The School of Plural Futures Lead Artist/ Curator
Contract type: 2 days / 14 hrs a week, fixed term of 8 months
Salary: £28,000 (pro rata to 2 days a week)*
Location: Portree, Isle of Skye
Start date: December 2020 or January 2021
Application Deadline: 10am 26th November 2020
Interview Date: Monday 7th of December 2020
We are looking for a lead artist and/or curator to co-design and coordinate a new alternative school programme on the Isle of Skye. Working with ATLAS Arts and a core group of eight participants between January and July 2021, the artist/curator will be responsible for planning and delivering 5 x 3 day sessions on Skye between January and July 2021 (in person where COVID restrictions allow). The ideal candidate will have a strong track record in process-based arts projects and creative programming – with a keen interest in alternative pedagogy and curriculum building.
The lead artist/curator will create an imaginative framework for the school – and will work with students to build and realise an ecologically focused, decolonial curriculum that learns through histories of Skye, Lochalsh and the Highlands region.
The project is fully funded by a grant of £36983 enabling an ambitious and well resourced curriculum of workshops and events, and a student stipend. This is a salaried post fixed for 8 months, funded by Inspiring Scotland Creative Communities Fund in collaboration with Skye Climate Action.
