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Newcastle Libraries, in partnership with Create North and Newcastle City Council’s Arts Development Team, is offering nine creative Ukrainian people an opportunity to take part in a fully funded/paid creative residency in partnership with established UK-based artists and Ukrainian communities across the northeast.

“Warm” is a fresh creative initiative supported by Arts Council England, dedicated to exploring the role of the arts in providing warmth and support to displaced communities.

This opportunity is for 9 Ukrainian artists to design and lead the residencies tailored to different groups within the Ukrainian community. The culmination of each residency will feature an exhibition where the groups showcase their work, offering valuable insights into what warmth means for different groups of people.

We are looking for Ukrainians who have recently arrived in the Northeast and are interested in pursuing a creative career in the UK.  This project will be suitable for creative practitioners with professional experience in Ukraine, but who want to develop their career in the UK, and people who want to explore how their creative skills could be used to establish a new career. For people who have not previously worked professionally, this project will create the first step on their pathway to a career in the creative industries.

This opportunity will involve the following time commitments:

• A planning and onboarding session for all twelve creatives involved in the project over two days in April 2024, led by Create North.

• A three-day (or six half-day) participatory arts residency at City Library, working alongside the UK-based artists and a Ukrainian community group
• A one-day evaluation, sharing and dissemination event

We can offer various ways to engage with this project. This can include paid employment: Fee: £1,188 (6 days at £198 per day).

If you are unable to engage in paid employment for any reason but would still like to be considered for this role, please contact rob@createnorth.co.uk to discuss how this might be made possible.

To apply to take part in this project, please complete the following application form by FRIDAY 8TH MARCH: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/78CJLZF

To discuss this in more detail, you can email Rob Guest at rob@createnorth.co.uk or call him on 07813 601731.