art history
The history of art and artists, the artistic trends throughout centuries and their contemporary evolutions.
Community artists research, plan, organise and lead artistic activities for people brought together by a shared interest, capacity, environment or condition. They manage and coordinate creative projects with local groups and individuals to foster their artistic creativity and improve their quality of life. Community artists make the arts accessible to the community they work for, and provide opportunities for participants to shape their artistic programme.
Competences and skills
45 ESCO relationsEssential knowledge 3 competences
Occupation specific
0 competencesNo competences in this bucket.
Sector-specific
1 competenceCross-sector
2 competencesintellectual property law
The regulations that govern the set of rights protecting products of the intellect from unlawful infringement.
labour legislation
Legislation, on a national or international level, that governs labour conditions in various fields between labour parties such as the government, employees, employers, and trade unions.
Essential skills and competences 26 competences
Occupation specific
6 competencesassess community arts programme resources
Identify the intellectual, theoretical, or physical resources or supplies available to develop your mediation practice. Identify what further support you may need from other artists, other specialists (physiotherapists, physicians...), supporting workers, etc. Identify the administrative support you need and plan how you can outsource.
assess data collected to improve community arts programme
Interpret and evaluate data collected during your community arts programme. Use it to offer signposting to individuals in your groups for their development, to extract actions that you can take to improve your professional practice, and to create a report appropriate to your requirements providing your analyse of data collected and possible solutions, with or without specifying needed resources as necessary.
assess your competencies in leading community arts
Evaluate and communicate your skills in leading community activities, especially any other complementary experience that may be advantageous.
collaborate with stakeholders in leading community arts
Collaborate with a chosen team, gathering artists from other disciplines, art mediation coordinator, and/or health workers, physiotherapists and learning support workers, etc. in order to maximise the community arts program’s impact. Be clear about your collective roles, and evaluate their performance as a whole combining reflexive and reflective in your practice.
develop artistic coaching programme
Develop and administer a coaching programme specific to the artistic project and performing individuals.
research your target community
Match your skills with your research on the needs of the target community.
Sector-specific
13 competencesapprove reports for artistic project
Approve the financial report, the artistic report, any other report required for the artistic project.
balance participants' personal needs with group needs
Apply a variety of approaches in your practice that balances the needs of each individual with that of the group as a whole. Strengthen each individual's capability and experience, known as person centred practice, while at the same time stimulating the participants and support workers to form a cohesive group. Create a supportive and safe atmosphere for an active exploration of your artistic discipline.
contextualise artistic work
Identify influences and situate your work within a specific trend which may be of an artistic, aesthetic, or philosophical natures. Analyse the evolution of artistic trends, consult experts in the field, attend events, etc.
coordinate community arts activities
Determine the feasibility of activities (technical and artistic staff involved, general schedule and budget needs, approval of administration, etc). Create an activity schedule. Define the content of activities. Select a resource person or persons and communicate information to them. Prepare the necessary material etc.
- Scope note
- This activities can be related to education, audience development actions, etc.
define artistic approach
Define your own artistic approach by analysing your previous work and your expertise, identifying the components of your creative signature, and starting from these explorations to describe your artistic vision.
develop artistic educational activities
Develop speeches, activities and workshops in order to foster access and comprehension to the artistic creation processes. It can address a particular cultural and artistic event such as a show or an exhibition, or it can be related to a specific discipline (theatre, dance, drawing, music, photography etc.). Liaise with storytelles, craftspeople and artists.
direct community arts activities
Devise and deliver participatory community arts activities that protect the health and safety of yourself and participants to be able to draw out the most effective learning. Take into account the whole experience of the art session.
discuss artwork
Introduce and discuss the nature and content of art work, achieved or to be produced with an audience, art directors, catalogue editors, journalists, and other parties of interest.
identify sources on potential target communities for art
Identify relevant sources of information relating to a potential community you could work with.
manage participants' expectations in arts
Manage expectations of people involved once the community arts programme is designed or being designed. Be as clear as possible in the scoping stage to build trust between yourself, your potential groups, and funders.
participate in artistic mediation activities
Participate in cultural and artistic mediation activities: announce the activity, give a presentation or talk related to a piece of art or an exhibition, teach a class or a group, lead artistic mediation activities, lead or participate in a public discussion.
record lessons learnt from your sessions
Recognise and record any lessons learnt from your sessions both for individuals in your group and yourself.
study community as a target community
Employ appropriate research activities to find out about this specific community as potential/target market. Identify their specific needs, the dance style, roles and relationships and communication systems employed previously to cover these needs. Research the importance of values, policies or language that are relevant to communicating with them.
Cross-sector
7 competencescommunicate with target community
Identify and implement the best channels of communication for the community you are looking to work with.
develop a coaching style
Develop a style for coaching individuals or groups that ensures all participants are at ease, and are able to acquire the necessary skills and competences provided in the coaching in a positive and productive manner.
develop cultural activities
Develop activities adapted to the outreach and/or audience. Take into account difficulties and needs observed and identified from the perspective of enhancing curiosity and general capability to access to art and culture.
develop educational resources
Create and develop educational resources for visitors, school groups, families and special interest groups.
interact with an audience
Respond to the reactions of an audience and involve them in the particular performance or communication.
manage personal professional development
Take responsibility for lifelong learning and continuous professional development. Engage in learning to support and update professional competence. Identify priority areas for professional development based on reflection about own practice and through contact with peers and stakeholders. Pursue a cycle of self-improvement and develop credible career plans.
research
work with respect for own safety
Apply the safety rules according to training and instruction and based on a solid understanding of the prevention measures and risks to your own personal health and safety.
Optional knowledge 1 competence
Occupation specific
0 competencesNo competences in this bucket.
Sector-specific
1 competencetheatre techniques
The techniques that facilitate a successful presentation of a play.
Cross-sector
0 competencesNo competences in this bucket.
Optional skills and competences 15 competences
Occupation specific
1 competencedefine roles of supporting team for community arts programme
Define the roles of other professional figures like health workers, physiotherapists, learning support workers in the development of community art programmes.
Sector-specific
13 competencesadopt a person-centred approach to community arts
Adopt working methods which aims to create an environment for dance practice that builds upon existing qualities and strengths of each individual encouraging their active exploration of the arts discipline (dance, music, theater, visual arts). Make arts accesible and understable through different pedagogic strategies to facilitate your participants to gain the body knowledge they need for the arts discipline they are doing, by developing a quality in their artistic performance. Recognise and instigate development of participants so they have a more developed range of skill in their artistic performance.
be a role model in community arts
Take responsibility for your physical and emotional wellbeing as a role model for your group. Care for the wellbeing of your participants while leading them in a dance session.
coordinate artistic production
Oversee the day-to-day coordination of production tasks so that the organisation fits within the desired artistic and business policies and in order to present productions in a uniform corporate identity to the public.
demonstrate technical expertise of your dance style
Demonstrate, describe or correct movement with your participants to enable them learn about their body and the dance style one is delivering in the participants. Compose and structure dance with the participants in the chosen dance style. Communicate the creative and compositional skills and experience and their relevance to the target market.
develop artistic project budgets
Developing artistic project budgets for approval, estimating deadlines and material costs.
evaluate supporting team in community arts program
Evaluate whether the role of the supporting team matches what was planned and develop a flexible approach to respond to unexpected sources of support or lack of it. Revisit these roles throughout the program to make modification where needed to suit strengths of the group or the supporting team as they emerge.
help the programmer define an artistic vision
Help the programmer or director describe their artistic vision for the institution, programming season, venue, project, etc. Verbally help them to formulate their artistic intent and articulate it in writing.
manage artistic project
Manage an artistic project. Determine project needs. Establish partnerships. Manage the budget, schedule, contractual agreements and assess the project.
participate in music studio recordings
Take part in recording sessions in music studios.
present exhibition
Present an exhibition and give educational lectures in a comprehensible way that is attractive to the public.
read scripts
Read a playbook or film script, not only as literature, but identifying, actions, emotional states, evolution of characters, situations, different sets and locations, etc.
use pedagogic strategies for creativity
Communicate to others on devising and facilitating creative processes through the use of a range of tasks and activities appropriate to the target group.
work with supporting team in community arts programme
Encourage mutual exchange of knowledge and maintain motivation of workers supporting your community arts programme, whether they are paid staff or volunteers. Recognise support given and evaluate its effectiveness throughout the program.
Cross-sector
1 competencekeep personal administration
File and organise personal administration documents comprehensively.