Paid Artist Trainee Call Out

Creative Lives in Progress; Doncaster, Sheffield; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

An arts organization in Doncaster is offering a unique opportunity for early-career participatory arts practitioners. This role involves training alongside experienced artists, where you will deliver workshops and engage with communities, specifically focusing on adults with mental health challenges. The program encourages applications from individuals identifying as part of the global majority, offering paid training for 24 days over a 3-month placement.

Qualifications

• Artists early in their journey as a participatory arts practitioner.
• Experience in movement, dance, drama, theatre, or music.
• Must identify as part of the global majority.

Responsibilities

• Learn and develop alongside experienced artists.
• Deliver workshops in community settings.
• Engage with adults experiencing mental health challenges.

Job description

Overview

This is a unique opportunity to learn, practise, and develop alongside experienced artists working in the fields of Creative Health and Learning.

We welcome applications from artists of all ages, as long as you are early in your journey as a participatory arts practitioner. You might be:

• A recent creative graduate,
• An experienced artist who has never delivered workshops,
• A singer interested in leading a community choir,
• Or a musician wanting to work with adults with lived experience of mental ill health.

We are particularly interested in artists working in movement, dance, drama, theatre, or music (including singing, digital, percussion, instrumental, etc.). Interdisciplinary artists who combine artforms are also encouraged to apply.

This programme specifically supports global majority artists (people who identify as Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, Indigenous to the global south, or have been racialised as ‘ethnic minorities’), living in South Yorkshire.

Key Dates

• Application deadline: 9am, 15th September 2025
• Interviews (online): 23rd and morning of 24th September 2025
• Traineeships: Each Trainee will take part in one 3-month placement during one of the following periods:
• • October 2025 – January 2026
  • February – April 2026
  • May – July 2026

Pay

24 days training paid at £75 a day over a 3 month period (includes planning and delivery).