Jobs & Call-outs
We are a small core team of employees that expands as projects require.
Our staff work predominantly from home for computer-based work, coming together for meetings and practical delivery as required.
Many of our projects require artists, producers, workshop leaders, designers and other freelance contractors to support us in delivering our work. Here we advertise any of our open calls to creatives for project-based roles.
Current Opportunities
Workshop Artist – River/ Flow/ Connect
Bedford Creative Arts are looking for an exceptional artist to deliver a series of workshops to connect the communities of Kempston with the River Great Ouse. BCA has future ambitions to commission sculptural spaces along the riverbank in Kempston. We need to understand the needs and desires of the local community and discover what we need to know about residents’ views, the river and about wildlife to inform the development of this ambitious project.
The artist will have significant experience in community engagement, a passion for the river environment and public art.
The fee is in the region of £3750-£4000. There is a separate budget available for materials held by BCA of £1000 (approx.)
For informal enquiries, please email our Programme Producer, Ami Aubrey, amia@bedfordcreativearts.org.uk before the 24 April 2024.
We welcome joint applications or applications from artist collectives.
Application deadline: Tuesday 14 May at 10:00
Interviews: online interview in the week beginning 20 May 2024
Submissions to: info@bedfordcreativearts.org.uk
For more information about the role and how to apply, please download the Artist Brief below.
We welcome applications from artists at various stages of their career and from a variety of demographic backgrounds.
Digital Designer/Technologist – Our Natural Blue Spaces
Bedford Creative Arts (BCA) is looking to appoint a freelance creative to create an interactive digital map for our project Our Natural Blue Spaces.
Our Natural Blue Spaces is a project that works with schools and communities in Central Bedfordshire to create an illustrated map of local Blue Spaces (i.e. rivers, ponds, canals, lakes) and identifies ways in which they can be conserved and accessed by local people.
Artist, Kremena Dimitrova, is working in four schools to create a physical illustrated map and accompanying healthy-living campaign. https://kremenadimitrova.com/
We are looking for someone to interpret Kremena’s map in a digital space, on a website or via an app, and add interactivity that enables people to access the content digitally as well as physically.
The budget for this work is in the region of £2,500-£3,000, inclusive of all expenses and disbursements. Applicants are asked to provide a quotation for their services. The fee will need to include your time alongside the digital capture of the illustrations, school’s artwork and any hosting or platform design.
Application deadline: Monday 3 June 2024 at 10:00
Interviews: week beginning 10 June 2024
Submissions to: office@bedfordcreativearts.org.uk
Questions may be asked in advance by email to clarify the brief using the address above.
For more information about the role and how to apply, please download the Digital Designer/Technologist Brief below.
We welcome applications from applicants at various stages of their career and from a variety of demographic backgrounds.
Evaluator – River/ Flow/ Connect
Bedford Creative Arts are looking for an independent evaluator to build an Evaluation Framework and write a brief Report for the first phase of their project River/ Flow/ Connect.
Between June 2024 and Spring 2025 BCA will deliver a series of workshops to connect the communities of Kempston with the River Great Ouse. BCA has future ambitions to commission sculptural spaces along the riverbank in Kempston. We need to understand the needs and desires of the local community and discover what we need to know about residents’ views, the river and about wildlife to inform the development of this ambitious project.
The budget for the work is in the region of £2,000. Applicants are requested to supply a quotation for services. Reasonable travel expenses will be provided agreed in advance. This is a freelance contract. The applicant will be liable for their own tax, insurance and pension contribution. This is not an employment contract.
Application deadline: Monday 3 June 2024 at 10:00
Interviews: week beginning 10 June 2024
Submissions to: info@bedfordcreativearts.org.uk
For informal enquiries, please email our Director, elainem@bedfordcreativearts.org.uk before the deadline.
For more information about the role and how to apply, please download the Evaluator Brief below.
We welcome applications from applicants at various stages of their career and from a variety of demographic backgrounds. An Enhanced DBS check will be required for any unsupervised work with the community.
Work with us
We encourage people from a variety of backgrounds with different experiences, skills, and stories to join us and develop our working practice.
We are especially keen to hear from people that will diversify our existing staff team and reflect the diverse communities in which we work. You can read about our current vacancies on this page.
We also operate a Talent Bank of individuals interested in working with us. If there isn’t an opportunity for you now, but you’d like us to bear you in mind for the future, get in touch and introduce yourself at office@bedfordcreativearts.org.uk
If you are a creative who would like to be considered for future calls and want to introduce yourself or your work, feel free to reach out to us and tell us about yourself at info@bedfordcreativearts.org.uk.
Find out more about us on our team page.