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Freelance Exhibition Curator [March and April 2025]

Fee of £3,150.00

The Organisation

At Art in Healthcare, we are excited and motivated by the possibilities that art provides to support the health and wellbeing of everyone living in Scotland. Over the last thirty years we have worked to improve health and wellbeing for individuals and communities by providing opportunities to experience and engage with high quality visual art, artists and creativity. More information can be found at www.artinhealthcare.org.uk

The Role

You will work closely with the Art in Healthcare team to curate an exhibition that raises awareness of, and shares learning from, our programme Taking Art Home. The project, funded by Creative Scotland, allowed us to make our art collection and creative workshops available to adults living with long Covid and those with long-term conditions that find it very difficult to leave the house in Scotland. We want to share the voices and experiences of those with long term conditions who were at the heart of the programme.  

You will work with the Art in Healthcare Collection, a range of resources and short films created during the programme and work created by participants in the programme to produce an exhibition that shares the programme with a wider audience. The exhibition will take place in April 2025 in a community or health space and will also be on-line [ensuring that all individuals involved in the programme can access it]. We are looking for someone to work with us to:

• Review the range of potential exhibition content
• Communicate with programme participants to ensure that the exhibition reflects their experiences and interests
• Identify, and develop, key themes
• Once agreed, with the wider team, develop all aspects of the exhibition including associated interpretation
• Liaise with the exhibition venue
• Oversee the logistics of exhibition install and deinstall [with the support of our Administrator]
• Support marketing for the exhibition and associated opening event

Skills and Experience

Ideally, you’ll bring the following experience and skills:

• An interest in the work of Art in Healthcare
• An understanding of how art and creativity can support health and wellbeing
• Relevant lived experience
• Experience of working with an art collection
• Experience of producing exhibitions in non-gallery spaces
• The ability to write engaging and accessible copy
• Some experience of design and design packages
• Experience of working as part of a small team and great communication skills
• Experience of using Microsoft Office 365

Terms and Conditions

The opportunity is for fifteen days to be worked flexibly, meeting the needs of the project and the Exhibition Curator between March 2025 and April 2025. We support flexible working but will require you to attend in-person meetings and visit the art store in Edinburgh. A desk in our York Place, Edinburgh office is available, as needed.

We will pay a rate of £210 per day.  As a temporary, freelance member of the team you will be responsible for your tax and national insurance contributions.  You should submit invoices monthly, and we endeavour to make payment within seven working days. You will be responsible for your subsistence and travel.

We require the successful applicant to evidence their right to work in the UK. We will also require a PVG Certificate and will work with you to secure this from Disclosure Scotland.  

Interested?   

To apply please send a short CV and a note of interest [no more than one side of A4], or a short video or voice recording, telling us how your knowledge, skills and experience align with the opportunity. Please email applications to: recruitment@artinhealthcare.org.uk   

If you would prefer to apply by post, please send your application to:  

Recruitment, Art in Healthcare, 18 York Place, Edinburgh EH1 3EP  

We have set a closing date for 9am on Tuesday 18 February 2025 and will not consider applications that arrive after this date and time. Interviews will be held on-line on Monday 24 February 2025. Interview questions will be shared in advance.  

If you have any questions, please contact Vanessa Paynton at vanessa@artinhealthcare.org.uk.