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About Chinese Arts Centre
 Established
in 1986, Chinese Arts Centre has a strong history as a national charity
for the development and promotion of Chinese arts and culture in the
UK. Located in the North West of England, Chinese Arts Centre is part
of the region? rich Chinese heritage. Chinese Arts Centre is based in
Manchester, a city with the second largest Chinese community in the UK.
Manchester is a vibrant artistic city with a flourishing contemporary
art scene. There are many artist studios, galleries and performance
venues in the city with a busy population of contemporary artists
choosing to live and work in Manchester.
Chinese Arts Centre aims to develop an infrastructure to
allow Chinese arts, and especially British Chinese artists, to
flourish. Our work covers four main areas; exhibitions, education,
agency work and advocacy which includes training, conferences and
publications.
In 2003, funded by the Arts Council of England? Lottery
scheme, Chinese Arts Centre built a new flagship centre for Chinese
arts in Britain. The centre contains a gallery which programmes the
best of British and international Chinese art, an artist residency
studio and apartment, an education suite, resource area, offices, shop
and teahouse.
Images of the building
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Front of building |
Front of building |
Tearoom |
Shop |
Reception |
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Gallery |
Gates |
Gallery |
Gallery |
Classroom |
Staff
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 Sarah Champion, CEO
ceo@chinese-arts-centre.org
The role of the CEO is to provide is to provide
strategic leadership, direction and vision for the Chinese Arts Centre
and to communicate this to a wide range of contacts both internal and
external:
- Providing a planning framework for Chinese Arts Centre programmes and
overseeing its delivery, including maintain an overview of the artistic
and business strategy of the organisation and support the staff team in
delivering this.
- Seek, pursue and secure resources for the Chinese Arts Centre?
development, especially in terms of funding and new relationships.
- Networking with key individuals and build and develop partnerships
that will benefit the Chinese Arts Centre locally, regionally,
nationally and internationally.
- Acting as Company Secretary and ensure that the charity and limited
company fulfills its obligations in line with the law and prevailing
good practice.
- Ensuring that board members are adequately briefed to undertake their
duties effectively and to support and advise them in their role.
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 Cloudy Tan - General Manager
sales@chinese-arts-centre.org
The role of the General Manager is to ensure the Centre runs effectively and productively:
- Supervising the computerised finance system, monitoring the budget and preparing quarterly and annual accounts.
- Managing the day to day running of the Chinese Arts Centre building and overall management of the retail outlets.
- Promote the space hire service to external agencies and manage the delivery of the service.
- Leading Personnel procedures and customer care.
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 Ying Kwok - Curator
exhibition@chinese-arts-centre.org
The Curator provides artistic leadership and vision for the Chinese Arts Centre.
- Initiating, planning, researching and curating a range of exhibitions
and arts activities for the Chinese Arts Centre with artists based
locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.
- Acting as a source of expertise for staff and external contacts on
developments in visual arts by artists of Chinese descent in the UK and
beyond.
- Creating and maintaining a long term plan for arts activities at the centre.
- Working with the Education & Outreach Co-ordinator to develop
specific events and interpretive material to enhance the understanding
of the exhibition programme.
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 Teige Maddrell - Administrator
info@chinese-arts-centre.org
The Administrator ensures the smooth running of the centre and the Chinese Arts Centre activities.
- Managing all general office duties and provide administrative guidance to artists.
- Trouble shooting problems with office equipment and arranging for
maintenance as required and acting as the lead person for IT in the
building.
- Providing technical support for exhibitions and to manage a
monitoring system for the release of resources to staff and artists for
use in the building.
- Collating evaluation material for arts activities, including education programmes and exhibitions.
- Liasing with a wide range of contacts both internal and external,
including artists and key personnel from other organisations and
contractors and ensuring the effective delivery of the marketing
strategy.
- Taking bookings for the use of spaces within the building and to co-ordinate a space diary.
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 David Hancock - Project Space Co-ordinator
artists@chinese-arts-centre.org
The role of the Project Space Co-ordinator is to programme and manage the artist residency scheme.
- Providing practical and artistic support to artists who are selected to be part of the residency programme.
- Planning, researching and marketing the residency scheme to artists based locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.
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 Alyson Doocey - Marketing Manager
marketing@chinese-arts-centre.org
The role of the Marketing Manager is to provide a
strategic overview of the marketing needs and outputs of the Chinese
Arts Centre.
- Providing strategic leadership, direction and vision for the Chinese
Arts Centre? marketing and communicating this to staff and broader
constituencies.
- Providing a planning framework for Chinese Arts Centre audience development and marketing strategies.
- Speaking on behalf of the Chinese Arts Centre at a wide range of
events, advocating the organisation, spotting partnership opportunities
and collaborations where appropriate.
- Ensuring brand integrity, overseeing the organisation? print and publicity and providing guidance on database development.
- Managing evaluation processes, particularly evaluating the
effectiveness of marketing and communications strategies and tactical
deliveries as measured against targets.
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 Matthew Bamber - East Project Manager
east@chinese-arts-centre.org - Tel. 0161 832 7271
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 Deborah Chan - Professional Artist Development (PAD) Programme Manager
E-mail: pad@chinese-arts-centre.org
Click on Resources for more information about the PAD Scheme.
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 Debs Gatenby - Front of House
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Volunteer and internship programme at the Chinese Arts Centre
Chinese Arts Centre views the use of volunteers and
interns as a positive contribution to the running and development of
the organisation. We believe that, as a publicly funded organisation,
it is our duty to develop the skills within the arts sector. However,
for the relationship to be successful, it needs to be mutually
beneficial, with both parties developing new skills or acquiring new
information. The guidelines below explain the workings of the volunteer
and internship programme and will allow you to decide if the programme
is suitable for you. Chinese Arts Centre particularly welcomes
applications from people of Chinese descent. This is because within the
British arts sector Chinese people are under represented.
Volunteer/Internship guidelines for appointment:
Chinese Arts Centre will appoint volunteers/interns
(V/I) when it has specific work for them to carry out which matches
both their skills and/or areas they wish to develop.
Areas of work could include; research, audience
development, project management, data input and processing, marketing
etc. We welcome your suggestions if you have a specific project you
would like to carry out.
In the majority of cases the V/I will be in Higher Education, eligible for full time employment or retired.
V/Is will be seconded to a member of staff who is most
appropriate to the work being undertaken. The staff member will act as
the V/I? Line Manager. Chinese Arts Centre does not support job
shadowing and so the allocated staff member should not perceived in
this way but rather as someone to offer guidance and support.
If the Line Manager is away from the office, the V/I should liase with the CEO.
The Line Manager will meet with the V/I for at least
one ?ne-to-one meeting a week. Additionally the V/I should have a daily
update with the Line Manager.
When applying for a V/I, people are asked to make clear
the time commitment they can make, i.e; 3 months at 5 days a week, one
day a week indefinitely, one week. This will allow staff to match them
to the most suitable project.
V/I will be asked to come for an interview with the
appropriate staff member. Being offered an interview is by no means an
indication that the V/I will be offered the position.
If appointed V/Is are expected to honour the conditions
set out in the Staff handbook; punctuality, presentation to the public,
Health and Safety, Team work etc. If in violation of these guidelines,
the appointment will be terminated.
V/Is will be offered a per diem of ?5.00 per day to
cover their lunch. If the V/I is required to work in an evening a per
diem of ?10.00 and taxi fare will be offered. If the V/I is required to
travel or stay away from the Centre then accommodation and
transportation will be provided by the Chinese Arts Centre.
Chinese Arts Centre regards the volunteering and
internship process as a period of action learning. As such it will aim
to provide a much training and support to the V/I as time commitments
allow. V/Is are encouraged to ask staff to provide guidance in other
relevant areas of their learning. Chinese Arts Centre wishes to help
the V/I holistically to develop their careers.
Chinese Arts Centre is happy to act as a reference for
any of its V/I or write a statement about the V/I for future use. V/Is
should be aware that, legally, Chinese Arts Centre has to tell the
truth in such situations or is accountable for any inaccuracies, good
or bad.
If after reading these guidelines you would like to be
considered for a volunteer position or internship, please write
explaining what areas of work you would like experience in and what
time commitment you can make and include your C.V. This should be
forwarded to the CEO of Chinese Arts Centre who will contact you when
an appropriate opportunity arises.
Send your CV & details to the address shown at the bottom of this page or email to ceo@chinese-arts-centre.org
Links
Vital Festival
EAST
The Art Guide
is a detailed listings site that provides access to up-to-date
information about visual arts activity in the North West region. It
includes details of art fairs, artist book launches, exhibition
previews, open studio days, talks, conferences, and live art
performances.
Yellow Earth Theatre:
London based international touring company formed by five British East
Asian performers in 1995. Yellow Earth produce high quality ensemble
physical performance using traditions of east and west, Exploring and
celebrating cultural heritage and contemporary experience.
360 Spin - See 360 Spin's virtual tour of Chinese Arts Centre by clicking on their link. Tel: 0161 610 9360, e-mail info@360spin.co.uk
Full Circle Arts
is an arts development agency. Subscribe to newsletters, or for arts
info, artists, jobs, training opportunities, access guides, what's on
and more. Tel: 0161 279 7878
Wai Yin Chinese Women's Society. Tel/Fax: 0161 237 5908, e-mail info@waiyin.org.uk
Asia Art Archive. Tel: (852) 2815 1112, e-mail info@aaa.org.hk
Dimsum. E-mail info@dimsum.co.uk
Oriental Central
London Chinese Community Network. Tel 020 8432 0684, e-mail info@chinese-network.net
London Jingkun Opera. Tel/Fax 0208 5402661, e-mail info@londonjingkunopera.co.uk
The Muban Foundation. Tel: 020 7631 2666, e-mail truda@colmangettypr.co.uk
Chi2. Management: 020 7419 9445, e-mail claire@chi2.co.uk
Cultural Imprints Consulting Co. Ltd. Tel: 00 86 10 8581, e-mail imprints@163bj.com
Red Gate Gallery. Tel:(8610) 6525-1005, e-mail redgate@eastnet.com.cn
Eastern Art Report. Tel: 020 8392 1122, e-mail ear@eapgroup.com
The Tool Kit. Tel:0161 237 3674, e-mail toolkit@can.uk.com
Art Asia Pacific Magazine. E-mail asiapacificart@aol.com or info@aapmag.com
Hong Kong Art Fair. Tel: +852 2918 8793,
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