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Want to be an Artist-in-Residence?
An Artist-in-Residence is contracted by Prison Arts Foundation (PAF) to work in the Criminal Justice setting. This may take place in a Prison, Secure Hospital, Probation Hostel or designated space with men, women, young people and juveniles.
You will be directly responsible to the Director of the Prison Arts Foundation.
Whilst in a prison environment or other contracted workplace you must adhere to the rules, regulations and procedures of that venue. If working within a prison, the Education Officer or appointed Senior Prison Official will assist you as a point of contact during your contracted hours.
You will be governed by the Official Secrets Act and will be required to adhere to the Prison Guidelines issued to you.
All work produced in collaboration with your workshop group remains the property of PAF on behalf of the members of that workshop group and the Prison.
General specification:
- must have a working knowledge of teaching in a prison environment;
- must have recent experience of working with a variety of groups in your chosen field;
- must pass the Access to NI Prison Services Sites initial check and initial screening AND the DVA CTC Security Questionnaire;
- must pass an Access NI POCVA check;
- must be an independent, self-employed artist/practitioner responsible for own tax payments and national insurance contributions;
- must have access to own transport.
Traditionally, writing and the visual arts/crafts have been used within the prison setting but Prison Arts Foundation has explored all art forms that are permitted within Prison environments.
Residencies can be diverse in their range, scope and length.
Three main categories:
Category 1
Year Long – An Artist/Practitioner is contracted for one day a week over the course of one year.
Category 2
Short Residency – An Artist/Practitioner is contracted for a short intensive residency for a specific outcome or goal.
Category 3
Visiting Residency – An Artist/Practitioner is invited to visit within the on-going residency of another artist to show/demonstrate their work.
If you would like to be considered as an Artist-in-Residence for Prison Arts Foundation in any of these fields below then read on…
Writers with background and published experience in:
- poetry
- prose
- drama/theatre writing
- TV/film
- Journalism
Drama/Theatre with background in producing theatre and/or using drama theatre in the ‘applied theatre’ sense:
- directors
- actors with teaching backgrounds in their art form
- drama animatuers
Visual Arts with background in variety of media and application in:
- Figurative
- Portrait
- Cartoon/Caricature
- Animation
- CGI
Music with background in teaching, composing, recording and orchestration:
Dance Artists/Practitioners with a background in:
- Hip-Hop
- Contemporary
- Ballroom
- Modern
- Dancercise
Film/Video technicians with background in:
- working with other artists to produce document their work
- Recording and interviewing workshop participants as part of evaluation
- Production of MINI-CINE.
Arts/Crafts Artists/Practitioners with a wide range of backgrounds in producing short-term and long-term pieces, group work and solo work:
- Pottery/Ceramics
- Sculpture – any medium
- Leatherwork
- Folk-Loric – combination of story-telling (fact/fiction/fantasy oral story-telling), craft – producing a piece which requires the acquisition of skills and history of an area/town-land/rivers/country.
- Greeting Cards
- Jewellery
Holistic/Well-being Artist/Practitioners with training and experience in:
- Yoga
- Aromatherapy
- Relaxation
If we haven’t put you off with the strict terms and conditions of the specifications above then we will need from you a current c.v. which includes your Date-of-Birth [essential for security clearance], your current address, your email address and answers to the following three questions:
Why do you want to work inside a prison?
What do you hope to achieve?
What will you get out of this experience?
Prison Arts Foundation will acknowledge your application and interest; send you a security form to be filled out [this takes approximately 8-10 weeks from submission] and from time-to-time invite artists in a specific genre to visit on-going work already happening within the prisons should there be a need to develop a residency in a particular art form.
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