A new exchange

The Turnpike Gallery is delighted to announce the launch of A New Exchange an artist development programme for six early to mid-career socially engaged artists who live and work in Greater Manchester. The programme will run from September 2022 to March 2023.

Funded by Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s Culture Fund, A New Exchange is a six month programme that builds on the foundation, success and legacy of The Turnpike CIC’s ‘Making of Us ’ with a continued focus on artist development, co creation, collaboration and community engagement. It will be underpinned by a number of key principles that shaped the success of ‘Making of Us’ notably reflective practice, care, diversity and inclusion.

The programme will again be delivered through successful long term partnerships with Wigan Targeted Youth Support Services, True Colours CIC and The Together Trust.

The continued aim will be to bring together expertise in arts, social care and education, to share learning across sectors and develop new ways of working with artists to engage young people and to up skill and diversify the artistic workforce to deliver projects that fully engage the communities they work with.

The Turnpike Gallery is now looking to recruit 3 early career socially engaged artists living and working in Greater Manchester to take part in A New Exchange Each successful applicant will be partnered with an artist who participated in the ‘Making of Us ’to deliver a project in collaboration with one of the three community partners. Alongside this, the 3 new artists will undertake training, mentoring, peer to peer learning and reflective practice.

Successful artists will be offered the following:

• A £ 500 bursary, travel and subsistence expenses, and a project materials budget
• A short training programme to build skills and knowledge in social/community arts practice working with vulnerable young people adults
• Mentoring sessions with a sector professional(s)
• A series of peer-led crits and sharing events
• The opportunity to work with one other artist who previously participated in the ‘Making of Us’ to co-design a collaborative project with participants from one of the three community partners
• The opportunity to develop skills in Reflective Practice

This opportunity is designed for artists who:

• Identify as facing barriers to this kind of opportunity
• Currently live and work in Greater Manchester
• Are early career with some experience of delivering socially engaged/participatory/co created/collaborative/social projects with communities
• Are interested in the opportunity to work collaboratively with another artist
• Are able to commit to all elements of the programme within the provisional programme
• Are looking for a substantial development opportunity to move their practice onto the next level

To apply see attached.

Informal Interviews: 19 and 20 July 2022
Interviews can be conducted either in person or virtually via Zoom.

Deadline for applications: 4 July 2022, 5pm