The Head of Collector Development, North East region will implement a new membership programme in the North East of England, as part of an initiative to develop informed, engaged audiences for contemporary art and contemporary collecting, funded by Arts Council England North East.
The post-holder is responsible for devising and delivering a critically engaged programme of social and educational activities related to contemporary art and collecting, involving a range of partner organisations in the North East England region. They will be also be responsible for: consulting with partners and stakeholders, conducting market research, recruiting individual members from local audiences according to agreed targets, managing relationships with members, conceiving and delivering membership events, and marketing the scheme within the region.
This post is offered on an initial three-year fixed term contract.

Salary in the region of £30,000 - £35,000 pro rata, 3 days/ week
This post will be based in the North East.

Further details and an application form are available at www.contemporaryartsociety.org or by e-mail from recruitment@contemporaryartsociety.org quoting the reference number.
Closing date for applications: 5pm, 12 February
Interviews will take place in Newcastle on Tuesday 23 February

VAiL is currently looking for an Advocacy Coordinator to draw together key visual arts organisations from Liverpool, advocate to key influencers and to manage and administer the work of that group. The initial focus of the role will be develop a series of tools and a package of content to advocate Liverpool’s strength as a visual arts city to a variety of key stakeholders.

Fee: Depending upon the work plan agreed, up to £12,500, subject to negotiation regarding commissioning work and coordination work. Ongoing coordination work is subject to renewed funding and should amount to 1-3 days per week.

Term of Project: This project is part of VAiL’s ongoing advocacy campaign. The key outputs of commissioning and preparing a library of advocacy content and contacts should be completed by 31 March 2010. Ongoing coordination is to be agreed.

This project reports to: VAiL Steering Group through the Executive Director, Liverpool Biennial

To download the briefing document please visit www.biennial.com

Application

By CV and a statement to describe how you meet the requirements of the post.

Please email applications to toby@biennial.com

For an informal discussion please contact Paul Smith, Executive Director, Liverpool Biennial on 0151 709 7444

Liverpool and the Black Atlantic, a city-wide series of exhibitions and events that explores connections between cultures and continents.

You can see information about exhibitions across Liverpool at partner websites:

Tate Liverpool Albert Dock,      Liverpool,      L3 4BB

Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic
29 January – 25 April 2010
Tickets: £6 ( £4.50 for concessions)

the Bluecoat School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BX

Sonia Boyce: Like Love
January 30 – March 28 2010
Free entry

FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) 88 Wood Street, Liverpool, L1 4DQ

Promised Lands
30 January 2010, 8.30pm
Free entry

Metal Tunnel Road, Liverpool, L7 6ND

Leo Asemota: The Handmaiden
25 February - 20 March 2010
Free entry

International Slavery Museum Merseyside Maritime Museum, Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4AQ

Black Britannia
until 28 February 2010, free entry.

FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) and Liverpool Biennial are delighted to announce that Anthony McCall’s Projected Column has been shortlisted for Arts Council England and London 2012’s Artists Taking the Lead project.
Produced by FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) and Liverpool Biennial, Projected Column is a slender, sinuous, spinning column of cloud rising into the sky from the surface of the water in the Liverpool Docklands. Extending vertically as far as the eye can see, and visible on a clear day from 20km away, the column will disappear and re-appear in slow, structured sequences, exploiting the tension between its ephemerality and its monumental scale. A sculptural landward based on pure energy, Projected Column echoes the dynamism of a city that has recently undergone major cultural and economic development as Capital of Culture in 2008.
British artist Anthony McCall (born 1946) has a cross-disciplinary practice in which film, sculpture, installation, drawing and performance overlap. He was a key figure in the avant-garde London Film-makers Co-operative in the 1970s and has dedicated much of his career to projected works, including the now legendary ‘solid light’ film series - simple projections in mist-filled rooms that emphasise the sculptural qualities of a beam of light.
Projected Column will be McCall’s largest scale and most public project to date. Drawing upon his interest in the play of light on mist, Projected Column reverses the idea behind his earlier works with the mist projected and lit by natural light.
Mike Stubbs, Director/CEO, FACT:
“FACT is thrilled to be partnering with Liverpool Biennial to develop the work of one of Britain’s senior artistic figures. Anthony McCall has a long history of creating intelligent, engaging art and his influence on a whole generation of artists is undisputable.
Lewis Biggs, Artistic Director, Liverpool Biennial
“Anthony McCall’s proposal is fabulous, and Liverpool Biennial is delighted to partner FACT to realise one of the most ambitious and visible artworks in the UK – a stratospheric column of water to celebrate Liverpool’s status as an international cultural destination.”
Notes to editors
Projected Column is one of five Northwest projects shortlisted for the commission. The others can be found on the Artist Taking the Lead website http://www.artiststakingthelead.org.uk/
Artists were challenged to submit their ideas for twelve national commissions between 19 March and 29 May 2009, in which time a total of 2163 submissions were received from across the country. Independent panels of artists and producers in each nation and region then judged each of the applications and arrived at their shortlist.

The panel for the Northwest region comprises:
Stephen Snoddy - Director of The New Art Gallery, Walsall
Sally Lai - Chief Executive of The Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester
Naomi Kashiwagi - Regional artist recently awarded the Best of Manchester 2008 and Arts Council England art08 Individual Artist Awards
Geoff Wood - Public Art Consultant
Benji Reid - Dancer and Artistic Director of Manchester based hip hop theatre company Breaking Cycles Tanya Bryan - Visual Arts Officer: Design & Public Realm and London 2012 Lead Officer for Arts Council England, North West
Debbi Lander - Northwest Creative Programmer for London 2012
Each of the shortlisted Northwest artists will now be eligible to receive a development grant of up to £5,000 to turn their initial proposals into comprehensive plan. They will present these to the artist panels in late September, who will then decide the final twelve commissions, which will finally be announced in October 2009.

The twelve successful commissions will be developed across 2010 and 2011 in close collaboration and engagement with local communities. All twelve will take part in a final unifying celebration, prior to the opening of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
About Liverpool Biennial:
Established in 1998, Liverpool Biennial is one of the Northwest’s leading public art agencies as well as the UK’s largest and most widely reviewed festival of contemporary visual art. It contributed significantly to Liverpool’s year as European Capital of Culture 2008 with a programme of public art commissions and Liverpool Biennial 2008, which attracted over 450,000 visitors.
About FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology):
Founded in 1989, FACT is the UK’s leading organisation for commissioning, exhibiting, promoting and supporting artists’ work and innovation in the fields of film, video, and new media.
For more information, images or interviews, contact:
Lucie Davies
Press and Communications Officer FACT
t: + 44 (0)151 707 4405
lucie.davies@fact.co.uk
or
Antony Pickthall
Head of Marketing and Communications
Liverpool Biennial
t: +44 (0)151 203 3574
antony@biennial.com

Liverpool’s leading visual arts organisations would like to find out about
its audiences and how they engage with art in public spaces and digital art.

This collaboration of organisations wishes to appoint a consultancy with
relevant expertise to conduct this national pilot evaluation project, funded
by Arts Council England.

Immediate start with work to be completed by April 2009. Contract value in
the region of £22,500

To find out more, and to apply please download the full tender brief

www.visualartsinliverpool.info

Deadline for submissions is Monday 18 August. Interviews will be held: w/c
25 August

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