Art Club Tutor

Hosted by Friction Arts, we are seeking a practitioner with the experience of supporting young people to express themselves and their worlds through the prism of the Arts.

This Lead Artist/ Tutor will be working alongside artists from our wider team as well as managing a dedicated Art Club team, many of whom are former Art Club members.

Timeline

• Application deadline: Midnight Monday 26th Jan 2026
• Short listing Tuesday 27th Jan 2026.
• Interviews will be held at The Edge,; Wednesday 28th Jan 2026
• Short listed applicants asked to deliver a morning or afternoon session with young people of Art Club; and will include a Youth Panel interview on Saturday 31st of January (this will be paid regardless of outcome).
• You will be notified of the outcome of your application on: Monday 2nd February 2026.
• Expected start date: to be confirmed with candidate, depending on circumstances.

We are looking to hire a highly skilled Art Club Lead Artist/ Tutor to be responsible for leading the next phase of Art Club. We are seeking someone who is confident in working responsively with young people, on individual and group projects with the skills to listen and negotiate with the group as a whole. The Lead Artist/ Tutor will be responsible for driving development for everyone at our Art Club using their artistic, tutoring and managerial expertise.

As Art Club Lead Artist/ Tutor you will manage our Art Club programme, based in Digbeth, Birmingham. Working two days per week (16 hours) during term times (one day delivery, one day admin/planning) .5 day non-term time (4 hp0ours); extra days as needed, negotiated and reflected financially.

You will lead on session planning, programme development, pastoral care, evaluation, project organisation, creative sharing events of children and yp’s work, managing timetables for yp and staff, managing support staff and associated needs for the programme.