Curating Contemporary Art in Heritage, Knowledge Transfer Partnership Associate

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The role
This Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) is a new partnership between the Vindolanda Charitable Trust and Newcastle University. Working with these two partners and with the wider Hadrian's Wall Partnership including Northumberland County Council, the KTP Associate will develop, with the support of academic mentors, a strategic plan for the commissioning and programming of contemporary art for Vindolanda and other key sites along Hadrian's Wall. This is an exciting career developmental post for an individual who is passionate about the contemporary arts in heritage sites and the role it has to play in developing new audiences and profile at heritage sites.

Based at The Vindolanda Trust near Bardon Mill Hexham Northumberland, you will be engaged as a Knowledge Transfer Partnership Curating Contemporary Art in Heritage associate to work alongside the Vindolanda team to develop a considered strategic plan, its purpose to engage and attract new and emerging audiences in the physical and digital domains by placing contemporary art in this important UNESCO World Heritage site.

During the period of Roman occupation, Hadrian's Wall was garrisoned with troops from across the Roman Empire which stretched from North Africa and Europe through to the Middle East. We are keen that this dimension of the Wall's history should be taken on board in future art commissioning.

We are looking for a candidate who is passionate about contemporary art and heritage and would also enjoy working collaboratively with a wide range of partners.

Benefits:

• Working within a stunning UNESCO World Heritage site setting with a supportive team and three University academic mentors (Judith King, Andrew Burton in Fine Art and Natalia Yannopoulou in the Newcastle University Business School) who have expertise within this area.
• Ability to access full Newcastle University resources including other departmental academics and research.
• £4000 individual training budget that can be used for materials, courses and attendance at conferences etc.
• The opportunity to lead on the strategic planning of contemporary art programming including increasing knowledge of partnerships and funders.
• Develop managerial skills and attend two residential managerial workshops (each of one week duration).
• Relate positively to the region's status as a leader of contemporary art programming within a heritage context.

Although the KTP curatorial associate will be an employee of Newcastle University to carry out the objectives of the project, he/she/they will be required to spend a significant amount of their working time at Vindolanda, a major historic site near Twice Brewed, Northumberland. The contract is full-time, fixed-term for a duration of 2 years, although it is worth noting that more than 70% of KTP staff receive a permanent job offer by their KTP company.

The Vindolanda Trust is an independent charity established in 1970 to excavate the remains on its land and to share the knowledge gained with the public through museum exhibitions. https://www.vindolanda.com/ .

For more information or informal enquiries, please contact Prof Andrew Burton ([email protected] ).

For further information on the School of Arts and please visit the web page at: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/sacs/ .

For further details about Knowledge Transfer Partnerships please visit the web page at: http://www.ktp-uk.org/ .