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An image taken at a workshop showing a group of five people moving around a space. Three people in the foreground are out of focus, and the two people in the background are in conversation, smiling and gesturing with their hands.
Talent Development

Foundry

Our sector leading facilitator training programme for the West Midlands

Foundry, The Rep’s highly acclaimed artist development programme, has supported artists and creatives from differing disciplines to grow their careers since 2013.

Each year, six successful applicants from across the West Midlands take part in 8 months of paid in-depth training, facilitation practice, coaching, workshops and masterclasses to develop their practice as facilitators in community settings. They work collaboratively with each other across the programme, as well as design and deliver a 12-week project in a community setting alongside an experienced co-facilitator.

On the programme, Foundry artists will:

  • gain valuable and employable skills and experience as arts facilitators
  • develop in-depth knowledge of collaboration and co-creation
  • learn from industry leading experts and professionals
  • showcase their work to a range of arts and cultural organisations as potential employers
  • receive a certificate of completion and a reference from The Rep
  • join a network of like-minded creative people
  • receive free tickets to shows at The Rep
  • be given a budget to develop their 12-week project in a community setting

…and be paid to take part.

Our Partners

We are proud to work in partnership with Sense, the national disability charity, and a fantastic steering group of highly experienced artists with lived experience of D/deafness, disability and neurodivergence to ensure Foundry is truly accessible and inclusive.

How to apply

Applications for Foundry 2024 are now CLOSED.

Find out more and apply for foundry 2024 here

We encourage applications from people with lived experience of D/deafness, disability or neurodiversity, as well as applications from people identifying as global majority.

Find out more about Foundry

 

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An artist facilitates a workshop with a group of participants whilst sat on the floor in a colourful room. A mural behind them reads The Hub.
A man in the foreground of the image, half turned towards a line-up of people who are stood against a wall.
Two young men stood presenting next to a large TV screen, to a circle of seated participants 
A young woman sat on her knees, in front of a vibrant mural that reads The Hub, explaining something to a group.
A group of eight workshop participants standing in two lines, looking at someone explaining something to them.
An image taken at a workshop showing a group of five people moving around a space. Three people in the foreground are out of focus, and the two people in the background are in conversation, smiling and gesturing with their hands.
A group of female participants sat on the floor of a well-lit room, all looking at one of them who is explaining something to the group
A smiling lady is framed in the background of the image in-between two people in the foreground of the image whose bodies are slightly out of focus

Have a question?

If you have any questions or queries, please contact Talent.Development@birmingham-rep.co.uk with the subject line ‘Foundry’ for further assistance.

Generously supported by The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.