Happy Opportunity Tuesday!

26 September 2023

Hi team!

Ten new opps for you below - woohoo!

I miss writing my little intros. I promise I still very much want to highlight the amazing game-changing things everyone is doing (and rant about the rubbish sector stuff, ofc), but I’m currently juggling running a company with planning a wedding and I have run out of time for pretty much anything else haha. Things will be calmer in November (hold me to that…)

One extra thing I did want to share this week though is that my lovely pal, and incredible dancer/choreographer, Jonathan Watkins has launched Ballet Queer - to challenge what ballet can be and showcase LGBTQ+ artists in the process. It’s going to be awesome. Get involved.

Enjoy the list and good luck pals x

Happy Opportunity Tuesday!

Every Tuesday I share 10 #artsopps, commissions, residencies, open calls and applications closing soon.

Always PAID (or free/cheap for training) and for a range of artists: emerging to mid-career, from 16 to 80+.

Here are this week’s…

For disabled artists:

Unlimited have 6x UK awards available: two of £20,000, two of £50,000, and two of £80,000. Plus five awards of up to £50,000 for collaboration between UK-based and international disabled artists. The money is to support you to create and share a new piece of work, in any art form other than fashion, architecture, and film.

Find out more and apply here

DEADLINE: 2 OCT

For visual artists:

Enfield Council are commissioning two artworks for an arts trail inspired by the town centre’s literary and industrial heritage, and reflecting its connection to water and nature.

Find out more and apply here

DEADLINE: 6 OCT

For artists with a connection to County Durham:

Two £2,000 commissions are available to co-create work with people in the North and East of the county, themed around change.

Find out more and apply here

DEADLINE: 2 OCT

For producers and community arts practitioners:

Company of Others are expanding their team and looking for a Community & Producing Lead to work across their projects, productions & tours. Paid £32,000pa, 4 day week!

Find out more and sign up here

DEADLINE: 29 SEP

For freelancers in Bradford and the surrounding areas:

Bradford 2025 are building a register of freelancers who might want to get involved with the city of culture. The skills they’ll be looking for will be many and varied over the next three years – including producers, chaperones, BSL interpreters, creative technologists, production crew, stage managers, photographers and more. They will also need organisations and freelancers with skills in research, evaluation and data analysis. Get involved!

Find out more and apply here

DEADLINE: ROLLING

For cultural leaders:

Dream job alert! ARC are looking for their new Chief Executive and Creative Director, following in the legendary footsteps of Annabel Turpin. Paid £60,000 - 68,000pa.

Find out more and apply here

DEADLINE: 2 OCT

For emerging writers:

Levenshulme Old Library is recruiting two emerging writers for their winter ghost stories project. The paid placement (£600) will match you with an experienced writer and editor for mentoring and editorial guidance.

Find out more and apply here

DEADLINE: 27 SEP

For actors, singers and stilt walkers:

Same Difference, a Leeds-based street theatre company are holding open auditions for performers to join their projects. Work days will be paid between £130 and £175 per day.

Find out more and apply here

AUDITIONS: 7 & 13 OCT

For artists and young creatives in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire or Peterborough:

Apply for Norfolk and Norwich Festival’s creative bursaries to get £2,500 to shape projects that develop your practice, build your experience and benefit children, young people and communities in the area.

Find out more and apply here

DEADLINE: 31 OCT

For immersive performers:

Riptide are looking for performers for a large-scale, one-on-one immersive performance happening in Leeds. Throughout the rehearsal process, there will be integrated workshops led by professionals in the health and wellbeing sector (therapy, life coaches, massage) to give performers clarity and security when performing in this context. Paid £500 per week.

Find out more and apply

DEADLINE: 13 OCT

That’s it for this week!

Really hope it’s useful. It’s a tough time for artists (and, well, everyone) at the mo so please look after each other out there. Let me know if you’re successful with your applications - I love hearing from you! And as always if you enjoy Opportunity Tuesday please share to help us reach the folks who need it most. I started it to try to level the playing field a bit, and every little helps.

Opportunity Tuesday will always be free to access, but if you can afford to chip in a little something to support me to keep it going, that would be hugely appreciated - just click the button below to support with £1 per week. (I’m freelance too!)

Thank you for your support, and I have my fingers and toes crossed for you. Good luck!

P.S. The part you’ve all been waiting for - Mabel says hi

Please note: Inclusion in #OpportunityTuesday is not endorsement. I look far and wide for the most interesting and exciting paid opportunities I can find, and though I do my best to make sure they’re legit, I don’t always know the organisations well. If you have an issue with something on the list, please get in touch with the relevant organisation. You are very welcome to send me opportunities to include, but please note I will not be able to respond to every request, and I do not guarantee inclusion in the list - each week is curated to be varied and relevant. I don’t normally share ‘traditional’ salaried roles such as marketing, development, finance etc as they are often not relevant for artists. Thanks!