Lead Artists

Autograph are looking to recruit three artists to lead on the creative direction and community engagement for a new creative project working with artists and communities with experience of displacement.

Acts of Solidarity is a new project uniting artists and grassroots communities from refugee, asylum-seeking, and migrant backgrounds to challenge exclusion in the arts. We’re hiring three Lead Artists on part-time employment contracts (2 days/week), offering a salary, holiday leave, sick pay, and TOIL. Artists will co-develop socially engaged commissions through workshops shaped by their practice and community interests. Support includes time, space, training, and peer exchange. We welcome artists across disciplines—visual arts, performance, sound, writing, film, and more—who are passionate about working with communities in informal settings like libraries, schools, and cultural spaces.

Key skills:

1. Community Engagement – Ability to build meaningful relationships and collaborate with refugee, asylum-seeking, and migrant communities in informal settings.
2. Facilitation – Skilled in planning and leading creative workshops that are inclusive, participatory, and responsive to diverse needs.
3. Collaborative Practice – Comfortable working closely with other artists, community partners, and the Project Producer to co-develop projects.
4. Creative Flexibility – Open to shaping artistic outcomes based on community input and adapting to various settings and schedules.
5. Cross-disciplinary Artistry – Experience in visual arts, performance, writing, sound, film, or other creative forms.
6. Reflective Practice – Willing to contribute to project evaluation through critical reflection and shared learning.
7. Time Management & Professionalism – Able to work part-time with flexibility for evenings/weekends, while managing responsibilities and maintaining professional standards.