We’re Hiring.

SNAC Rise UP Mentorship and GerryFest 2023
Call for applications for Artistic Director

The St. Norbert Arts Centre is seeking an ideal candidate for an exciting artistic opportunity that encourages experimentation and promotes racial equity.

The mandate of the St. Norbert Arts Centre (SNAC) is to create a diverse inclusive and accessible space where all individuals are welcomed; ensure that programs, organizations and individuals utilizing SNAC respect and embrace our commitment to preserve the cultural, environmental and spiritual nature of our grounds and facility; support and promote the enhancement of the arts in our community; and remain committed to producing programs and events that are open to all, regardless of race, sexual orientation, disability or ethnicity.

Artistic Parameters

The St. Norbert Arts Centre commits to engage with concepts and their expressions that best foster positive societal growth. The Rise UP Mentorship and GerryFest Artistic Director position is a unique opportunity for an artistic professional to create a dynamic program that will continue the legacy of inter-disciplinary and culturally diverse programs that resonate with the current issues locally and globally.

Artistic Director Position:

In collaboration with GerryFest and Rise UP Mentorship Committees and under the management of the SNAC Executive Director, the Memorial Mentorship the Artistic Director will:

  • Develop and articulate an artistic vision for GerryFest and the Rise UP Mentorship program,

  • create an overarching theme for the 2023 event,

  • oversee all artistic aspects of the mentorship program and GerryFest,

  • audition and select mentees as nominated by a wide range of community groups throughout Winnipeg,

  • create a collaborative spirit, between the mentors/mentees, between the community groups and community at large, with the committees and the SNAC board and staff members,

  • select appropriate additional workshop facilitators to work as a team to aid the mentees to create and present new work at GerryFest 2023,

  • review mentor and mentee agreement terms,

  • liaise with all mentors and mentees,

  • follow the established schedule for the one-on-one sessions, group sessions, rehearsals and performances,

  • develop a one-evening stage performance, gallery exhibition and community art project,

  • reporting to the Executive Director, maintain established budget.

  • write a 500 word Artistic Director Statement,

  • co-ordinate all aspects of materials, design and printing of poster and program, press release, website information and all other communication materials construct the artistic program,

  • attend all GerryFest and Mentorship meetings, as required,

  • act as public spokesperson when needed, and

  • evaluate the mentorship program and GerryFest

The Artistic Director will report to the SNAC Executive Director and GerryFest committee and will submit a final report with recommendations to the board by September 30th, 2023.

The ideal candidate will have:

  • Minimum 5 years experience as a professional artist/musician

  • Significant knowledge and confidence in secondary artistic mediums

  • Possess relevant professional/academic accreditation or significant public exposure

  • Strong inter-personal and motivational skills

  • Ability to work in a team environment

  • Excellent communication skills both oral and written

  • Proficient with social media

Background:

The St. Norbert Arts Centre is a dynamic community located at the site of historical, environmental, cultural and spiritual importance – the former Trappist monastery in St. Norbert, on the banks of the LaSalle River. Two thousand years ago, this river was the Assiniboine River. Less than 2kms of windy river away from the forks of the Red River, this area was the travelling, trading and ceremonial grounds of the Ojibway, Cree and Lakota nations. In the historical transition from plains Aboriginal to settler society, the birth of the Red River Metis nation rotted itself here. When the Trappist Monks left in 1978, the community began to seek opportunities to use the site for community purposes.

Over 30 years later, the St. Norbert Arts Cent at the Trappist monastery Park has been home to Shakespeare in the Ruins and has hosted many noted artistic productions including Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer’s Spirit Garden, the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts full length (8 hour) opera, Diana Thorneycroft’s Monstrance and performance artist Rita McKeough’s, to name a few. The St. Norbert Arts Centre hosted the inaugural GerryFest exhibit and performance in August 2020.

Terms and Payment

  • This is a 4-month contract term position.

  • Fee commensurate with experience.

  • Deadline to apply: May 24, 2023

  • Please submit your CV and cover letter c/o the St. Norbert Arts Centre to director@snac.mb.ca

All Manitobans are treaty people with responsibilities tied to Treaties 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. We acknowledge, that we, in Winnipeg, we are gathered on Treaty 1 Territory. Manitoba is on the ancestral lands of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Ojibway-Cree, Dakota and Dene Peoples.We acknowledge Manitoba is located on the Homeland of the Red River Métis. We acknowledge northern Manitoba includes lands that were and are the ancestral lands of the Inuit.We respect the spirit and intent of Treaties and Treaty Making and remain committed to working in partnership with First Nations, Inuit and Métis people in the spirit of truth, reconciliation and collaboration.