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ARTIST CURATOR TRAINEESHIP
Closing Date for Applications: Friday 21 August, midnight
Online Pre Application Workshop: Friday 31 July, 1–2pm, book your place HERE
Interviews: Friday 11 September 2026
CONTRACT
Fixed term contract for 18 months
Start Date: Tuesday 3 November 2026
Hours: 0.9 FTE – 30 hours per week, usually across four days (including some weekend and evening working) + 3.75 hrs per week research time to work on your project
SALARY
Real Living Wage – currently £13.45 ph (£23,605 per annum)
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
We are looking for someone to join the Eastside Projects team for 18 months and learn how to be an artist-curator through hands-on experience.
These posts are very competitive so please take a careful look at this list AND the full application pack before spending time on an application.
ARTIST CURATING
– You’ll be an artist or artist-curator who wants to make their own projects, exhibitions, support structures, or artist-led organisations in the future.
– You will have started organising things outside educational structures even if at a relatively small scale. These may already be exhibitions or art projects but might also be art adjacent – for example putting on events that bring people together or developing community projects.
– You will be really interested in contemporary visual art, and the kinds of artists that we work with. You don’t have to have studied art, but we will expect you to introduce us to ideas, artwork and artists that you think we should know about so you will need to demonstrate this knowledge.
ATTITUDE AND APPROACH
– You’ll enjoy working on lots of different things at the same time.
– You’ll be comfortable in situations where you don’t know what is coming next.
– You’ll be a good problem solver who isn’t afraid to suggest ideas, use their own initiative and think laterally to find solutions to creative and practical challenges.
– You’ll be a good organiser who enjoys collaborating with others to make things happen.
– You will enjoy being hands on – some of the time you will be focussed on admin, doing social media or uploading info to the website, but at other times you will be installing shows, helping run workshops in schools, hosting EOP Crit Club, or supporting artists on their projects. We don’t expect you to have done all of these things before, so therefore you need to be up for a challenge!
– You will be a confident communicator who enjoys meeting, talking to and working with all kinds of people.
PRACTICALITIES
– You must be over 18 years old.
– You must be based in the UK with the right to work in the UK for the full 18 months of the contract.
– You will have at least one year’s experience outside an educational setting.
– You do not need a degree in Art to apply, but you do need comparable experience and knowledge for example gained through an apprenticeship, work experience or by developing your own projects.
– This role cannot be combined with education so please do not apply if you are studying at any level whether full time or part time.
HOW TO APPLY
– Click here to download the full Job Pack
– Click here to download the Application Form
– Click here to complete the Equal Opps Form
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