See below for current artist and job opportunities with CCA.
Call for Artists | The Company of Others
CCA is calling for artists’ proposals to participate in The Company of Others, a pilot project supported by Derry City & Strabane District Council’s Walled City – 400 years programme.
Background
The Company of Others is a project that concerns relationships between colonialism, capitalism, and material culture. It takes its starting point from Derry’s history – of the plantation of the city and surrounding area by the commercial guilds of London – but from there speaks outwardly to other contexts and time-frames. The project is especially interested in the material practices of the livery companies that formed the foundations of British colonialism in Derry.
The 12 guilds that were given control over Derry and the regions adjacent were the Mercers, Grocers, Drapers, Fishmongers, Goldsmiths, Skinners, Merchant Tailors, Haberdashers, Salters, Ironmongers, Vintners, and Clothworkers and the smaller guilds that joined them, including the Cordwainers, Dyers, Scriveners, Upholders, Wax Chandlers, Tallow Chandlers, Broderers, Founders, Pewterers, and Fletchers.* The names of these skills and trades evoke a set of practices, materials and processes that we will research in a public event and exhibition. We will work with artists selected through this open call who seek to test out some of these materials and skills through their artistic practices.
Project partner
CCA is partnering with the School of Archaeology in University College Dublin (UCD) to investigate a set of crafts and skills prevalent around the 17th century. Researchers in the School’s Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture (CEAMC) use a range of analytical techniques to investigate artefacts, residues and samples from the past. Using this information, they replicate objects, structures, features and technologies to test how they were made, used and disposed of. Projects have included, for instance, ceramic vessel production, bronze casting, iron making, leather tanning, textile making, dyeing, house construction and ancient cooking. Please see their Facebook group and Instagram for examples of the diverse projects undertaken.
Call for proposals
The Company of Others will pair artists selected from this open call with experimental archaeology researchers. Artists are invited to propose an area of investigation they would like to develop in relation to the material, historical, and metaphorical agency of these guilds. Artist and researcher will work together to make a public workshop/demonstration on the city walls adjacent to CCA in March 2019. Works produced in this process will subsequently be displayed in CCA’s workshop space. Artists will receive a fee, production and travel budget.
To apply, please complete the application form below including a proposal of no more than 500 words outlining what material process you would like to investigate and the conceptual underpinnings of your project. Within the word count please also outline how the proposal relates to and develops your artistic practice. Artists may submit up to five images to support their application. Please return the completed application form and equal opportunities monitoring form by Midnight on 3 March 2019.
Application Form Word doc | PDF
Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form Word doc | PDF
*a table outlining the Guilds involved in the Plantation of the area can be found here. This table is taken from James Stephen Curl’s The Honourable The Irish Society and the Plantation of Ulster, 1608–2000: The City of London and the Colonisation of County Londonderry in the Province of Ulster in Ireland. A History and Critique (Chichester: Phillimore, 2000).
CCA has an online shop stocking our range of artists’ editions, publications, posters and more. We are planning to expand our selection to include limited runs of guest publications from Northern Ireland and beyond. By featuring new and diverse work in CCA’s online shop, we will be able to bring our audiences’ attention to spectacular work using the book format by artists and others.
We are looking for great publications to feature for limited two-month runs, on a profit-share basis. These may include artist publications, exhibition catalogues, critical writing and more.
If you would like to have your title considered to be one of our guest features, please email us at info@cca-derry-londonderry.org for details using the subject GUEST PUBLICATION
CCA Supports is a programme of activity to support artists to develop their practice. This is a multi-strand project with different elements being launched across 2019.
CCA’s Workshop hosts CCA events, meetings and workshops throughout the year. CCA is designating four days per month to artists, curators, designers and others to use the Workshop space for free during our regular opening hours of Tuesday–Saturday 12–6pm. The space can be used as a temporary studio, performance space, for meetings or more. The Workshop has tables, chairs, sofa, tea and coffee making facilities and a sink (note: there is no trap on the sink so make sure any hazardous chemicals such as turps are disposed of safely).
If you would like to use CCA’s Workshop Space please email your desired date/s, completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form, and a one-page covering letter telling us how you will use the space and how it will benefit your practice to info@cca-derry-londonderry.org with the subject heading CCA SUPPORTS WORKSHOP SPACE APPLICATION or by post to:
Mel Bradley
Administrator
CCA Derry~Londonderry
10–12 Artillery Street
Derry~Londonderry
BT48 6TG
Call for Technicians
CCA works with artists to realise new artworks and to create different environments in the gallery spaces. We are looking to widen our pool of technicians to call upon, including people with skills in AV and multi-media, carpentry, painting and decorating and other technical specialisms.
If you are a technician and would like to join our roster please email your CV, completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form, and a one-page covering letter listing your skills, competencies, and achievements and names and contact details of two referees to info@cca-derry-londonderry.org with the subject heading TECHNICIAN APPLICATION or by post to:
Mel Bradley
Administrator
CCA Derry~Londonderry
10–12 Artillery Street
Derry~Londonderry
BT48 6TG
Call for Volunteers (Ad Hoc)
CCA is looking for Ad Hoc Volunteers to get involved with various areas of CCA’s work including exhibition installation and research. Ad Hoc Volunteers are sometimes a one-off extra pair of hands for an event, or a few days or weeks, depending on the needs of the project and the circumstances of the volunteer. While this is an opportunity for Ad Hoc Volunteers, CCA will soon be recruiting for our 8-week volunteer programme in 2019. Keep an eye on our website for information on how to apply in the coming months, if you are interested in getting involved longer-term.
As a volunteer you will receive instruction and guidance from CCA staff and will be trained to museum standards in whatever the task requires. We are looking for keen individuals with a passion for contemporary art and willingness to get involved; a desire to learn; professionalism; approachability and a positive attitude; a polite and patient demeanour; and good communication skills with a broad range of people from the general public to arts specialists.
To become an Ad Hoc Volunteer please complete this form and return it with your current CV and equal opportunities monitoring form either by post to:
Mel Bradley
Administrator
CCA Derry~Londonderry
10–12 Artillery Street
Derry~Londonderry
BT48 6TG
Or by email. Mark application subject line AD HOC VOLUNTEER APPLICATION, to: info@cca-derry-londonderry.org
Application Form Word doc | PDF
Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form Word doc | PDF
CCA is looking for graphic designers to call upon over the coming years for various pieces of design work that may range from artist publications to stationery,GIFs or web design.
If you are a graphic designer and would like to show us your portfolio, please email your CV, completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form, and a one-page covering letter listing your skills, competencies, and achievements and names and contact details of two referees to info@cca-derry-londonderry.org with the subject heading GRAPHIC DESIGNER APPLICATION or by post to:
Mel Bradley
Administrator
CCA Derry~Londonderry
10–12 Artillery Street
Derry~Londonderry
BT48 6TG