Artist Associate (Even Here, Even Now)

We have 3 exciting roles available as part of Even Here, Even Now.

About Even Here, Even Now

Shetland Arts has received funding from Creative Scotland’s Culture Collective Fund and the Scottish Government to support Even Here, Even Now.

Even Here, Even Now has Island based artists at its core, delivering work in and with their communities and advocating for the work happening in rural, island communities, forming a network.

It will deliver on inter-island connectivity across cultural sectors, providing support and funding for:

Development of island based creative practitioners
Showcase events nationally in Scotland
Facilitating connections between island-based artists
Advocacy of island-based artists and their work across our islands, highlighting their value within our communities and beyond.

About the Role

Even Here, Even Now, through Shetland Arts Development Agency, has 3 job roles available of Artist Associates.

These roles will be in:

Orkney (in partnership with The Pier Arts Centre)
The Outer Hebrides (in partnership with An Lanntair, Taigh Chearsabagh)
Shetland (in partnership with Shetland Arts)

The roles are for local creative practitioners to deliver in-person workshops within their local communities and to develop and deliver a practice model for ‘island art in and with communities’. They will meet regularly to facilitate knowledge exchange and co-design the project.

We are looking for artists who wish to not only deliver regular (1 per month) workshops within their varying communities, and regular (bi-monthly) Artist Meet Ups, but also who wish to feed into the programme and advocate it within their networks.

These 6-month freelance roles anticipate delivery from October – May.

Full information about this role is available in the Artist Associate (Even Here, Even Now) Job Pack.

What are the details?

Fee: £6,000 (£1,000 per month)
Contract: Freelance contract, 6 months (October 2026 – May 2027)
3 roles available (1 per location)

Please note: There is no travel and accommodation budget. We do have an Access Costs budget.

How to apply

If you’re interested in this role, please fill in the application form and send it to [email protected].

Your application will be scored by a panel, and interviews will happen in September.

If you have any questions about the role or would prefer to submit the application in an alternative format, please contact Kathryn at the email above.