Chair

Crescent Arts is looking for a new Chair and a number of Trustees to lead the organisation through the next three years or more, working closely with other Trustees and the Creative Team to support the delivery and development of its plans. 

Ideally you will know our work and the contemporary visual arts sector that Crescent Arts is part of. However, if you have not seen the work and are interested in using your skills and experience to support the arts, we are keen to hear from you. We are welcoming of new voices who feel they can constructively challenge us and the way we work, and we are keen to find people who may not have considered becoming a Trustee before.

We believe that Crescent Arts will be a stronger company with the support of Trustees who value and embody difference, diversity of background and lived experience. We are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. We acknowledge that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented in the arts, and we are committed to doing what we can to address this.

We are particularly keen to receive applications from those who identify as global ethnic majority, d/Deaf or disabled (including ‘invisible’ disabilities or neurodiversity such as autism and dyslexia), as being LGTBQ+, and people who identify as working class now or in the past. As part of our aim to support emerging practitioners and arts workers to develop experience and skills, we encourage younger individuals to apply to become a Trustee. We can provide mentoring to develop your experience of governance.

Crescent Arts is based in Scarborough, and an important focus of the organisation’s work is engaging with communities in the Borough. Crescent Arts is also committed to developing work and relationships regionally, in the North, nationally and internationally. The increasing adoption and availability of technologies that support remote working, make it possible to welcome interest from prospective Trustees who may not have a local, physical base, but who are interested in supporting the work of the organisation.

As a Trustee of Crescent Arts, you will use your experience to help it achieve its full potential as a key, strategic contemporary visual arts orgnisation in North Yorkshire, within the context of Arts Council England’s (ACE) Let’s Create strategic framework.

If you are interested in becoming a Trustee please email Adrian Friedli, Director [email protected] with an expression of interest (up to two sides of A4) telling us what you can contribute as a Chair or Trustee, why you would like to join, and what you would like to get out of the opportunity. You can also apply using a video or audio file. If there are any other adjustments, we can make to facilitate your expression of interest, please get in touch with Adrian.