CREATIVE PEOPLE & PLACES HOUNSLOW
VOLUNTEER CO-ORDINATOR
A Creative Community History of Hounslow’s Diaspora Food Markets
Freelance basis, £150/day, up to 40 days between February – September 2024
Creative People & Places (CPP) is a multi-year funding programme of Arts Council England. The aim of the programme is to increase engagement in the arts in boroughs where this has historically been below the national average. The CPP Hounslow programme is led by a consortium of 5 organisations, managed by Watermans.
This heritage project will focus on the food markets that serve the London Borough of Hounslow’s smaller minority communities from the Asian, African and Eastern European diasporas; in particular the Filipino, Nepalese, Afghan and Polish communities.
The project will be led by locally-based artist Alexis Parinas and the Creative People & Places Hounslow Visual Arts Programme, which is curated by local people.
The project will document the food cultures of Hounslow’s communities using oral history and photography to capture memories and images of the markets and the people who use them. A team of volunteers from Hounslow’s community will be given high quality training in oral history techniques and documentary photography techniques, enabling them to capture this important heritage for future generations.
We will further activate engagement in the project by running a series of talks, exhibition tours and creative activities.
For more details, please see the full job description and person specification: JD CPP Volunteer Co-ordinator (Working 25 01 24)
To apply, please send your CV and covering letter, explaining why you’re interested in the role, and suitable for it, to cpphounslow@watermans.org.uk by midday on 18 February 2024..
Interviews will be held on 23 February 2024
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We’d like to meet you at your best. If there’s anything we can do to make this easier for you, please do get in touch with Thom Stanbury, General Manager, by email to thom@watermans.org.uk.
TECHNICIAN
Brentford, London
Fixed-term 25 September – 29 October 2023
5 weeks @ £550/wk
(40 hours over 5 days, worked flexibly as required)
Watermans (www.watermans.org.uk) is West London’s leading arts centre, housing a theatre, cinema, digital arts gallery, and 2 studio spaces.
Our high-quality programme includes
- live performance (dance, music, cabaret) in our theatre
- outdoor arts at Bell Square, Hounslow, featuring the best UK and international artists
- London’s only permanent new media arts gallery, with an annual Digital Weekender Festival
- independent cinema including new releases, event cinema (NT Live, Met Opera live, and others), and
- participative arts workshops.
We are currently looking for a highly-motivated venue Technician (multi-skilled, with emphasis on lighting and sound) to join our operations team for a fixed term, with the option to extend by mutual agreement.
The role is full-time and will involve working both within the venue and on outdoor events at Bell Square (www.bellsquarelondon.com), and occasionally at other venues. You’ll be an all-rounder who enjoys the challenge of working on a wide variety of projects. Training will be given, where necessary, for cinema projection.
To apply, please email your CV and covering letter explaining how you meet the person specification, to recruitment@watermans.org.uk