Deadline: 10 March 2012
Open to: engaged people with several years experience in the domain of cultural management, fluent in English
Salary: 780 Euro/month
Description
In the frame of European Capital of Culture the NGO Kosice 2013, developed an international artist – in residency – programme for emerging artists from all over the world. The organization invites international artists for residencies to Kosice to realize art projects, collaborate with the local culture scene and present themselves to the public. Furthermore, East Slovakian based artists are sent abroad for residencies to partner organisations in Germany, France, Ukraine and Moldova. The resident artists are selected by recommendations of local or international experts or through an international jury based on open calls. According to Kosice 2013’s main goals, every artist is introduced to the social environment of the city and assisted to build up networks and collaborations.
Qualifications
Kosice 2013 is searching for a cultural manager with a significant level of experience in residency programmes or similar cultural activities. The residency manager should:
- be passionate, open-minded and flexible to take care of the resident artists, to introduce them to the local surroundings and to help them to resolve daily problems,
- be innovative and creative to work with the established residency concept as well as improve, develop and expand the programme for the year of capital of culture and beyond,
- be skilled to calculate and control the residency budget and to apply for international grants and raise funds on a European level,
- be interested and communicative as well as assertive to collaborate and negotiate with local and international artists, cultural organisations and stakeholders,
- well organized and have several years experience in preparing and coordinating cultural events like exhibitions, lectures, presentations, workshops, etc,
- have expert knowledge and operating experiences in international culture exchange to keep, expand and improve the transnational networks of the residency,
- be team-orientated to work with and as part of the Kosice 2013 team and be patient and well structured to deal with the public administration system,
- speak and write fluently in English to be able to communicate on an international level and to write press releases, grant applications, articles, exhibition texts etc.
Application
Please send your full application (without photo) as PDF file to the K.A.I.R. management until the 10th of March 2012:
Ludwig Henne – ludwig.henne@kosice2013.sk
Following application material should be provided:
- Curriculum Vitae – short CV including your name, address, phone, email along with educational background, working skills and experiences
- Letter of motivation – briefly describe your motivation to work for K.A.I.R. / Kosice 2013