
The Emerging Producer Lab will support four emerging independent producers for Circus and Physical Theatre, facilitating their professional development and capacity to work with Victorian CaPT artists and organisations.
13 December 2022 – EOIs for Emerging Producers Lab open
30 January 2023 – EOIs for Emerging Producers Lab close at 23:59pm AEDT.
February 2023 – Interviews with shortlisted applicants
March 2023 – Successful applicants announced
April 2023 - First group session
Participants commit to 12-month program from April 2023 – March 2024.
It is ideal if you are in the early years of your career as an independent CaPT producer for a company/show or work with at least one independent artist/performing arts collective. Therefore, you have some producing experience to draw on to contribute to the group learning AND you want to be part of a group learning environment to expand and transform your practice of independent producing for Circus and Physical Theatre.
If you are not sure if you have had producing experience, please refer to the FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), where we give examples of the broad range of skills and experiences that may count as ‘producing’.
We strongly encourage producers who are First Peoples, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse, people of colour, d/Deaf people, disabled, and people based regionally to apply.
Participants will commit to a 12-month program from April 2023 – March 2024. Up to 4 individual independent producers will be selected.
There will be 10 professional development workshops co-designed with the selected participants. These group sessions form the core learning units, bespoke to the most urgent needs, skills and conversations that the participants have identified. The sessions will be facilitated / led by external facilitators as well as the participants, where appropriate.
We will be mindful of diverse learning styles as well as neuro diversity in terms of people’s ability to participate in group learning sessions.
Participants will be employees of TNA, employed to work 2 days a week (0.4EFT), and will each receive a total of $22,000 gross per annum. This is based on a full-time equivalent salary of $55,000 gross per annum.
On-costs (superannuation and work cover, which TNA will administer on your behalf) will be paid on top of this.
The minimum time commitment to the program is 8 days per month, for a 12-month period, inclusive of the group sessions. This can include time working on participants’ independent producing projects.
Participants will also receive a mental wellbeing allowance of $500 to access mental health support.
On an as-needs basis, participants will also be able to access CIPI funds to support access requirements. Access requirements may include, for example: a stipend to pay for a carer’s involvement in supporting a CIPI participant, Auslan interpreting, purchase of essential equipment, transport costs, childcare.
APPLY NOW – Submit your application using the Emerging Producers Lab EOI form on Survey Monkey.
You are also able to submit an Auslan / Video / Audio application using the Auslan/Video/Audio EOI form.
Applications close Monday 30th January 2023 at 23:59pm (AEDT).
Things to read before beginning your application
We recommend downloading the Word document version of the EOI questions, drafting your responses in there and then copying and pasting into the SurveyMonkey. Unfortunately, you are unable to save your online application as you go.
We strongly recommend that you read through the Application Guidelines and specifically the objectives and assessment criteria. As you answer the EOI questions, do check back to ensure that you are also responding to the assessment criteria as well as you can.
We also recommend downloading the Sample Summary of Learning Goals, drafting your ideas and then attaching it to your final SurveyMonkey response.
Downloads
1. Alternative application forms
Download the Word Document version of EOI Questions
Download the Word Document version of EOI Questions for Auslan/Video/Audio applications
2. Application Guidelines
Download the Application Guidelines including program objectives and assessment criteria.
3. The sample Summary of Learning Goals
Download the Sample Summary of Learning Goals
For more information or if you have any further questions about the program or application process, please contact CIPI Program Producer Charice Rust at charice@tna.org.au.
There are multiple ways you can submit your EOI:
–Survey Monkey (in writing). Please prepare your written responses beforehand in the Word Document and then copy and paste into the Survey Monkey.
The Survey Monkey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MZFZDR2
Alternatively, you can also prepare your entire application in Word and send the files to charice@tna.org.au
–As a Video file. You will need to submit your video via an online link, e.g. on YouTube, Googledrive or Vimeo. You will still need to submit some basic written information online, along with the URL to your video.
Please submit the written information using this Survey Monkey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WDZKJZQ
–As an Audio file. Please upload your audio file to Googledrive, Soundcloud or any other freely accessible online platform. You will still need to submit some basic written information online, along with the URL to your audio file.
Please submit the written information using this Survey Monkey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WDZKJZQ
–Deaf Applicants: You are able to submit a video in Auslan. Please record yourself in Auslan and upload your video to YouTube, Googledrive or Vimeo. You will still need to submit some basic written information online, along with the URL to your video. We will take care of having your video translated.
Please submit the written information using this Survey Monkey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WDZKJZQ
All applications will be assessed against the program aims and assessment criteria by a panel drawn from TNA Staff and Board.
There is a 2-step assessment process:
By the end of the interview process, panellists will arrive at a final recommendation of 4 individual producers to recommend for the Emerging Producers Lab.
After notification of results, all applicants are encouraged to contact the CIPI Program Producer for feedback on their application.
You can apply for the Emerging Producers Lab if you are providing any of the following services for CaPT artists and shows:
As the Emerging Producers Lab is focused on emerging CaPT producers, it doesn’t matter if you don’t yet have experience in all these services. That’s what the program is for!
If you are unsure, please contact the CIPI Program Producer to discuss your experiences and if you are the right fit for the program at charice@tna.org.au
We design the CIPI Emerging Producers Lab to the participants’ learning goals. So, the more detailed you can be with what you would like to get out of the program, the more we will be able to respond to your needs. This will also help us assess whether we are the right fit to be able to support you in your learning goals.
Please refer to the sample summary of learning goals for guidance.
The minimum time commitment to the program is 8 days per month, for a 12-month period, inclusive of the group sessions. This can also include time working on participants’ independent producing projects.
We understand that independent producing hours need to be flexible and can fluctuate depending on the work you do and the artists/shows you work with. The only hard commitment you need to make is to the monthly group sessions (this can include joining digitally via Zoom). What you do with the rest of your time is up to you!
The strongest applicants will demonstrate how the producing work that they do supports independent Victorian CaPT artists. Therefore, you will need to demonstrate how the benefits of your work as a producer goes beyond your own practice as a solo artist. Producers that work with multiple Victorian artists will be prioritised for the program.
You're welcome to apply but you need to demonstrate your knowledge of and commitment to working in the CaPT sector, and a viable plan for working with Victorian CaPT artists. Producers that can demonstrate they can deliver significant benefit to the Victorian CaPT sector will be prioritised.
It is encouraged that participants attend the monthly group session in person, however all group sessions will be delivered in a hybrid model where people will be able to attend in-person or online via Zoom.
We will also keep in mind everyone’s access requirements, locations and transport costs, when meeting in person.
We understand that sometimes things don’t go according to plan. TNA will schedule regular check-ins with all participants to ensure that everyone involved is having a professionally productive, culturally safe and otherwise satisfying experience.
In addition, if a conflict arises within the group of participants, there will be a conflict resolution clause in the contract you sign with TNA at the beginning of the Emerging Producers Lab, which outlines the steps TNA can take to support participants.
Yes. You are able to apply for the Emerging Producers Lab as well as other CaPT programs such as the Peer Coaching Program, the Safe and Sustainable Circus Rigging Initiative, and the Australian First Nations Circle. Dates for the other programs are still to be confirmed.
Another way to be involved with TNA’s CaPT programs is through the Salon Series. Please register your interest with the CIPI Program Producer.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
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