Art Gene Board Application Form

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Joining our Board of Trustees
An Opportunity to Invest in Innovation
                       ...“the arts should be seen as leaders in innovation in technology.

                       Fundamentally, what we want to achieve is the long-overdue recognition that the arts sit at the centre of the change we
                       are all experiencing, not at the periphery. The importance of the arts is growing, not diminishing. As our science
                       minister David Willetts has said, “instead of just thinking about STEM, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths, we
                       should add the Arts so it becomes STEAM”.

                                                                                               Ed Vaisey, (UK) Minister for Culture Feb 2012


Art Gene are leaders in re-visioning regeneration. We are always interested in receiving applications
from potential new Trustees to act as advocates for Art Gene’s work and to extend our Board’s skills
and demographic range. Art Gene is a relatively new Charity having been a Not-for-Profit organisation
since it’s incorporation in 2002.
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2012 is our 10 year ‘Re-visioning the role of artists and more recently architects, other
specialists and communities in the regeneration of the social, natural and built environment’

We have already this year launched our new website which we see as a key tool in promoting and
documenting our work and in developing new relationships and projects. We hope you will find it
interesting and informative. Our tenth year is also the first year of the new National Portfolio
Organisations structure at Art Council England, which presents us with new challenges and
opportunities to further expand our primary activities across the NW Region and continue with our
(inter)nationally focussed programme through a wide and growing network of associates.

In the new financial year we will be recruiting another key member to our core team of staff to help us in
our expansion. We will also be completing two major sea-change funded projects in Barrow and
Sunderland, whilst further developing and delivering a range of new initiatives and projects locally and
regionally.

We hope you will consider making an application to join us as a trustee and share your skills
and experience in helping Art Gene ‘give form to need’.

Trustees Responsibilities

The Board of trustees meet quarterly at our premises in Barrow-in-Furness. Members are required to
attend at least three of the four meetings held annually, one of which is also our AGM. Initial terms are 3
years and members must retire after a maximum of 3 terms (9 years). Board Member’s Travel
Expenses are reimbursed and we begi each meeting with informal conversation, home cooked food and
a range of refreshments.

Art Gene Board Members are encouraged to take on specific responsibilities in line with their skills and
experience. Each of our Board Members are allocated time within each meeting to present updates and
share their recent activities and interests with fellow Trustees.

We try to organise regular training events for our Board. This year we have been fortunate that Arts
Council England have successfully secured a prestigious and intensive Clore Board Training and
Development Day for Art Gene’s Board of Trustees to take place in June 2012.

Trustees are offered hot-desking facilities and the use of computers and IT at Art Gene to aid them in
supporting the company’s objectives as part of our team.
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Application Form
Please include;

A Completed Application Form

Current selected CV (max two sides of A4)

A short biographical narrative

Images (10 max if appropriate to your work).



Art Gene’s Board of Trustees will review applications and shortlist candidates who will be
invited to attend a half-day induction meeting led by our Artist/Founder Directors: Stuart bastik
and Maddi Nicholson. This will include an introduction to our work, a tour of our premises, the
town, and an off-road tour of the Islands of Barrow in our Landrover.

We will acknowledge receipt of all applications within two weeks at which point we will also
consult with shortlisted candidates to arrange the date and details of the induction meeting.



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Full Name:

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1. Are you currently or have you ever been a member of a Company Board?

  YES            NO

2. If YES what was your role and major achievement/s?

Max 100 words




3. What are your key skills and how will they be valuable to Art Gene?

We are looking for experienced candidates with skills that are relevant to our research remit
and core business operations including financial, legal and statutory obligations as a publicly
funded organisation.

We would encourage applicants to view our website to gain a fuller understanding of how our
research remit is explored through our programme of projects and exhibitions.

Max 100 words
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4. Please outline below how you would be able to assist Art Gene to expand its role across the
Northwest, Nationally and Internationally.

Max 100 words




5. Please outline your interest in Art Gene’s work and how our work resonates with your existing
professional practice/interests.

Max 100 words
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6. Do you have any experience of Fundraising for a Charitable Organisation? Please tell us if you have
had any practical experience or success in securing funds through Corporate Giving.

Max 100 words
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7.   Equal opportunities monitoring form
It is important to us that our Board is open to applications from all and has a diverse make-up. You do
not have to give us the following information but we would be very grateful if you would answer the
following. Thank you.

What is your age? (Please tick one box)
  18-25
  26-35
  36-45
  46-55
  56-65
  66-and over

What is your gender? (Please tick one box)
      Female
         Male

Do you consider yourself to be disabled?
   Yes
   No

What is your ethnic group?
Please choose one section from A to E, and then tick the box that best describes your background.

A      White
      English
       Any other background, please enter here:

B      Mixed
      White and Black Caribbean White and Black African                  White and Asian
      Any other Mixed background, please enter here:

C        Asian or Asian British
        Indian
        Pakistani
        Bangladeshi
        Any other Asian background, please enter here:

D      Black or Black British
      Caribbean
      African
      Any other Black background, please enter here:

E      Chinese or other ethnic group
      Chinese
      Any other, please enter here:
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8. Image List (This section is optional)

Please include up to 10 images labelled with your name & numbered 1-10 along with your
application if it is relavent to an explanation of you practice or interest in Art Gene.

The numbers should correspond to the details you enter when completing the image list below.
Images may be examples of past works or projects or stills from video works etc.

Images should be uploaded on our website together with completed application forms (clear and
simple instructions are given on our website if you are doubt about how to do this.)

Photographs should be in JPEG format. The size of each individual image should ideally not exceed
500KB (5MB for 10 images) (larger images will take longer to upload to our site)



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Thank you for taking the time to complete this application form!
Please use the space below to add anything else you feel you would like to say in support of
your application (max 1 side A4)


Completed Application Forms and support material should be submitted online (here).
Clear step-by-step Instructions are provided.
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