Bolton at Home

Artist Commission, Bolton at Home

Bolton at Home is seeking an experienced artist, creative collaboration or arts organisation, based ln the North West (i.e. requiring no overnight stays) to develop and deliver a Covid-safe proposal for a spectacular temporary artwork that offers an exciting opportunity for Bolton at Home’s customers to safely engage.

Bolton at Home is a charitable community benefit society and social housing provider, managing more than 18,000 homes. We want to deliver an ambitious ‘pop up’ public artwork that tours our communities and helps our customers to feel more connected and less isolated, and that creates positive memories and opportunities to share messages of hope in an otherwise difficult time. We are open to any arts medium that is appropriate to the project.

We expect you to be a professional practising artist, with at least three years’ experience of creating interesting and high quality work in the public realm. You/your business should be currently based in the North West. The appointed artist will be able to demonstrate:

experience and understanding of working with communities
excellent communication and community engagement skills
the delivery of comparable projects and the aptitude to deliver this type of work
relevant design and technical skills
experience of working with multi agency teams
budget and project management skills

Budget

The total budget for this project is £15,000 including artists fees, materials, travel expenses, and VAT where appropriate.

Timescale

Project start date: 1st February 2021

Project end date: 1st April 2021

To apply

The artist/s is requested to submit a brief outline proposal, including estimated budget breakdown and timescales (no more than one side of A4), together with your CV and examples of relevant work.

Deadline

12 noon Monday 25th January 2021

Virtual Interviews

28th January 2021

Please apply to

Gaynor Cox
Housing Arts Officer
Bolton at Home
gaynor.cox@boltonathome.org.uk
07979 705123