SA: Artists encouraged to apply for apprenticeship

The deadline for this call is Monday, 3 April 2017 and apprenticeships will commence mid-May and end in mid-December 2017.

Practitioners with practical administration, project management experience and broad-based industry knowledge are encouraged to apply.

Through funding from the National Lotteries Commission (NLC), two apprentices from the Eastern Cape province in South Africa will be selected to shadow ACT’s trainers. Successful applicants will present a series of arts management master classes followed by a five-month mentorship for selected beneficiaries.

This part-time training opportunity will suit two individuals who have a passion and commitment for arts development.

The following tasks will be expected of the apprentices:

• Familiarise themselves with master classes curricula and meet with the trainer in advance of the classes for planning and preparation.
• Assist trainers with master class preparation.
• Apprentices must attend and assist the trainer with the presentation of the two-day master classes.
• Liaise with the ACT secretariat, trainers and participants to confirm logistics of the master classes and mentoring sessions, including but not limited to collecting and distributing necessary information and documents, confirming individual time slots for the mentorship engagements and assist with making travel and accommodation and catering arrangements.
• Take ownership of all communications with master class participants.
• Be present and assist the trainer with the presentation of the two-day mentoring sessions, which will happen monthly from August to December.

Apprentices will work hand-in-hand with the trainer, learning from and contributing to the presentation of the four master classes and the subsequent mentorship engagements. The apprentices will provide support to the trainer throughout the process, getting first-hand training, research, facilitation and mentorship experience.

Since inception in 2012, the ACT Building Blocks programme has benefited a number of individuals and cultural organisations by directing focus on governance. The programme also touched on marketing for arts projects, monitoring and evaluation of arts projects and leadership in the arts.

 The stipend for the entire engagement is set at R15 000 ($1 150) per apprentice. Interested candidates can apply here. For more information about this call, click here. Applications for organisations to participate in the master classes will open mid-March. For queries, contact Rahiem Whisgary on +2711 712 8404 or send an e-mail to rahiem@act.org.za