Support Artists x 4, Sherburn In Elmet

This call out is for early career or emerging artists, or mid-career artists who are interested in learning more about co-created and inclusive practice.

You will support a Lead Artist and be supported and managed by a Project Manager.

Working together with our partnership and communities in Sherburn, we’ll make exciting things happen, together.

• Our half day rate for support artists is £100. This includes approximately 2 hours of delivery and an hour to remotely support or brief with a Lead Artist each week.
• Our full day rate is £160, to include a full day of delivery (up to 6 hours, but usually 5).

Final delivery models are subject to finalising with each residency host and artists. However, we anticipate:

• Approximately 13 x half day (2 hour) workshops- 0.5 days per week or equivalent. Some flexibility is required around project needs.
• The possibility of up to 3 school holiday / weekend day-long workshops, dependent on the school.
• 1 x day festival delivery and up to 1.5 days artist’s preparation.
• The maximum payment expected, based on an early model prototype is £2200
• Start date: Early March 2026
• End date: Mid-June 2026
• You must be available for Now Then! Festival, Sherburn on Sunday 14 June 2026

We aim to reach participants who may not typically be able to access the arts; including children and young people eligible to free school meals and/or with Special Educational Needs.

We are open to working with a range of arts forms and genres, including:

• Contemporary Theatre
• Puppetry
• Contemporary Dance
• Contemporary Music
• Contemporary Visual Arts, Crafts and Installation
• Contemporary Circus
• Spoken word, Creative Writing and Poetry (for performance or presentation using visual arts)
• Cross-Arts

We’re especially keen to hear from:

Musicians

Socially engaged theatre, dance or circus artists who co-devise work

Puppetry artists

Local and emerging artists

Artists from underrepresented backgrounds