Midlands Arts Centre | Future Curator Job Description and Person Specification
Assistant Curator
Salary: £10,716 per year (full time equivalent: £26,792)
Hours: 2 days per week (15 hours)
Start Date: 1 February 2026 to 31 May 2027
Contract length: 18 months
Location: Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham
Reports to: Roma Piotrowska, Senior Curator
Deadline for applications: Monday 1 December 2025 by 12pm (midday).
Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) is excited to announce a new opportunity for a disabled curator to join the team as Assistant Curator. This role is informed by lived experience of disability and has been created to provide meaningful, supported entry into the visual arts sector. MAC actively encourages applications from disabled people who are passionate about curation, inclusive practice and developing artists who are under-represented in contemporary culture.
Working closely with MAC’s Senior Curator, you’ll gain hands-on experience across all aspects of exhibition-making, from planning and liaising with artists to installing exhibitions across our three gallery spaces and wider venues. We welcome experimentation across artforms, and this role offers freedom to explore and innovate. You’ll be part of a dynamic Arts Team lead by the Artistic Director, whose knowledge and experience will offer a range of alternative artistic approaches.
Most importantly, at MAC we are committed to championing new voices. As Assistant Curator, you’ll be supported to shape and deliver your own ambitious exhibition or project, with a dedicated budget and curatorial mentorship throughout.
Credit: The Influence Project Exhibition, Midlands Arts Centre 2020
