An opportunity to spend ten months working with Old Printworks Arts, Radstock and Bath Spa University’s innovation hub ‘The Studio’, focusing on community engagement through music and sound technologies.

This Community Fellowship responds to Radstock residents’ desire to develop technical and creative skills in music and sound technologies (such as podcast production). 

It is designed to trial new collaborative approaches by exploring the following research question: what is the impact of using creative sound and music-making methods to build long-lasting and sustainable community bridges between city centre and nearby rural creative hubs? 

Are you a sound artist with a track record of community project facilitation who wants to co-create a music and sound community programme? Then this Fellowship might be for you.

We will award one person £20,000 for ten months at 2.5 days/week based predominantly at Old Printwork Arts in Radstock, a creative community hub run by Little Lost Robot CIC but supported by the team at The Studio in Bath.

Who is the Fellowship for?

This MyWorld Fellowship is aimed at freelancers or sole-traders with a practice of music & sound technologies and experience of facilitating creative projects with communities. We invite people to think about these Fellowships as a period of collaborative thinking and experimentation, applying practice, expertise or relevant experience.

The Fellow will be contracted and paid via the University of Bristol (UoB) and supported by Watershed to support with partnership, contracts and output reporting. 

Day-to-day the Community Engagement Fellow will be supported by the MyWorld research lead at Bath Spa University, Dr Ruth Farrar and wider team at The Studio in Bath but based mainly at Old Printwork Arts in Radstock, a creative community hub run by Little Lost Robot CIC where a dedicated member of the team will support the Fellow with activities as part of the Fellowship.

"We're excited to work with this Fellow to further develop The Studio's engagement with the Old Printworks Arts community in Radstock, uniting our shared interests in music and sound to foster meaningful connections."  - Dr Ruth Farrar, Co-Director of the Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries

This Fellowship is part of the MyWorld IDEAS programme, funded by UKRI. Read more about MyWorld.

How to apply

• You are invited to answer five questions on an online form focusing on how you meet the criteria for the Fellowship in residence and eligibility. 
• Shortlisted applicants will then be invited to interview with members of the MyWorld partnership, a member of the local Radstock community, as well as representatives from Bath Spa and Watershed.

MyWorld believe our work will be stronger with greater diversity and welcome applications from those who are currently underrepresented in the culture, technology and higher education sectors. We understand that each of us brings our experiences, our backgrounds and our own unique lens to what we do so no one is expected to represent any specific groups. 

Find out everything you need to know about the theme, the opportunity, the application process, timeline and FAQs below:

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Closing Date: Mon 16 September, 10:00 BST

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