Applications for the CULTIVATE Creative Practitioner Commissions have now closed.

Creative Dundee is commissioning creative practitioners for the next stage of CULTIVATE, our Culture Collective project which places creativity at the heart of climate justice by developing action with local communities. The creative practitioners will collaborate with communities across the Tay region, mutually exploring and sharing new ways of embedding creativity at the core of grassroots collective action for climate justice.

We are shortlisting for four commissions:

Taking place between January and October 2023, each role will work closely with community groups. The Creative Practitioner Leads will research, learn, understand and co-develop creative responses to better connect and equip the communities with place-based climate justice actions, and the Storyteller/Filmmaker will create a range of accessible and engaging stories to showcase and advocate the important role that culture and creativity play in the climate justice movement.

Want to find out more about CULTIVATE? Read about the project so far and explore some case studies from our initial round of creative practitioner commissions.

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Skills, Experience and Requirements:

• Enthusiastic, self-motivated and responsive – able to work autonomously and willing to adapt appropriately to the needs of the community (within reason).
• Team players – enjoy working collaboratively, building relationships and sharing knowledge, experience and learnings with others.
• Approachable and empathetic – embrace a participatory practice, and thrive on working with people, partners and communities.
• Socially-engaged – have an understanding and a keen interest in social and climate justice.

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Key information

These commissions are open to creative practitioners who have made their life in the Tay region (Dundee City, Perth & Kinross, Angus and North East Fife) .

Fixed Freelance Fee: £20,000 (£264 per day). This fee is guided by the Scottish Artists Union’s 2022 Residency Rates (projects that are 20+ days).

Fixed Period: January – October 2023 (10 months), working flexibly, with the vast majority of working days being between April and August 2023.

Days: 75.8 days for engaging with local groups, and researching, developing and implementing your ideas.

Each practitioner will also have access to budgets for community engagement, production, collaboration with other practitioners, and access—for the community groups as well as the practitioners’ own access needs.

On Thu 6 October, we held an online information session to discuss the application process and answer questions people had about the commissions. You can watch our presentation if you missed it, and read some of the questions that we answered.

Applications for the four commissions have now closed. You can still access the full application pack below but no further submissions will be accepted.

We want to ensure that our application process does not present any accessibility barriers to potential applicants. If we can provide any assistance to support you through this process (or if you want to discuss alternative ways to show your skills and relevant experience), please get in touch.

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Key dates

We recognise that application writing is unpaid labour so we have aimed to keep this process to a minimum. Shortlisted applicants who are invited to apply for Stage 2 will receive a fixed fee of £150 for a submitted Stage 2 proposal.

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Climate Justice Events

We held two informal gatherings, to share food and stories of creative responses to the climate change challenges faced by marginalised communities across the Tay region.

These informal evenings aimed to inspire discussion and share the benefits of applying creative thinking and grass-root activism within local climate actions by, for and with our communities.

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One-to-ones

If you have any questions regarding the programme, commissions or application process, or want to discuss how your skills and experiences might fit one of the roles, please get in touch with:

Claire Dufour, Project Lead – claire@creativedundee.com,

or Andy Truscott, Team Producer – andy@creativedundee.com.