WORK Records: call for animation artists

Animate Projects is looking for three animation artists for WORK Records, an ambitious 18 month creative heritage project exploring historic working lives in the East Midlands.

WORK Records brings together “investigative” teams of heritage curators, historians, artists, current and former workers and volunteers, to explore the holdings of three heritage collections – Derbyshire Record Office, Corby Heritage Centre and John Smedley Archive – and discover what they can tell us about working lives three family firms: John Smedley at Lea Mills, packaging firm Robinson and Sons in Chesterfield, and steel manufacturer Stewarts & Lloyds Ltd in Corby.

The artists will make short animated films that will tell these untold stories, and be the catalyst for a programme of live and online events connecting contemporary workers and families with their historic counterparts.

Alongside the archive collections, we are working with arts Junction Arts in Chesterfield, Fermynwoods Contemporary Art in Northamptonshire, the history team at the University of Derby, and Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site.
Follow this link to find out more about WORK Records and our partners.

There is a total fee of £18,000 for each artist.
The deadline for applications is noon, Tuesday, 22 April 2025.
Submission through CuratorSpace.
Follow this link to find out more about the Call for Artists and how to apply.

WORK Records is made possible with support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, thanks to National Lottery players, and is also supported by Arts Council England.