Outer Spaces: Operations Co-ordinator

Outer Spaces

Location: East Renfrewshire, Glasgow, South Lanarkshire

Salary: £27,800 per annum

Deadline: 23/01/25

This role is designed to support artists’ development. The Operations Co-ordinator will work closely with the team to support artists and emerging networks in Glasgow and towns in the west of Scotland

About Outer Spaces:

Outer Spaces is building a new infrastructure for the arts in Scotland. We support artist development, artist-led activities and studio provision in empty commercial property. Our programming and partnerships support visual artists and we work in the context of vacant or disused spaces as sites of research and experimentation.

Outer Spaces is growing fast and this role is designed to continue and evolve our presence in Glasgow and towns in the west of Scotland, better supporting our resident artists as we plan for expansion into new spaces and ensuring artists have alternative spaces to thrive in and reach their potential.

The response to both our programme and our growing list of available spaces has been overwhelming – since 2021, we have supported more than 800 resident artists and groups in 60+ spaces in 13 local authority areas. Our spaces are currently located in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Greenock, Inverness, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Newton Mearns and Paisley. These are in former shops and offices situated in busy urban centres, out of town commuter hinterlands, post-industrial places and communities devastated first by austerity, then Brexit and Covid and now impacted by the cost-of-living crisis.

Our spaces are rent free. By offering a studio or workspace for free, Outer Spaces is removing an artist’s highest professional monthly cost and this is vitally important now during the cost-of-living crisis when artist’s incomes are being squeezed. We need to ensure artists, especially at an early stage of their career can access spaces, a network of peers, and opportunities to work with other artists and engage with audiences.

The Role:

This role is designed to support artists’ development. The Operations Co-ordinator will work closely with the team to support artists and emerging networks in Glasgow and towns in the west of Scotland. They will be responsible for existing spaces and the set up and occupation of new spaces.

Further details and how to apply: https://outerspaces.org/about/vacancy-operations-coordinator

For further information, please contact submissions@outerspaces.org or visit https://outerspaces.org/

The deadline is Thursday 23 January 2025 at 10:00.