Exhibiting opportunities for full members of Swansea Print Workshop.
Update by Rose Davies
Tenby
We've been offered the chance of a members' exhibition at the prestigious 'Art Matters' gallery in Tenby later in 2012. It will be open to all full members of the print workshop - please keep an eye on your emails as we will be letting members know via email.
Swansea
We've just finished a run of exhibitions at Swansea's Cafe Nisse, situated in Wind Street in Swansea's Victorian banking quarter, which gave our members the chance to exhibit prints and drawings bi-monthly for almost two years. The owners of the premises, Coastal Housing, are moving and we are now having discussions with them to set up member exhibitions in other spaces owned by the company.
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Swansea Print Workshop is recruiting for two roles to successfully deliver a year-long Arts Project supported by the Arts Council of Wales.
We are looking for experienced Arts Administrator to act as a part-time free-lance Project Coordinator together with an experienced Administrative Assistant to act as part-time free-lance administrative support to the project.
The Project Coordinator will be responsible for the successful delivery of our exciting ‘Drawn to Print’ project with key responsibilities in marketing, event and programme managment, fundraising and communication.
Programme Management
- To coordinate Artists in Residence submission and selection
- To be responsible for scheduling the full programme of activities during the length of the project
- To coordinate any exhibition/showcase of project work including the final public event
- To liaise with SPW staff to ensure project activities schedule with other organizational activities and events
Exhibition and events management
- To manage the successful delivery of all exhibitions, events and activities associated with the ‘Drawn to Print’ project with particular responsibility for the final public display – arts trail.
Fundraising
- To play a key and coordinating role in an active fundraising programme to achieve the fundraising target of £2,500 that SPW is committed to for this project
Exhibition Publications and invitations
- To develop catalogue and artist trail map content
- To coordinate additional editorial content and images from all contributors including bi-lingual translation (Welsh)
Marketing and Publicity
- To coordinate all marketing and publicity for artists in residents and volunteer opportunities
- To produce written copy for SPW website, project blog, mailing list, members newsletters
- To prepare and issue press releases; liaise with local press
- To coordinate and produce marketing and publicity copy for associated project events and activities
Finances
- To ensure that the project is delivered within the prescribed budget
- To record all financial transactions related to the project
- To present final accounts for the completion report
Staff/ volunteer management
- To manage all aspects of staff and volunteer staff required to support the project including: recruitment, training and work schedules
- To coordinate contracts, work arrangements and requirements for each Artist in Residency period
Communication
- To set up communication avenues for all supporting staff and volunteer groups including: fundraising committee, exhibition committee, Directorate, administrative and other project staff
- To provide full liaison support for all artists in residence and other invited artists
- To provide key contact with interested parties for sponsorship of final public event/arts trail
Project evaluation
- To put in place feedback avenues for members, artists, project staff, both print workshops including forms, blog
- To coordinate the collation and analysis of statistical and anecdotal feedback
- To present findings to Board of Directors for inclusion in the project report
Project Completion Report
- To prepare the final completion report including all statistical, financial and anecdotal content together with a report of images and narrative to fully document and represent the project.
Person Specification
The successful applicant will have:
- A minimum of three year’s experience in Arts Administration
- Demonstrable experience in delivering a programme of Arts activities including public events
- Experience of coordinating fundraising activities
- A minimum of two years experience in coordinating a volunteer programme and managing volunteers
- Excellent written English and the ability to produce a range of copy and reports to a high level
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Ability to work to unsupervised and to tight deadlines
- Experience in financial management and procedures
- Sound grasp of current MS Office packages and other software such as Access and Excel
The Administrative Assistant will provide support to the Project Coordinator in all aspects of administration for the successful delivery of the project.
Main responsibilities
- Maintain and update all mailing lists ensuring they are kept up to date
- Input data for statistics (project activity)
- Handle enquiries and process bookings for workshop programme
- Distribute promotional and publicity material to via postal, email and on-line
- Maintain and build press contacts database, press cuttings file and general press
- Assist with the event arrangements including liaising with the venue regarding logistics, equipment etc
- To assist with the setting up and taking down of any project events
- General secretarial support (scanning, printing, filing, copying, typing, correspondence).
Person Specification
Essential
- 1-2 years experience in a similar office administrative role
- A confident communicator with experience of dealing with people at all levels
- An organised and self-motivated individual, who can multitask and remain calm under pressure in a busy office environment.
- Team working abilities
- IT skills, including use of Microsoft Office, (Access and Excel) internet, email, social media, and capability of basic IT troubleshooting.
Desirable
- Previous experience of working in an arts organisation
- Previous experience of event management
- Additional IT skills such as Photoshop and Wordpress
- Interest in visual arts
General information about the Posts
Both posts are offered on a free-lance contracted basis. Payment will be made on receipt of an invoice and is subject to the successful delivery of agreed milestones and outcomes.
Both roles will involve flexible working supporting key periods over the length of the project including ‘out of office’ hours. We anticipate periods of working on site as well as at other locations including home-based where appropriate.
The Project Coordinator role is offered at a rate of £12.00/hour to a maximum of £10,080 (equivalent to £20,000 per annum). The project will be delivered over 12 months between 1 March 2012 and 28 March 2013
The role involves a key liaison responsibility with SPW staff members, project staff including artists in residence, administrative support, technical support and a range of volunteer support
The Project Coordinator will report directly to the Project Director and will agree key milestones and outcomes in collaboration with the Project Director
The Administrative Assistant role is offered at a rate of £6.50/hour to a maximum 336 hours at £2184 (equivalent to £10,920 per annum) between the project period 1 March 2012 and 28 February 2013.
The Administrative Assistant will report directly to the Project Coordinator.
We will accept applications from candidates who wish to combine both roles. Please indicate this clearly in your covering letter.
About the Project
The project – ‘Drawn to Print’ will set an agenda to explore new boundaries of current practice supporting the activity of drawing and the translation of this material into non traditional and traditional print processes associated with the production of an original print.
The relationship between a direct drawing process and printmaking is one of great creative potential and can support a wide variety of new approaches supported by new technologies and new materials.
The project will enable us to explore the breadth of the relationship between drawing and printmaking through three artists residencies each one illustrating an aspect / approach which will clearly demonstrate the close connection between gathering original [non photographic] material and the most direct processes of translation into print.
The project activities will also be a catalyst for exploring a creative approach to accessibility and exhibiting, with the aim of establishing a period of exhibitions in a number of venues across the city centre, with the potential to develop an art trail.
This in turn will build new relationships and increase the reach of SPW’s current audience by not only engaging existing members in new techniques and approaches but also by identifying new strategies for attracting artists from other disciplines.
About Swansea Print Workshop
Swansea Print Workshop is a voluntary arts organisation specializing in printmaking. We were established in 1998 and are involved in a wide range of community arts projects as well as supporting fine art printmaking. Details of our range of activities and services can be found on our website: www.swanseaprintworkshop.org.uk
To apply
Please send current CV with two references and covering letter detailing what you feel you can bring to the posts Coordinator, highlighting relevant experience under the person specification and any relevant interest you have in the project concept.
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Closing Date: 1 pm Wednesday 29 February 2012
Interviews: Monday 5 March 2012
We regret that we cannot respond individually to all applicants to this post. Please consider your application unsuccessful if we haven’t contacted you by Friday 2 March 2012.
Swansea Print Workshop 16 February 2012
Photographs of previous exhibitions at Cafe Nisse
Printers Stint: Rhondda Heritage Park
A recent exhibition called Printers Stint curated by Jan Pennell highlighted the excellent gallery at the Rhondda Heritage Centre.
Alan Atkins, Alan Bateman, William Brown, Nigel Bowles, Georgina Brownlow, Sheila Clark, Michael Goode, Valerie Ganz, Jackie Ford, Lesley Lillywhite, Nina Morgan & Alison Porter.
Jan would be interested in a Rhondda based project in print making and would collaborate on putting a project together. If anyone is interested in pursuing this it could be the basis of a small funding bid using the centre / area to develop some prints with a follow up exhibition / project work in the local community.
