Arts Agency Artscape is inviting applications for Professional artists and educators – from various arts and near-arts practitioners, performers and specialists, to join Creative Missions 2023 initiative. Together we will be working in order to create arts’ activities for foreigners living in Lithuania.
Important to note, that this time we are giving an enormous advantage for people who can speak Ukrainian, Russian or any other foreign language which is not English. It’s due to effective implementation of arts activities targeted to wider groups who cannot speak English.
CREATIVE MISSIONS
By creating artistic productions and education programs, Artscape aims at improving access to culture and interaction between communities. Working in collaboration with artists, local communities and sensitive society groups we nurture self-expression, active participation in society matters and seek social solutions. This our way to make a meaningful social impact.
We started the Creative Missions project with the aim of creating safe spaces for children, women and men, in migrant settlements. By regularly visiting the centers with artistic and educational activities, we want to express solidarity, support, emotional reinforcement and to involve them in creativity.
596 arts educations were done by 14 Artscape educators who led Creative Missions in 2022. A total of 981 migrants and refugees participated. Educators provide choreography, theatre directing, art therapy, performing arts, design creation and other activities for children, adolescents, unaccompanied minors, young people and women. During the Creative Missions, educators are provided with Artscape assistance in their project implementation with all necessary means.
Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) decided to award Artscape, selected from 64 nominees, for its’ Creative Missions with Social Cohesion Award. The CEB Awards for Social Cohesion is an annual competition that recognizes a project that tackles a pressing social issue in one of the 42 CEB member countries. The award is linked to the CEB’s stated position that appropriate investment in the social sector can have a significant positive economic and social impact on society as a whole
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE THE EDUCATOR OF CREATIVE MISSIONS?
It’s an open call for artists to join current Creative Missions educators’ team and create workshops for children, young men and women during 2023 period.
Creative Missions team seek to ensure a safe place for participants from various migration’s backgrounds where they can express themselves through artistic approach. As an artist we invite you to develop open space for creativity, fantasy and artwork developing in collaboration with people from different cultural backgrounds and experiences. We embrace sharing, learning and looking forward for new ways of co-creation together with participants.
You will be planning and leading creative-educational activities of your specialization according to the needs of the selected target group. It means you will be responsible for all means of the activity with full Artscape’s assistance. Our goal together is to bring arts to the vulnerable target audiences and make a change.
We are looking for such skills as openness, patience, project management, creative thinking, leadership, efficient time management, ability to remain calm in a conflict situation.
Interpersonal skills are important, as well. Artscape creates an organizational culture where team members can develop competences, feel free, organize their work autonomously and contribute to the organization’s mission through intrinsic motivation, excellent teamwork and has shared values within the organization. We are looking for a colleague who will contribute to an effective working atmosphere, has leadership skills and is able to plan workflows independently and meet targets on time.
Experience is very welcomed: experience in leading educational activities for children or young people or experience of working with people from vulnerable groups is an advantage but not a must.
YOU WILL FIND
A flexible activities’ schedule according the Educator calendar. Educator who is participating in Creative Missions is be able to integrate the new activity alongside other individual activities or part-time commitments.
You will have the freedom to choose how to apply his/her exceptional skills and knowledge to Creative Missions initiative.
All participants of Creative Missions educators’ team and volunteers have the opportunity to develop professionally, to share their experiences and to attend skill-building meetings.
Creative Mission’s Educators are paid fixed salary (80 Eur per implemented session/activity).
HOW TO BECOME THE EDUCATOR OF CREATIVE MISSIONS?
We will consider applicants who meet the requirements of this program irrespective of race, colour, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or any special needs you have. Please send your motivation letter until March 10th, 2023 via raimonda@artscape.lt e-mail.
Photo by Algimantas Černiauskas
February 22, 2023