Young Visual Arts Group 2021 – 2022Programme information  

About Are you deeply passionate about the visual arts? Excited to create new work, explore new ideas and work collaboratively? Aged 16-25?

Then our Young Visual Arts Group is for you.

It’s a two-year programme that runs between October and May each year. The programme’s themes, ideas and outcomes are shaped by the group each year, with guidance and support from our staff and lead artist mentor, Jordan McKenzie. Through the programme, you will receive mentoring and guidance from visual arts sector leaders, and work towards putting on an exhibition or event at the Barbican. Working collaboratively is at the core of the programme, encouraging a supportive community.

New participants make up half the group, with the other half continuing from the previous year. You’ll join in October 2021 and will be welcomed into the group by our staff and last year’s participants. Your second year will then involve you taking more of a lead on shaping the themes and focus of the programme, ready for when new young creatives join the group.

Young Visual Arts Group aims to include and represent a diversity of artforms, approaches, and voices. We particularly encourage applications from people who are from groups under-represented in the arts sector, and consider applicants’ ethnicity, disability, gender, and socio-economic backgrounds.

If you’d like to discuss any special access requirements you have for both the application process or the programme itself please contact us on: creative.learning@barbican.org.uk.

You must be a Young Barbican member to participate. Sign up here for free and access discounted tickets to amazing art and entertainment.

Schedule The sessions will include regular group workshops and meetings, as well as artist-led activities and exhibition-planning sessions with our Marketing, Digital, Curatorial and Production teams.

You’re expected to attend all the sessions at the Barbican Centre, taking place:

Two Wednesday or Thursday evenings per month, 6.30-9pm 

One Saturday every 1-2 months, 11am-4pm

The first session will take place on Wednesday 6 October and all other session dates will be confirmed soon. Extra meetings will take place with increased regularity in the lead-up to the exhibition or event in May 2022.

There’ll be a friendly and relaxed selection session for shortlisted applicants on Sunday 26 September, 11am-4pm. We’ll be in touch a week or so before to confirm if you’re invited to attend. If you require any financial support to attend this selection session, please email us on creative.learning@barbican.org.uk. We can cover travel costs within the M25.

COVID-19 impactYou’ll meet in person at the Barbican Centre or online via Zoom 2-3 times a month from October 2021 to May 2022. We aim to have sessions take place at the Barbican Centre when Public Health England and Barbican Centre policy allows this and expect you to be available to attend in person. However, some sessions might be run online if public health guidance changes. We will aim to be as flexible as possible, recognising some participants might have particular COVID-related health or social reasons for not always being able to attend in person.

Bursary informationIf there are reasons that would prevent you from applying or participating in this programme such as travel, childcare, access to technology or Wi-Fi, please let us know and see our bursary information for further details.   Find out more information about the bursary scheme.

Your Application

1. Please fill out your personal details below.

Full Name  Date of birth    

Email    Phone number  

 

2. Address

Address   Address   

City/Town    

Postcode 

Country   Borough     

3. Your Parent/Carer's details (required if you are under 18 years old)

Full name    Phone Number    

Email    

4. If you are in formal education or belong to a youth group, please fill in the contact details for your school, college, university, or youth group below.

School/College/Youth Group/University name  

 

Name of your teacher/youth group leader  

 

Street Address    

City    Postcode      Country    Borough    

5. Do you have any access needs? Please describe them.

 

6. How did you hear about this programme?

  Barbican Email  Barbican Website  Through another organisation  Word of mouth  Social media

  School/teacher/Youth Group leader

 From a previous Barbican Young Creative participant  Other (please specify): 

 

7. Are you a Young Barbican member?

  Yes

  No

8. Are you currently in full-time or part-time employment? Please describe your work commitments.

 

 9. Previous application details.

Have you applied for any Young Creative programmes before?  

  YES / NO

If so, how many times?  

 

Have you been successful?  

 YES/NO

Are you applying for any other programmes this year?  

 YES/ NO

Which ones?  

 

The following questions 10-15 ask you to talk about yourself and why you would benefit from this programme.

If you would like to answer these through a video, please include a link in the text boxes below. Make sure to answer all the questions. * Note we do not accept WeTransfer links as they expire after a week. Please also note when sharing a Google Drive/Dropbox link, ensure it is a shareable link and the permissions to view have been granted. There isn’t the time during the application review process to seek these permissions.

10. Are you interested in developing a career in the arts sector, and if so, why?

 

 

11. If you could be mentored by any artist, who would you choose and why?

 

12. Describe what you would hope to gain from the experience of working as a collective and receiving mentoring.

 

 13. Please tell us about an artist, artwork or exhibition which has inspired you and why.

 

14. You can submit some work (images, film, website, animation, etc.) that demonstrates your interest in the visual arts and art-making. You can provide a web link below or upload the work here. No more than 10 images submitted as a single PDF file or more than 10 minutes of video footage will be accepted. Please label your file clearly: YourName_YVAG

* Note we do not accept WeTransfer links as they expire after a week. Please also note when sharing a Google Drive/Dropbox link, ensure it is a shareable link and the permissions to view have been granted. There isn’t the time during the application review process to seek these permissions.

 

15. If you don’t have any work to submit then please tell us about your experience of the visual arts.

 

 16. Do you have any particular areas of interest in the visual arts?

  Animation  Art critique  Curating  Design  Drawing  Film  Installation  Live art / performance  Multimedia  New technology

  Painting  Photography  Producing  Sci-art (science and art)  Sculpture  Socially engaged practice  Sound art  Other (please specify): 

Comments:   

17. Is there any reason why you foresee being unable to attend all sessions at the Barbican Centre between September 2021-April 2022, and September 2022-April 2023?

 

18. Do you have a computer at home and good online connectivity?

 

19. Would you require support with Creative Learning providing internet or equipment?

 

Equal Opportunities Monitoring Barbican Creative Learning is working towards anti-racism and equity in all aspects of our work. Improving representation within the arts is a fundamental part of our strategy. This includes improving how we collect, monitor and evaluate the demographics of our participants. Additionally, we are funded by Arts Council England (ACE) as a Band 2 National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) and are therefore required to contribute to their understanding of the organisations and artists they fund. When analysing this data, we will also compare our results with the Office for National Statistics to better understand how our demographic data compares with the regions in which we are working. 

Answering these questions is completely optional. The information you supply to us will be kept secure and anonymous and will be used for monitoring, evaluation and reporting purposes only. Thank you. 

Please describe your gender.

 

 The Equality Act 2010 defines disability as 'a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial long-term effect on a person's ability to carry out normal day to day activities.' Do you consider yourself to have a disability? 

  I don’t know  No  Yes  Prefer not to say

 Your ethnicity (if other, *please specify in the text box below)  

Asian or Asian British   Bangladeshi  Chinese

  Indian

  Pakistani

  Any other Asian background*

  Arab

Black or Black British   African

  Afro-Caribbean

Caribbean  Any other Black background*

Mixed   Asian and White

  Black African and White

Black Caribbean and White  Any other Mixed background*

White   British

  Gypsy or Irish Traveller

Irish  Any other White background*

  Prefer not to say

If you selected any other* background, please specify in the box below if you wish:

 

Which type of school did you attend for the majority of your time between the ages of 11 and 16? 

  An independent or fee-paying school, but fees were paid in part or full by a bursary 

  An independent or fee-paying school and fees were not paid in part by a bursary 

  A state-run or state-funded school that selected on the basis of academic ability, faith or other grounds 

  A state-run or state-funded school that was non-selective (e.g. a comprehensive, secondary modern) 

  Attended private (with tuition fee) school outside of the UK 

Attended state-run school (without tuition) outside of the UK Home educatedPrefer not to say 

 When you were aged about 14, which best describes the sort of work the main / highest income earner in your household did in their main job? We apply the following categories from the ACE Annual Survey. 

  Clerical and Intermediate Occupations: E.g. secretary, personal assistant, clerical worker, office clerk, call centre agent, nursing auxiliary, nursery nurse 

  Long Term Unemployed: Claimed Jobseeker’s Allowance or earlier unemployment benefit for more than a year 

  Middle or Junior Managers: E.g. office manager, retail manager, bank manager, restaurant manager, warehouse manager, publican 

  Modern Professional Occupations: E.g. Teacher/lecturer, nurse, physiotherapist, social worker, welfare officer, actor, artist, musician, police officer (sergeant or above), software designer 

  Retired 

Routine Manual and Service Occupations: E.g. HGV driver, van driver, cleaner, porter, packer, sewing machinist, messenger, labourer, waiter/waitress, bar staff Semi-Routine Manual Service Occupations: E.g. postal worker, machine operative, security guard, caretaker, farm worker, catering assistant, receptionist, sales assistant Senior Managers and Administrators: Usually responsible for planning, organising and co-ordinating work for finance such as finance manages,

chief executive etc Short Term Unemployed: Claimed Jobseeker’s Allowance or earlier unemployment benefit for a year or less Technical and Craft Occupations: E.g. motor mechanic, fitter, inspector, plumber, printer, tool maker, electrician, gardener, train driver Traditional Professional Occupations: E.g. solicitor, accountant, medical practitioner, scientist, civil/mechanical engineer I don’t knowPrefer not to say

 Terms and conditions

Your submission of this form to Barbican Creative Learning will constitute your confirmation of the following declaration:

• I hereby confirm that the information I have given in this application is true and correct.

• I confirm my availability for the programme as per the dates given above.

• I agree that the Barbican may, for administrative purposes only, make copies of any material submitted in support of my application.

• I agree to the Barbican processing personal data as part of the applications, registration, and learning support processes and accept that this information will be retained during and following my participation for administering my progress and for the provision of statistical returns.

• By submitting this form, I give the Barbican permission to store and process my data as described above in accordance with professional standards and the Data Protection Act 2018.

  I accept

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