Could you be one of the next Visiting Artists at Tanio’s Breathing Space Ignite programme?
Tanio would like to commission:
Visiting Artists to deliver workshops with adults on our Breathing Space Ignite (BSI) programme, culminating in a sharing event in the summer of 2025.
This opportunity is open to artists of all disciplines; BSI participants have expressed an interest in songwriting and sculpture, but are also open to trying new things.
The project:
BSI is a programme of weekly creative wellbeing workshops run by different lead artists in 7 locations across South Wales (6 in Bridgend County and 1 in Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff). The workshops run for 42 weeks of the year, with each group focusing on a different art form. Our aim is to support the mental health and wellbeing of the participants, while building confidence and self-esteem and helping combat loneliness and isolation.
Currently we have groups with singing, music, visual arts, craft, and creative writing – in some cases these groups will have been working in their art form for several years.
The Visiting Artist will come in and and run 5 workshops per location to give participants a taste of something new. Your workshops could link up with what the groups already do, or be completely stand alone. We’d really like to hear from specialists and unique artists. We welcome expressions of interest from artists of diverse backgrounds.
The times, locations and current art forms for each group are as follows:
Monday 1 – 2.30pm Central Bridgend music
Tuesday 11 – 1pm Ogmore Vale visual arts
Wednesday 11 – 1pm Bettws visual arts/craft
Wednesday 11 – 1pm Porthcawl singing
Thursday 11 – 1pm Maesteg creative writing
Friday 10 – 11.30pm Pontypridd visual arts/craft
Friday 1 – 3pm Bryngarw visual arts
What are we looking for?
We are looking for individuals with
- Excellent creative skills to enable the successful delivery of the project
- Experience of working with adults in a community setting
- Ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively with another artist and all project partners
- Proven excellent communication and interpersonal skills with people at all levels
- Willingness to take a hands-on approach to problem solving and trouble shooting
Main Duties and Key Responsibilities
- Develop, plan, and run a series of 5 creative workshops in one or more of the BSI weekly groups.
- Working with groups of up to 12 adults in their regular session times and locations (please see above for times and locations)
- Supporting the groups to create something to be exhibited or performed at the sharing event in July
- Collaborating with the lead artist and wellbeing assistants at the groups to ensure engagement and the wellbeing of participants
- Helping set up the display/performance and support the running of the sharing event in the summer
- Contribute to evaluation and risk assessments where necessary
Organisational Requirements
You will:
- Have an up-to-date DBS check or be prepared to undertake one
- Maintain a high standard of professionalism
- Work mindfully in different environments and maintain confidentiality at all times when recording or collecting data for the project
- Comply with Tanio’s Health and Safety Policy and statutory regulations
Terms and Conditions
Nature of engagement: Freelance (self-employed) contract
Place of Work: Various locations across Bridgend borough and Pontypridd
Fee: £750 per location to include planning and preparation and delivery of 5 workshops.
(for example fee would be £2,250 if you worked in 3 locations or £3,000 if you did 4)
With an additional fee of £175 per artist for the sharing event.
Contract length: The workshops will start mid-May and be completed by the end of July 2025.
What to do if you are interested?
Please send a cover letter (no more than 500 words) tell us what experience you bring to this project, a brief plan for your workshops (tell us a bit about what you’d do and how you’d do it – doesn’t need to be detailed plan), along with a current CV to: helo@taniocymru.com
We are also happy to accept other forms of introduction, such as video or audio (max 5 mins long).
Application deadline is 22nd April 2025 at 9am. We will reply to all enquiries.