Are you 18-25 years old, live in Ealing and are passionate about culture?
Do you want to develop your creativity and explore new collaborations?
We are recruiting eight young people (aged 18-25) who live in the borough and are considering a career in the creative sector.
Bradford Ealing Creative Exchange is an opportunity to exchange and collaborate with Bradford City of Cultures Young Creatives programme, supported by Arts Council England.
Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture will be one of the biggest arts festivals in the world, with over 1,000 new performances and events across music, visual arts, theatre, film, museums, street art, libraries, photography, craft and far beyond. The programme kicked off earlier this year with Rise (pictured), a magical, people-powered spectacle featuring 200 performers with an audience of more than 20,000 people. The year-long programme includes a Young Creatives programme, that places young residents at the heart of Bradford’s cultural activity for the year.
Interested? Submit your application now.
Extended deadline: Sunday 4th May
Fee: £672 for approximately eight days of work.
Travel, accommodation and food during the Bradford Exchange trip will also be covered.
We’re hosting a webinar to help you with your application on Thursday 17th April at 1pm. To find out more please contact William Rees.
Bradford and Ealing have many things in common. We share a rich heritage of film and media, Bradford is the first UNESCO City of Film, whilst Ealing Studios is the world’s first and longest running film studio. We celebrate our diverse communities as the bedrock of Bradford and Ealing’s culture and character – with over 100 languages spoken and strong links between our South Asian and Polish communities, amongst others. With Bradford being the young city in Europe and a third of Ealing’s population under the age of 25, we recognise the importance of investing in our young residents creative futures. We want to explore these links and more during this exciting moment for Bradford by putting young people at the centre of our cultural exchange.
For the Bradford Ealing Creative Exchange, we are looking for eight young people from across the borough of Ealing to take part in a unique development programme. You will visit Bradford, where you will meet cultural organisations and experience Bradford’s City of Culture programme, followed by Bradford’s young creatives joining us in Ealing for our New Gen Festival and cultural programming. You will also participate in an online programme with artist talks and development opportunities.
The Exchange trips will involve visits, workshops and talks, as well as time for you to network and experience Bradford and Ealing’s rich cultural landscapes. In Bradford, you will get to experience the range of Bradford’s City of Culture programming, as well as sessions with the UNESCO City of Film team, the National Science & Media Museum, Bradford museums and galleries and the Bronte Parsonage. In Ealing, we are partnering with Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery, Gunnersbury Park Museum, Park Royal Design District, Ealing Film Festival, New Gen Festival and the University of West London.
The Bradford Ealing Creative Exchange is a unique opportunity for young people in Ealing to gain invaluable experience during this exciting cultural year for Bradford. This initiative supports our cultural manifesto action plan, and our aim to develop new collaborations and expand opportunities for our young residents to participate in the creative industries.
Councillor and cabinet member for thriving communities
We are looking to build on existing skills, experiences and networks for young people with cultural organisations locally and in Bradford and inspire creative projects for the young people of Ealing.
The programme includes two Exchange trips (one in Bradford and one in Ealing) online exchange talks with curators and producers and a fundraising webinar that is focused on Arts Council England’s Developing Your Creative Practice fund.
The exchange trip to Bradford will take place 9-13 June. The exchange trip in Ealing will take place in late July/early August (exact dates TBC).
You will take part in a series of creative workshops during the Exchange trips, including a workshop with the Huntley Archives at Gunnersbury Park Museum and a podcasting session at the University of West London – where you will work with your peers, exchange ideas and create a portfolio of work.