CAIR: Caithness Artists in Residence first launched in November 2020 as a new community arts initiative that connected artists and creative practitioners with Caithness communities. Led by Lyth Arts Centre and local community organisations, the first cohort of CAIR artists led projects across the county, developing creative responses to local problems, encouraging creative cultural activism and exploring an artist and community-led approach to recovery after coronavirus. You can read more about the projects here. We are now delivering Phase 2 of the project with the first two artists delivering project in Caithness communities.
LAC is looking to recruit the second cohort of CAIR Phase 2 artists. This will be two artists who will work from April – June. Please see details below;
Artist 1 – Sinclairs Bay Trust Artist in Residence
This Artist in Residence will be a professional artist or creative practitioners that is based in or near the Sinclair’s Bay Trust area. The artist will work with residents to explore the Sinclair’s Bay community identity, fostering new connections and supporting wellbeing. The artist will work with the Sinclairs Bay Trust board and members to develop their project. Please click here to see a map of the Sinclair’s Bay Trust area.
Artist 2 – Caithness Artist in Residence
This Artist in Residence will be a professional artist or creative practitioner who is based in Caithness, or has a strong connection to the area or the communities they will be working with.
Artist 3 – Bower Artist in Residence
This Artist in Residence will be a professional artist or creative practitioners that will work in Bower, specifically with Bower Busy Bees Nursery and Bower Primary School. The artist will work with families and children in the village to support the transition from nursery to primary school. This might include outdoor art, mural making and other playful ideas.
We are seeking proposals from professional artists who work in any art-form or medium and at any stage in their career.
Contract: 20 days (2 days a week for 10 weeks) Fee: £150 per day (total fee £3000) plus £800 materials budget
Timeline
To Apply
Please read the CAIR: Caithness Artists in Residence Call-Out which contains important information about the role and project.
To apply, please complete the Google Form here by midnight on Sunday 20th March. You will need to login with a Google account. If you are unable to do this, for any reason, please email info@lytharts.org.uk and we will send the questions via email. If you require any support to make this opportunity more accessible to you then please email info@lytharts.org.uk.
This project is funded by Inspiring Scotland Creative Communities and Creative Scotland Open Project Fund
