Our 2025 Hub Member Artist Commission Now Open!
Now open for applications!
Our Hub Members are looking to commission an artist with experience and a passion for working outdoors and with people, someone who can bring people together through a creative project.
Our Hub Members run through the very core of Back to Ours; after all, who knows more about how to engage Hull people in the Arts than the people living in the heart of Hull neighbourhoods? Our Hub members play a key role in the development of the Back to Ours programme, meeting regularly to discuss what, when and how arts and culture are delivered in their area.
We want you to work closely with our Hub Members to create a new piece of work in any art form. Our Hub Members are staging events in their streets and green spaces for all their neighbours, family, and friends to enjoy during our annual Christmas Parade, and your work would be displayed at these events.
They’re looking to commission a project which:
• Takes place in the streets and or green spaces of our Parade neighbourhoods;
• Engages with people who attend the events that run alongside the Parade;
• Celebrates (or relates to!) the theme of winter.
For more detailed info on the commission, please see our Hub Commission Brief here
Commission Duration: June – December 2025
Commission Budget: £4500 (including all materials, infrastructure and artist fees)
The Application Process:
Our three-step application process starts with you sending Back to Ours a 1-3 sentence brief of your idea with your portfolio and/ or CV (max three pages) showcasing your work with community-based projects. Please send your idea, portfolio or CV to [email protected].
Back to Ours will choose up to five artists to meet with Hub Members. At the annual May Gathering, Hub Members and artists can meet and discuss ideas. Following the meeting, artists will submit a detailed project proposal and budget which the Hub Members will use to choose their artist for 2025.
Application Timeline:
Fri 4 April: Deadline for artists to submit their ideas, CVs and Portfolios for consideration to [email protected].
Mon 21 April: Back to Ours to contact artists invited to meet our Hub Members.
Thu 1 May: Attend the May Hub Member Gathering.
Thu 22 May: Detailed Commission Project Proposal and Budget are due.
Fri 13 June: Chosen artist is selected and notified.
Sat 5 – Sun 6 July: The chosen artist has the opportunity to attend the Sharrabang bus tour weekend.
June – November: Artist has check-ins with Back to Ours and our Hub Members on the status of the work.
Mon 1 – Thu 4 Dec: Exhibition of the commissioned work.
Short project ideas, portfolios and/or CVs are due to [email protected] by the end of the day on Fri, 4 April.
For more detailed info on the commission, please see our Hub Commission Brief here
We look forward to seeing your applications!
Photo credit: Luke Hallet Photography
Photo subject: Our 2024 Hub Commissioned project Frozen Wonderland by Bluebeany