Curator - Community Arts & Wellness (IMMA Horizons)
Irish Museum of Modern Art
Kilmainham, Dublin
Permanent
Part-time
22 hours ago
IMMA is seeking a dynamic and experienced Community Arts & Wellness Curator to lead a key strand of the IMMA Horizons programme. This part-time role (Thursday-Saturday) focuses on using the power of art to support wellbeing, social inclusion, and community connection through inclusive programming and strategic partnerships. As Curator for Community Arts & Wellness, you will lead IMMA Horizons' engagement with local communities, recovery services, and groups experiencing social exclusion. You will build partnerships that foster creativity, resilience, and wellbeing through inclusive art programming, and ensure access to IMMA Horizons through weekend activities. You will also contribute to training, evaluation, and research that shape the future of arts and wellness practice in Ireland. Key Responsibilities Programme Delivery: Manage and deliver Horizons strands (e.g., Azure, Studio10, Slow Art, In the Moment, bespoke group sessions). Partnerships: Build and sustain relationships with healthcare, community, and academic partners. Audience Growth & Inclusion: Expand participation with a focus on older people, people living with dementia, neurodiverse audiences, and marginalised groups. Training & Capacity Building: Healthcare Partnerships Curator: Lead development of structured training and mentorship for IMMA facilitators, healthcare staff, and partner organisations, em-bedding inclusive, trauma-informed, and dementia-friendly practice. Community Arts & Wellness Curator: Support facilitator training in socially en-gaged and community-based arts practice, contributing to peer learning and skill-sharing. Evaluation & Research: Contribute to ongoing evaluation and evidence-based research, ensuring programme development is informed by rights-based and socially inclusive meth-odologies. Communications: Work with IMMA Comms to promote programming and develop accessi-ble resources (print, video, digital). People Management: Mentor and support the EDI Executive as part of IMMA's staff devel-opment and performance framework. Representation: Share programme learning nationally and internationally through networks, conferences, and publications. Expand participation by engaging marginalised groups and adults facing barriers to cultural access. Support facilitators in developing skills for socially engaged and inclusive practice, with op-portunities for reflection and peer-sharing. Contribute to evidence-based evaluation and research, strengthening the impact of IMMA's community-focused programmes. Collaborate closely with the Healthcare Partnerships Curator to ensure joined-up delivery, shared learning, and consistent evaluation across both strands.
This vacancy is suitable for Remote/Blended working