Jobs

Curating Project Co-ordinator (freelance)

Fee: £5,075
Period of project: Week beginning 5 July 2010 up to and including week beginning 22 November 2010

We are looking for a freelance co-ordinator to organise and facilitate a high-profile summer arts project with victims of crime.

The Koestler Trust’s annual exhibition at Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre showcases artwork produced by prisoners, secure patients and detainees, and attracts around 14,000 visitors every year. The exhibition is open throughout October and November and is launched with an afternoon of dance, speeches and music. This year, for the first time, the exhibition is to be curated by a group of people seriously affected by crime, who will bring new perspectives to the exhibition. Victim Support, the charity for victims and witnesses of crime, is working with the Koestler Trust and Southbank Centre to make this unique and exciting project happen.

The volunteer curators, selected by Victim Support, will select all the visual artwork for the exhibition from thousands of entries to the annual Koestler Awards and make decisions about the layout of the show. To prepare the group for the curatorial process, they will undertake a series of exhibition visits, meet with arts professionals, take part in activities to encourage discussion and debate on artworks, and really get to know this year’s Koestler Awards entries. The final result will be a cohesive and thought-provoking selection of artwork that the volunteer curators really own.

To apply

1. Please see the full job description
   
   Curating Project Co-ordinator Job Description (doc)
   Curating Project Co-ordinator Job Description (pdf)
   
   
2. Then, please send your CV, and a covering letter stating how you would meet the aims of the project to:
   
   

Steve Porter, Koestler Trust, Koestler Arts Centre, 168a Du Cane Rd, London, W12 0TX or email them to info@koestlertrust.org.uk before 5pm on Monday 07 June 2010.

Interviews will be held on 18 June 2010.

If you have any questions or need any assistance, please contact us as above or on 020 8740 0333.