of people in our community.
We want to find out what activities, services and spaces we can provide to ensure that everyone is able and eager to enjoy MCDC, learn about craft; and that will help us achieve our mission of being Manchester’s space for craft, community and making.
We are looking for a creative facilitator to work with our Exhibition and Events Officer to run workshops and discussion on what projects local communities and partner organisations would like to see and how we can facilitate access to Manchester Craft and Design Centre. We would then like the facilitator to present an evaluation and recommendations from the projects.
We particularly welcome applications from those who identify themselves as coming from a background which is under-represented in the arts and cultural sector. These include disabled, D/deaf and neurodiverse people, LGBTQ+ people, and people from black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds. We also welcome applicants from a range of socio-economic backgrounds.
If you would like an informal chat about this role, please get in touch at [email protected]
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