PROJECT ARTISTS OPEN CALL:
North Oxon Cultural Education Partnership (NOxCEP) is looking for at least 2 artists, individuals or organisations with excellent skills and experience delivering arts and cultural education for young people in response to curriculum needs. Any artform response is invited animation, film, story, song, dance, theatre or visual arts project to be delivered in 8 Banbury Primary Schools.

BACKGROUND and AIMS
With investment from Artswork and funding from Cherwell District Council, the overall aim of the Better Lives Through Culture project is to support young people to improve their mental health and wellbeing. We hope this programme will enable children to experience increased participation and connection with art and artists whilst building confidence and leadership skills by taking part in Arts Award.

Teachers have told us various areas they wish to develop and BLTC programmes seek to:
• Promote young people’s active participation and response to artwork
• Offer direct experience of artists and their work in line with any covid restrictions
• Develop creative activities and approaches in delivering the curriculum
• Expand accessibility and the range of art forms on offer in schools
• Encourage children’s vocabulary and confidence in expression
• Offer schools to develop an extended experience in a variety of artforms through working with local arts organisations
• Inspire young people to develop confidence, resilience and support positive mental health

WE WOULD LIKE ARTISTS/ARTS ORGANISATIONS TO :

1. Plan, manage and deliver a creative project with young people in a school setting
2. Use as a starting point for the project either:
• A curriculum led topic to be selected by a teacher
• The Settlement Sculptures Public Artwork by Diane Gorvin and Phil Bews
3. Devise the framework of the project with the school arts leads to enable an Arts Award process to take place at Explore/Discover level.
4. Contribute to, support and attend a celebratory event at the culmination of the project.
5. Embed the project’s evaluation process into the planning and record evidence of workshops (i.e photographs / film with permission) as required.
6. Adhere to all safeguarding policies, equality and diversity policies, and commit to a practice that encourages equality, diversity and inclusion.

TIMEFRAME for Better Lives Through Culture
10th January 2022 12 noon Application Deadline
w/c 10th Jan Confirmation to artists
17th January -28th February 2022 Planning timeframes with artists begins and artists will be matched with schools and year groups
28th February- 28th March 2022 Artists devise and agree creative delivery with schools and NOxCEPand produce full projects plans
28th February – 30th November 2022 Timeframe for 8 Projects to be delivered in schools’ and culminated with celebration events
1st Dec -21st December Evaluation information submitted

YOUR OUTLINE PROPOSAL SHOULD INDICATE:
1. If you are available to have initial planning meetings with teachers between 17th January - 28th February
2. If you can produce a project plan and budget breakdown between 28th February and 28th March that is agreed with the schools and NOXCEP
3. All dates you are available to manage and deliver creative work during the following terms:
• Spring term 28th Feb - 8 April
• Summer Term 25 April – 27 May and 6 June- 21 July
• Autumn Term 5 September – 21st October and 31st October - 30 November
4. Your daily fees, travel and management costs
5. A brief example of where Arts Awards have been included in your work to date
6. A brief outline of how your project might use Settlement Sculptures or an example of a curriculum theme as a starting point

FEE/CONTRACT: UP TO A MAXIMUM OF £4000 PER SCHOOL PROJECT
Fees include project development, delivery in schools including VAT, materials, DBS and all expenses. This work is offered as a partnership project, for an agreed fee paid on an agreed schedule over the period of the contract, working flexibly to meet the requirements of the brief from Jan 2022 – Dec 2022.

APPLICATIONS to be submitted to Paula Bailey paula.bailey@cherwell-dc.gov.uk
Please title your application: BETTER LIVES THROUGH CULTURE 2022
CLOSING DATE: Monday 12pm, 10th January 2022
CONFIRMATION TO ARTISTS: w/c Monday 10th January 2022