Artist Call Out of Youth Culture CLOSED

Artist Call Out – Wolverhampton City of Youth Culture

Wolverhampton City of Youth Culture is a 3‑year project of festivals, events, careers development and arts trails delivered by a partnership of cultural organisations. Co‑created with young people, it aims to improve their self‑esteem, resilience, and social skills and build a lasting platform for cultural activity.

• Work across various art mediums to deliver workshops.
• Facilitate up to 4 workshops between July – September 2025.
• Create a multi‑disciplinary art piece for 2D print and integration onto an arts trail.
• Lead, inspire, and co‑create with young people; collaborate with a digital developer to augment the artwork.

• Experience working directly with young people from diverse backgrounds.
• Experience delivering co‑creation workshops, especially with youth.
• Familiarity with arts trails or similar public art initiatives.
• Local to Wolverhampton.

Send a CV and a short covering letter (max 2 A4 pages) outlining your practice and experience delivering co‑creation workshops with young people. Alternatively, submit a short video (up to 3 minutes).

Enter email to  by 5pm Wednesday 4th June 2025.

Shortlisted artists will be invited to an informal session to meet the team and share ideas.

• Final date to receive applications:
  Wednesday 4th June 2025
• Informal artist meetings:
  Wednesday 11th June 2025 (Times TBC)
• Project activity begins in July; collaboration days with digital developer in August and September.

Open to applications from any artistic or creative practice, including photography/digital arts, animation/illustration, ceramics, music, visual arts (2D drawings & paintings), poetry and creative writing.

Fee: £1,000 (inclusive of travel and expenses).

Separate materials budget available to support creative and cultural activity of up to £500 per location/youth group.

Workshop locations to be confirmed; they will be local to Wolverhampton.