Convener: Tom Frankland
Participants: Sally, Huw, Dan, Zoe, Nadine, Simon
Summary of discussion, conclusions and/or
recommendations:
The
Poly in Falmouth (a small arts venue) is recruiting for it’s general manager
position. My friend, the outgoing manager, texted me this morning to ask if I
could help spread the word. This was my response!
The
job can be seen at http://www.thepoly.org/jobs
and the deadline is Friday 2nd
March.
Our
conversation took us through a discussion of why rural regions need awesome
people and how appealing and also scary
it is to move to somewhere so far away from London. How difficult it is to recruit
for positions and where can you do so?
Arts
jobs, Arts Professional, but is word of mouth always the best way? Mostly is a
job advert already filled but they have to legally advertise it?
Will
there be a glut of people looking for work post Olympics when contracts end in
October?
We
talked about how fantastic Cornwall is and about the Poly, several people had
taken shows there and were interested in an arts job that would take you to the
seaside.
We
talked about babies and families and Huw recommended that when children are
babies, you need your mates around you. When they are little they need space to
run around and when they are teenagers they need the stimulation of the city.
We
talked about difficulties of running a venue and the need to be committed and
passionate. We discussed wheteher you should give your audience what they ask
for or if a programmer should lead with their own taste.
Deadline
for the job is March 2nd – not much time to apply!
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