Young Visual Arts Group 2021 – 2022

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

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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 Barbican Marketing, Digital, Curatorial and

Production teams.

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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 in due course. 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 are

invited to attend. If you require any financial support to attend

this selection session, please email

creative.learning@barbican.org.uk. We can cover travel costs

within the M25.

COVID-19 impact

You’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

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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 information

If 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.

Apply

1. Please fill out your personal details below.

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Full Name:

Date of birth:

Email:

Phone number:

2. Address

Number:

Street:

City:

Country:

Postcode:

Borough:

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

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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:

Country:

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Postcode:

Borough:

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

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6. How did you hear about this programme? Please tick one box or underline your answer.

Barbican email

Barbican website

Social Media

Through another organisation

Word of mouth

School / Teacher / Youth Group Leader

From a previous Barbican Young Creative

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If it was none of the above, can you tell us how you heard about the programme?

 

7. Are you a Young Barbican member? Please tick one box or underline your answer.

Yes

No

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

 

9. Previous application details.

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Have you applied for any Barbican Young Creative programmes before?

If so, how many times?

Have you been successful?

Are you applying for any other programmes this year? If so, which ones?

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

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If you would like to answer these through a video, please

include a link in the text box 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?

 

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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.

 

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

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14. You can submit some work (images, film, website, animation, etc.) that demonstrates your interest in the visual arts and art-making. Please provide a web link below.

No more than 10 images submitted 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.

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

 

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16. Do you have any particular areas of interest in the visual arts? Please tick all boxes that apply or underline your answers.

Animation

Art criticism

Curating

Design

Drawing

Film

Installation

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Live Art / Performance

Multimedia

New technology

Painting

Photography

Producing

Sci-art (science and art)

Sculpture

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Socially engaged practice (working in schools /

community settings)

Sound Art

Are you interested in something else that isn’t listed? Please state below:

Do you have any comments on any of your choices?

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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 Barbican Creative Learning providing internet or equipment?

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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 will be

used, always anonymously, for monitoring, evaluation and

reporting purposes only. Thank you. 

Please describe your gender:20

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? Please tick one box or underline your answer.

I don’t know

No

Yes

Prefer not to say

   

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Your ethnicity. Please tick one box or underline your answer. If you tick / underline an Other* Box, you can specify in a space at the end.

Asian or Asian British 

Bangladeshi

Chinese

Indian

Pakistani

Any other Asian background*

Arab

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Black or Black British 

African

Afro-Caribbean

Caribbean

Any other Black background*

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Mixed 

White and Asian

White and Black African

White and Black Caribbean

Any other Mixed background*

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White 

British

Gypsy or Irish Traveller

Irish

Any other White background*

Prefer not to say

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If you selected any other* background, please specify below:

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Which type of school did you attend for the majority of your time between the ages of 11 and 16? Please tick one box or underline your answer.

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 educated

Prefer not to say

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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. Please tick one box or underline your answer.

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

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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 

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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 know

Prefer not to say

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Terms and conditionsYour 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.

Please tick the box or underline it to confirm acceptance.

I accept

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