Artist Call Out of Youth Culture CLOSED

Project Overview

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

• Lead and facilitate up to 4 workshops for young people between July and September 2025.
• Co‑create a multi‑disciplinary art piece that can be reproduced in 2‑D print form and featured on an existing arts trail.
• Collaborate with a digital developer to integrate the artwork into a digital platform, creating an interactive and immersive experience.
• Ensure the final work aligns with three existing pieces on the trail.
• Work closely with the team to meet the needs of diverse participants and promote inclusive creative practice.

• Multi‑disciplinary artist based locally in Wolverhampton.
• Experience working directly with young people from diverse backgrounds.
• Track record of facilitating co‑creation workshops and contributing to arts trails.
• Proficiency across various art mediums (e.g., photography, animation, ceramics, music, visual arts, poetry, creative writing).

Send a CV and a short cover letter (max 2 A4 pages) outlining your practice and experience delivering co‑creation workshops with young people, or submit a short video (up to 3 minutes). Email submissions to  by 5pm, Wednesday 4th June 2025.

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

Fee: £1,000 (inclusive of travel and expenses). A separate materials budget of up to £500 per location/youth group will be available to support the creative and cultural activity.

Workshop locations will be confirmed locally within Wolverhampton.

This opportunity is closed.