Monthly Archives: May 2019

WCMT Churchill Fellowship Award – Arts for the Built Environment

We are seeking applications that explore the innovative use of any of the arts for the built environment. See here for more details.

This includes contemporary and heritage arts, crafts and design in any genre, and applies to public or private space. Projects may relate to designing, making, commissioning, access, education or commercial uses, and we particularly encourage applications from practitioners in these areas, including architects.

Artists and makers who do not wish to apply in this category are eligible to apply across all other categories if their project fits them – please see this page for more information. 

Our general criteria for arts applications are as follows:

  • Any application identifying itself as an arts project must have a significant element of tangible arts practice. We are particularly keen to hear from people who are practitioners, in any art form.
  • We look for a public benefit in all of our Fellowships. Any application identifying itself as an arts project should demonstrate how it will have a public benefit wider than advancing the applicant’s personal artistic practice. 
  • In ‘artists and makers’ we include all art forms, whether visual, literary, musical, performance, design, crafts or other.

West Midlands Volunteer Awards

This is your opportunity to nominate a volunteer or group of volunteers to share their story; it is a chance to give back to those who give so generously, caring for the region’s cultural heritage. 

Nominating is easy, simply follow the Guidance to complete the Application Form and send it to us before Monday 22 July!

This year we have four categories you can nominate your volunteers for:

The final award is the Judges’ Award for Excellence selected from the winners of the four category awards. The winner of Judges’ Award for Excellence will be awarded £500 to spend on a project of their choice at the museum, art gallery or heritage site. 

Keep up to date and follow the Awards on our Facebook page

Historic Environment Advice Assistant Apprentices Level 4

Historic England is the public body that looks after England`s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand value and care for them. We are excited to share with you an unrivalled opportunity to complete a Historic Environment Advice Assistant Apprenticeship (HEAA) over the course of 27 months at Historic England.

We are recruiting for one HEAA apprentice in each of our six regional offices (Manchester, Bimingham, Bristol, Cambridge, London, York / Newcastle) to commence September 2019.

Final applications 17 June 2019

For more information see here.

Cornwall Design Review Panel – Recruitment of New Panel Members

The Cornwall Design Review Panel is a partnership between Cornwall Council and the Architecture Centre, Devon and Cornwall. Following three successful years in its re-constituted form, the membership of the Panel (CDRP) is being refreshed. As a consequence, we are seeking to recruit a limited number of new individuals to our multi-disciplinary pool of expertise – from which those attending each panel meeting are drawn.

We are looking for lively and intelligent practitioners who are confident communicators and can demonstrate a good working knowledge of design theory, policy and practice in relation to development projects. They should be able to demonstrate an ability to discuss, analyse, appreciate and promote good design in a critical but constructive manner. This may be evidenced through project work that they have undertaken or other related activity such as teaching, consultancy or, indeed, previous design review experience. We hope to attract diverse applicants of all ages and backgrounds.

Applicants should compose a brief CV together with a covering letter that clearly sets out their motivation and interest in this opportunity and explains the qualities that they believe they can particularly bring to the panel. These should be sent by email to: mark.pearson@acdandc.org.uk.

If prospective applicants have any particular questions prior to submitting, then Mark Pearson can be contacted by email or on mobile number 07969 327525, otherwise we look forward to receiving submissions by the strict deadline of noon on Friday 31st May 2019.

Further details can be found here.

National Churches Trust – 2019 Church Architecture Awards

Nominations for the 2019 Church Architecture Awards are now open.  The awards, run by the National Churches Trust and the Ecclesiastical Architects and Surveyors Association,  are open to projects including new buildings, re-orderings, roof, spire or tower repairs and extensions.

  • The Presidents’ Award is for the best new church buildings and new designs in church re-ordering, alterations or extensions. Projects are eligible if they have been completed within the last three years or after the Practical Completion stage in their development. The award is open to church buildings of all Christian denominations in the UK.
  • The King of Prussia Gold Medal is for the best church conservation or repair projects. The award is open to the architect or chartered surveyor on any scheme of repair for a church or chapel of any Christian denomination in the UK, in use for regular worship, and over one hundred years old. The scheme must have been funded by a grant or loan from the National Churches Trust, or would have been eligible for such a grant or loan, and have been completed within the last three years.
  • The Young Church Architect or Surveyor of the Year recognises the contribution being made to church buildings by architects in the early stages of their career. It is given to young architect who has worked on a winning or shortlisted design entered for The King of Prussia Gold Medal or the Presidents’ Award.

Nominations can be made online by completing a simple form www.nationalchurchestrust.org/how-we-help/2019-architecture-awards

The closing date is 1 July 2019. 

A shortlist will be published in September and  the award ceremony will take place on 31 October 2019. Judges include HRH The Duke of Gloucester and Revd Lucy Winkett. If you’d like to speak to someone about the awards, please contact info@nationalchurchestrust.org or phone 020 7222 0605.