Reframe Artist Call Out 2025

REFRAME: Inspire Schools Programme
Lead Artist-Facilitator Opportunity
Paid Opportunity | C. £10,000 (40-45 days)

The REFRAME: Inspire Schools Project gets students working collaboratively with Artist-Facilitators to produce a series of digital ‘zines’, weaving graphic design, visual art and digital skills to create their own digital material, using iPads. This project aims to inspire young people to take a creative subject for GCSE.

This project is part of a bigger partnership between Midlands Arts Centre (Birmingham), Southbank Centre (London) and Factory International (Manchester) that develops creative digital programmes for secondary school students.

We are looking for an experienced artist-facilitator able to empower young people to harness their own creativity through a series of school workshops.

About the project

• The project is free for schools to take part in and will take place from Autumn 2025.
• Over the course of 5 full day workshops, seven participating schools will create their own zine using iPads and introducing the principles of graphic design.
• The class zine should showcase a variety of art form such as poetry, illustration and creative writing.
• Each zine will be a group project, developing skills in literacy, design, IT and citizenship.
• Students will get to use iPads and design software to create their zines.
• CPD for teachers, along with resource materials, will be available.

The lead Artist-Facilitator will take their creative brief from Southbank Centre’s 75th anniversary year.

The role will

• Research and plan an exciting set of workshops inspired by the brief.
• Deliver a schedule of workshops at schools in the Autumn and Spring term 25/26 with one Year 8/9 class of young people from each school. Each class will have five full day of workshops working with the schools’ timetable.
• Ensure that the students create a collaborative class zine, exploring the set themes.
• Ensure that all zines are collated together to form an online exhibition.
• Working with MAC staff, deliver a celebration event at MAC for the students to attend in Spring 2026.

Please note this role will be subject to a DBS check.

How to apply

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