Author: cathryn@keighleycreative.org

Application Deadline: Thursday 17th July 2025 at 12 Noon
Fee: £90 (£15 an hour for 4 hours)

Keighley Creative are looking for five assistant creative facilitators to support the delivery of the MEGA Drawing Box in the Park and encourage families to engage with the activity.  

WHAT IS THE PROJECT? 

The Drawing Box Project was founded in 2020, inspired by Keighley Creative artists & studio holders Naseem Darbey and Gemma Hobbs. The project ran throughout the COVID-19 crisis as a way of supporting community connection and wellbeing through creative practice.

Around 500 individuals and families in and around Keighley received a special drawing box full of materials and ideas to get creative at home. New activities were released each week through digital platforms, worksheets and participatory performances taking place at Keighley Creative, ‘live from the gallery window’.

Since then it has expanded and evolved to reach new audiences and new places. In 2023, things got MEGA and Keighley Creative produced a giant white walled drawing cube and delivered a drawing event in the Old Beales Department Store! We celebrated drawing, with dancers who drew with charcoal feet, Keighley folk made their mark with crazy mark making tools and artists created murals on the outside of the cube.

Mega Drawing Box Highlights Film

Mega Drawing Box Timelapse 

Now it’s time to take the MEGA Drawing Box on another adventure to The Beacon for Bradford 2025 at Cliffe Castle Park for ONE DAY ONLY!

WHAT’S THE OPPORTUNITY?

We are looking for five assistant creative facilitators to support the delivery of the MEGA Drawing Box in the Park and encourage families to engage with the activity. 

The Mega Drawing Box is an approximately 8 metre by 8 metre structure that will take residence in the Bradford 2025 Beacon on Wednesday 6th August 2025. This large scale installation is a space for the public to make marks and play with creativity all over its walls. 

The assistant creative facilitators will be stationed inside the Mega Drawing Box during the event. They will be mark making on the box and encouraging visitors to make their own marks and use their drawing tools. 

The work will include: 

• Liaising with the lead artist about the activity content
• Supporting the set up and clearing away of the workshop area
• Supporting the delivery of the activity
• Supporting on the tool-making station 
• Welcoming families to join in with the activity
• Ensure the activity is delivered safely
• Assisting children and families to take part in the activity

For more information about the opportunity and how to apply please use the link below

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact our Events & Operations Manager, cathryn@keighleycreative.org

Application Deadline: Thursday 17th July 2025 at 12 Noon
Fee: £300

Keighley Creative are looking for seven visual artists from Keighley and surrounding areas to produce creative responses on the outer walls of the Mega Drawing Box, LIVE for the visiting public.

WHAT IS THE PROJECT? 

The Drawing Box Project was founded in 2020, inspired by Keighley Creative artists & studio holders Naseem Darbey and Gemma Hobbs. The project ran throughout the COVID-19 crisis as a way of supporting community connection and wellbeing through creative practice.

Around 500 individuals and families in and around Keighley received a special drawing box full of materials and ideas to get creative at home. New activities were released each week through digital platforms, worksheets and participatory performances taking place at Keighley Creative, ‘live from the gallery window’.

Since then it has expanded and evolved to reach new audiences and new places. In 2023, things got MEGA and Keighley Creative produced a giant white walled drawing cube and delivered a drawing event in the Old Beales Department Store! We celebrated drawing, with dancers who drew with charcoal feet, Keighley folk made their mark with crazy mark making tools and artists created murals on the outside of the cube.

Mega Drawing Box Highlights Film

Mega Drawing Box Timelapse 

Now it’s time to take the MEGA Drawing Box on another adventure to The Beacon for Bradford 2025 at Cliffe Castle Park for ONE DAY ONLY!

What’s the opportunity?

We are looking for seven visual artists from Keighley and surrounding areas to produce creative responses to Keighley Creative’s chosen theme, on the outer walls of the Mega Drawing Box. LIVE for the visiting public!
What’s the theme? – NATURE!

The Mega Drawing Box is an approximately 8 metre by 8 metre structure that will take residence in the Bradford 2025 Beacon on Wednesday 6th August 2025. This large scale installation is a space for the public to make marks and play with creativity all over its walls.

The seven selected artists will be provided with an approximately 2 metre by 2 metre white wall to create a mural inspired by the theme of NATURE. 

For more information about the opportunity and how to apply please use the link below

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact our Events & Operations Manager, cathryn@keighleycreative.org

Application Deadline: Monday 3rd March 2025, 12:00 noon.
Fee: £900

We are looking for a talented and creative Freelance Graphic Designer to work with us on our upcoming project Rombald’s Rocks, Keighley Sculpture Trail. This project is supported by the Bradford 2025 Creative Communities Fund.

For more information about how to apply for this opportunity please contact us via email admin@keighleycreative.org.

What are Rombald’s Rocks?

Rombald’s Rocks is Keighley’s first sculpture trail, inspired by the local legend of Rombald the Giant.

Mr and Mrs Rombald have been throwing rocks again and one of them has shattered into 10 small pieces. The bits of rock have sprouted legs and arms and have run away to Keighley to embark on their own adventures. 

Keighley based artist, illustrator and sculptor, Leonie Briggs, is fabricating ten, approximately one-foot high sculptures of Rombald’s Rocks for local community groups and artists to design and decorate. 

In May 2025, the rocks will arrive in Keighley town centre for the launch of Rombald’s Rocks, Keighley Sculpture Trail for local communities and visitors to discover!  

We are looking for a freelance graphic designer who can provide the following:

• Design a fun map for the sculpture trail
• Design social media assets to promote the sculpture trail
• Design posters and flyers to promote the sculpture trail
• Design assets for the sculpture trail launch event

Community Panel Expression of Interest
Expression of Interest deadline: Friday 14th February 2025, 11:59pm

What’s the opportunity?

We are looking for members of the Keighley community to select five local artists to receive commissions to give one of Rombald’s Rocks a makeover. Click here for more information about the artist commissions.

Would you or someone you know like to be involved in a key moment of decision making for Keighley central’s first sculpture trail and one of Bradford 2025’s Creative Communities projects? 
Now is the time!

How to get involved
Please tell us you are interested in being involved by email to admin@keighleycreative.org by 11:59pm on Friday 14th February 2025. 

The community panel will come together to select the artist commissions on Tuesday 18th February 2025 from 1:30pm-3pm. The selection session will take place at Keighley Creative, 3-7 Cooke Lane, Keighley, BD21 3PF. 

Who are Keighley Creative? 
Keighley Creative is an arts charity operating in the heart of Keighley co-designing and delivering exciting projects and fun activities with local artists, communities, organisations and businesses. 

What are Rombald’s Rocks? 
Rombald’s Rocks is Keighley’s first sculpture trail, inspired by the local legend of Rombald the Giant.

Mr and Mrs Rombald have been throwing rocks again and one of them has shattered into 10 small pieces. The bits of rock have sprouted legs and arms and have run away to Keighley to embark on their own adventures.

Keighley based artist, illustrator and sculptor, Leonie Briggs, is fabricating ten, approximately one-foot high sculptures of Rombald’s Rocks for local community groups and artists to design and decorate. In May 2025, the rocks will arrive in Keighley town centre for the launch of Rombald’s Rocks, Keighley Sculpture Trail for local communities and visitors to discover!