Author: Spectra

  • We’re seeking a graphic designer!

    Spectra is looking for a talented graphic designer to create an animated illustration and poster. The illustration will be a visual representation of a manifesto for Midland Metropolitan University Hospital’s Arts Programme. Spectra has been commissioned to co-create this manifesto on behalf of the hospital and Your Trust Charity, part of the Sandwell and West…

  • Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

    Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

    Three wonderful opportunities to come work with Spectra are now open. From fundraising to design; content creation to strategy, we are looking for three great people to fill the following roles. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch to discuss ways we can make the application process accessible to you. Design Assistant A development opportunity…

  • Concocting plans and growing our brains

    Today marks the start of our work as part of Arts Council England’s National Portfolio. After nearly 10 years riding the project to project roller coaster, we are raring to spread radical inclusion more widely and deeply thanks to the stability this core funding brings. Over the next three years, we’ll be welcoming new team members…

  • We’re Recruiting an Impact Lead!

    We are thrilled to be recruiting for an important new member of our team: an Impact Lead. In April, Spectra will be joining Arts Council England’s National Portfolio and will enter into a period of thoughtful growth. Over the next three years, this new role will establish new systems within our organisation, team and working…

  • Curiosity, Eating Dirt and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police: Reflections on the Woods for the Trees Creative Process by Robin Jax

    When I was young, my hero – model of humanity – was a fictional character by the name of Benton Fraser, the RCMP Constable from the show Due South who always got his man, by the most upstanding means possible… at least that’s how everyone who knows the show might remember it. (Maybe, in retrospect,…

  • Anti-Racist Action Plan Update – November 2022

    Back with an update a bit later than the end of September deadline we’d hoped for. This one is going to be a transparent stock take of where we’re at and what we’re finding hard. It’s taken a lot of roundabout thinking and hours of trying to parse trackers for us to understand that this…

  • Seeking a Chair for our Board

    Seeking a Chair for our Board

    We are excited to open applications for the first Chair of our Board. Full information can be found below. You can view it in its own window by clicking on the link ‘Spectra – Chair Recruitment Pack’ underneath the document. There is also a download button available below too. Please don’t hesitate to get in…

  • Can you help us take Abundance to its new homes?

    Can you help us take Abundance to its new homes?

    Abundance, our garden play space on Birmingham City Hospital’s site, closes on Saturday 3rd September. Parts of the site, need to be dismantled and taken off to new homes. We are looking for people who are able to lend a hand to helping dismantle the space the week commencing the 6th September. All help is…

  • Come and Volunteer on Abundance

    Come and Volunteer on Abundance

    We are looking for volunteers between June to September 2022 to support the building and visitor experience for Abundance, a garden and sensory play space on the grounds of the Birmingham City Hospital.  There are a wide variety of roles available suited to those looking for a one off day of volunteering and those looking…

  • Anti-Racist Action Plan – June 2022

    This Anti-Racist Action Plan is a working document that has been prompted by our commitment to the More Than a Moment pledge. It offers a good opportunity to share work we have been doing and intend to do as we consider how Spectra, which is founded on principles of radical inclusion, actively contributes to dismantling…