Independent Facilitator: GAMIS Working Group
Closing date 24 May 2021
GAMIS are seeking to engage an Independent Facilitator to oversee a monthly series of online discussions June – December 2021. During this period the facilitator will collaborate with the GAMIS Co-ordinators and support the Working Group to delve into our organisation’s structure and governance going forward. In particular, we are keen to support a frank and open dialogue around:
- Institutional critique
- Provision for artists’ moving image in Glasgow / Scotland / the UK
- Access and inclusion
- Gentrification
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Fixed term freelance contract until Dec 2021
Fee: £2,646 (equivalent to 9 days work over 7-month period, SAU day rates)
Objectives:
Glasgow Artists’ Moving Image Studios SCIO was set up to develop dedicated screening facilities, workspaces and professional/educational development for artists working in moving image and other time-based practices. We are inviting a group of participants to collaborate with us on a research project we are developing in response to initial proposals for the redevelopment of Govanhill Picture House.
Supported by grant funding from Creative Scotland, the Working Group project aims to create a meaningful opportunity for both local residents and the broader arts community to respond to these proposals and contribute to the shaping of GAMIS as an organisation. This will be carried out through a series of online public talks followed by focused workshops and an opportunity to contribute to our future programming and organisational activities.
We are posing the questions, “what barriers to inclusion are there within the arts?” and, importantly, “how do we, as a newly formed organisation, build inclusion into the fabric of our programming methodologies?”
Candidate specification:
| Necessary | Preferred |
| Experience facilitating discussion within a visual arts and/or creative context. | Demonstrable interest / investment in artist-run community engagement projects |
| Experience of working with people who have experienced barriers to inclusion. | Demonstrable interest / investment in non-hierarchical organisational structures |
| Have a clear, demonstrable and positive attitude toward social justice and inclusion. | Interest in / experience of open source and/or community engaged programming |
| Can commit to the timescales of the project. | Interest in deconstructing institutional hierarchies |
| Can provide at least two references for previous facilitating projects (we will only ask for these if you are invited to interview). | Experience participating in alternative / experimental pedagogical projects |
| Live or work in Glasgow, preferably southside / Govanhill. | |
| Interest in provision for artists moving image in Glasgow / Scotland | |
| Interest in civic land advocacy |
How to apply:
DEADLINE 24th MAY 2021
Please submit an expression of interest via our Google Form. You have the option to submit a written response or upload a video / audio recording if you prefer.
We hope to notify all shortlisted applicants by the 4th June and hold interviews the week commencing 7th June.
If you have any questions, or would like to ask us for this information in alternative formats, please get in touch via hello@glasgowamis or call:
Shireen Taylor, 07521 574966 or Lydia Honeybone 07905 284886
APPLY HERE (link to google form)
Click here to access a copy of our Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion Policy