Impressions Gallery, Open Eye Gallery and Side Gallery are looking for a Network Coordinator to work to establish a new pilot network across the North for photographers and organisations that are working with photography.
Specifically, the Photo Connect network aims to support those interested in amplifying or expanding photography provision across the North. It is open to anyone wishing to collaborate – individuals, community groups, organisations and educational institutions – and will provide mechanisms to:
- Share information about photography exhibitions, workshops, and events, across the North.
- Manage Photo Connect communications, e.g. Instagram account.
- Share information from photography courses in the north.
- Share photography related news and opportunities.
- Support bespoke carbon literacy training for photographers.
- Provide at least one Photo Connect networking event in each of the 3 north areas North West, Yorkshire and North East.
- Champion the benefits of collaborating to increase reach and impact.
- Better understand the current photography ecology and demand for increased provision.
We know that photography is under-funded in the north, with just two organisations receiving core support from Arts Council England – Impressions Gallery and Open Eye Gallery – which is at odds with the public’s engagement and interest in photography. The Network Coordinator role is critical to establishing the Photo Connect network and driving forward this ambitious 12 month year-long pilot. The Network Coordinator will provide managerial capacity to identify the photography ecology across the North, connect with potential collaborators, and play a key part in planning and delivering the aims and objectives of Photo Connect.
The deadline for expressing interest is 12pm noon on 31 December 2024.
See: https://www.impressions-gallery.com/opportunity/photo-connect-network-coordinator/
Photo Connect is made possible by Arts Council England project funding
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Really pleased to see this initiative.Hopefully will help Side to reopen again soon.
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