John Hansard Gallery seeks a Future Curator who will be an integral member of the our Gallery Programme team.
Links to application packs below. The pack includes BSL interpreted videos.
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Standard application pack
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The Future Curators Programme is a residency programme for Disabled curators founded and led by DASH in collaboration with seven cultural organisations across England.
The Future Curator will work collaboratively to develop and deliver the contemporary visual arts programme. Working with: Exhibitions departments; Engagement departments, and University partners.
John Hansard Gallery recognise that disabled people are too often under-represented or absent from gallery programming; typically, their work is not sought out by programmers, and they are rarely involved in programme selection in galleries and other arts organisations.
The purpose of the role is to support an emerging disabled, Deaf, neurodivergent curator to develop a range of skills and experiences in a real world, gallery context. You will join their programme team and will be supported in developing new on-site programmes across, and in other situations.
Other partners include, Arts Catalyst, Disability Arts Online, MAC Birmingham, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA), Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, and Wysing Arts Centre.
Deadline for applications: Monday 1 December, 11.59pm.
If you have any questions about the application process, please email Jennifa Chowdhury on jennifa@jhg.art.
If you would like to speak with someone in confidence about the role, or to learn more about what John Hansard Gallery does, the following team members are available for a Zoom/Teams meeting or telephone conversation:
• Lynne Dick, Head of Programme (Engagement & Learning)
• Jennifa Chowdhury, Programming Curator
To book a meeting, please email lynne@jhg.art or jennifa@jhg.art and include ‘Future Curator Programme’ in the subject header and the and the name of the person you would like to speak with.
If selected for interview you will be notified by Monday 8 December.
Interviews to take place on Monday 15 December.