We're hiring: Curatorial Trainee through Future Collect
Posted on 23 June 2022We're delighted to be able to offer this new opportunity through Future Collect, a partnership project initiated by iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) to reimagine the future of public collections at major art galleries and museums in the UK.
Each year the project partners with a national/ regional museum and gallery to commission artists of African and/or Asian descent, British born or based. Crucially these commissions give an opportunity for an artist to be collected and exhibited by a major British institution – as well as contributing to a wider public debate on collections and whose heritage is being preserved. Towner Eastbourne is iniva’s partner for the third year of Future Collect, and the partnership will commission a major new work of art for display at Towner Eastbourne in 2023/24. It will be supported with a wide public engagement programme and new research into Towner’s growing art collection.

Emii Alrai, Passing of the Lilies, Jerwood Arts. 2021. Photo by Anna Arca.
We are seeking a Curatorial Trainee who will be supported to develop a range of skills expected from the curatorial workforce today including subject expertise, working with living artists, collections care and exhibition making. Learning about audience engagement and widening access to culture will be a fundamental part of developing and enhancing these skills. The successful applicant will have a positive and flexible approach to work and a genuine interest in the visual arts, particularly in the programmes of iniva and Towner Eastbourne.
We consider diversity a strength and are working to make our Board, staff team and programming more representative of the different backgrounds and experiences that make up our communities. We acknowledge the multiple barriers that many communities face, and we work to remove these in our programmes and organisation. We expect all our employees to share this commitment and help us to achieve these goals.
We welcome applications from everyone who meets the requirements of the role. Given the particular focus of the Future Collect programme we particularly encourage applications from candidates of African, Asian or Middle Eastern descent, as these groups are under-represented in curatorial roles across the UK gallery sector as well as within Towner itself.
To apply, fill out the forms on our Jobs page by Monday 18 July (noon).