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The Value of Artists – Bath Spa University

The Value of Artists

Developing a series of learning resources with freelance artists to showcase routes into the arts

Learning resources developed by artists play a significant role in the offer galleries or museums make to their audiences either online or in print.

As a free resource, they can be vital and empowering tools for the facilitators, teachers and carers that use them, helping audiences to find creative ways in to interpreting or exploring ideas, themes and concepts in unique and inspiring ways.

This project, led by Bath Spa University’s School of Art, Film and Media, offers a paid training opportunity for 25 creatives to explore creative learning resources.

It will then commission five artists from the training programme to create and produce a series of educational learning resources that explore the value of artists in society, the variety of roles they can play and the career pathways they can take.

Project aims

The Value of Artists project will:

  • provide paid professional development/training for artist/creative practitioners from the West of England region
  • commission arts practitioners/freelancers
  • develop a series of online and printed resources that explore the value of artists in society, the variety of roles they can play and the career pathways they can take
  • distribute a set of resources to schools and other relevant education providers in the West of England region that evidence the value of art education and the career pathways it opens up
  • offer a valuable practical and accessible resource that will expose the real work artists do in communities, education, climate action, health and wellbeing.

The Value of Artists is part of the Culture West programme and is made possible with funding from the West of England Combined Authority and Arts Council England. 

Opportunities

We are now recruiting for 25 participants from the West of England region to take part in a paid 2-day training programme at the Locksbrook Campus on Thursday 7 and Friday 8 November 2024.

This comprehensive and practical training will focus on how to develop learning resources.

25 successful applicants will be paid a fee of £150 per day to attend the training, along with a £20 per day travel subsidy. 

At the end of the training programme, participants of the training programme will be invited to submit a proposal to develop a learning resource – of which five will be selected. The development of the resources will be supported through a series of mentoring sessions.

Five selected commissioned artists will be paid a total fee of £3000 each to develop their resources and deliver a workshop. 

DEADLINE: Tuesday 1 October 2024 (09:00)

INFO SESSION: An information session was held online on Thursday 5 September 2024. You can read the question and answers from the session here. (Word | pdf )

APPLY:

*This opportunity is not available to current full-time students.

If you have any questions, please contact Simone Hesselberg (Creative Producer) s.hesselberg@bathspa.ac.uk

The team

  • Academic Lead: Natasha Kidd 
  • Lead Artist: Abigail Hunt
  • Producer: Simone Hesselberg

Get in touch

If you’d like to hear more about The Value of Artists, please email s.hesselberg@bathspa.ac.uk.

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