Artist Opportunities Call for Local Artist
Listen to the Voices of the Fens Project (Wicken Fen) - CamSight and Burwell Day Centre
Babylon Arts is seeking a local artist to co-design and deliver creative workshops for adults with accessibility needs and/or low vision/blindness as part of the "Listen to the Voices of the Fen" project, led by artist Kathy Hinde. The project will focus on the theme of "listening" to nature and aims to deepen connections with Wicken Fen Nature Reserve.
The selected local artist will be responsible for delivering listening walks and creative workshops to groups from Camsight and Burwell Day Centre, utilising high- and low-tech methods to help participants access and creatively respond to nature's hidden sounds. The artist will work closely with lead artist Kathy Hinde and Babylon Arts.
Project Timeline:
- December 2024 to July 2025
- Includes 2 listening walks and 4 workshops
How to apply
To find out more download our call out guidance here:
Submit a proposal (No more than 2 sides of A4 max) demonstrating suitability for the project. Include your approach, relevant experience, and how you will ensure accessibility.
Deadline: 9am, 31 October 2024
For more information and to apply, email: florence.tong@babylonarts.org.uk.
Interviews will be held on Thursday, 28 November 2024.
Aplicants should also complete the Equal Oppitunites from HERE. At Babylon ARTS we want to ensure we're including all sections of our community in our activities. This form will allow us to understand who we are reaching, and identify those groups that we are currently failing to reach. Please be assured this information will not be connected with your submission in any way.
Listen to the Voices of the Fens Project (Wicken Fen) - Local Schools and Fairs
Babylon Arts is inviting a local artist to co-design and deliver workshops for children in schools and creative activities at local fairs, as part of the "Listen to the Voices of the Fen" project celebrating Wicken Fen’s 125th anniversary. The project, led by Kathy Hinde, focuses on helping people connect with nature by listening to the often hidden sounds of the Fen.
The artist will design and run workshops at four schools and facilitate creative activities at four community fairs, encouraging children to listen to their natural surroundings using innovative approaches. They will work with Babylon Arts and Kathy Hinde throughout the process.
Project Timeline:
- December 2024 to July 2025
- Includes 8 workshops in 4 schools and creative activities at 4 fairs
How to apply
To find out more download our call out guidance here:
Submit a proposal (No more than 2 sides of A4 max) demonstrating suitability for the project. Include your approach, relevant experience, and how you will ensure accessibility.
Deadline: 9am, 31 October 2024
For more information and to apply, email: florence.tong@babylonarts.org.uk.
Interviews will be held on Thursday, 28 November 2024.
Applicants should also complete the Equal Oppitunites from HERE. At Babylon ARTS we want to ensure we're including all sections of our community in our activities. This form will allow us to understand who we are reaching, and identify those groups that we are currently failing to reach. Please be assured this information will not be connected with your submission in any way.
Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteer with Babylon ARTS to help make the fens a brighter place
We are looking to grow our volunteer team, to help brighten Ely’s cultural offer by supporting its cinema, gallery and events through 2023.
At Babylon ARTS, we manage the part-time independent cinema at The Maltings. We also run a varied programme of exhibitions at the Babylon Gallery on the riverside in Ely and have plans for a range of outdoor performances and events this year.
Volunteers have always played a big part of our work at Babylon Arts, however the challenges of Covid have had an impact on the number of people who can still regularly help and so we’d love to welcome more people to our volunteer team. We will provide training for the duties that people get involved with.
Budding volunteers need to be aged 18 or over and the charity is committed to supporting those with access needs or who have never volunteered before to get involved. To offer your help please fill in our form here.
Download our Volunteer Handbook March 2021 - PDF [352 KB]
Download our Volunteer Policy - PDF [109 KB]
Download our Code of Conduct - PDF [82.2 KB]
Governance
We're always interested to hear from people who would like to be a trustee
Can you help us to achieve our ambitions as a charity committed to inspiring, developing and delivering quality arts events and activities to engage communities across rural Cambridgeshire and beyond?
Operating from our beautiful micro arts centre in Ely, our small team is having a big impact locally and across East Cambridgeshire, Fenland and parts of West Suffolk. This is an exciting time to join the organisation as a trustee, as we're raising our ambitions to achieve our vision of being the creative heart of Ely and West Anglia.
For more information about the role of a Trustee for Babylon ARTS download the Recruitment Information [PDF, 230 KB]. If you would like to express your interest, please complete and return this form.
If you're interested in applying or would like more information, please email office@babylonarts.org.uk.
Become a Charity Member
As a charity we have a Memorandum and Articles of Association, which set out how the charity is governed; simply put, it’s a set of rules. According to these rules, Babylon ARTS (whose register charity name is ADEC, Arts Development in East Cambridgeshire) is required to have Members who are referred to as ‘Charity Members’.
This membership is different to our paid membership scheme, where individuals pay a small annual fee to access benefits such as free and discounted cinema tickets and get invited to subscribing membership events etc.
There is no charge for becoming a Charity Member. Individual people or organisations can apply to become a Charity Member and their membership needs to be approved by the trustees.
Find out more about become a Charity Member