In August, three studios will become available, one at KARST and two at UNDER – the unit below KARST’s main space. UNDER is a raw studio space similar to KARST’s studio units before our capital works project.
Studio Facilities & Benefits
24-hour access
Limited number of private parking spaces
Kitchen facilities
Communal social area
Meeting / conference room (on request)
Artist links on KARST website / social media
Opportunities for studio visits / critique with art professionals
Available Studios
KARST Studio 8, 4.5m x 2.1m at £105pm
UNDER Studio 13, 3 x 3m at £120pm
UNDER Studio 18, 3.05 x 1.5m at £80pm
Costs all inclusive of VAT & business rates, Wi-Fi, and utility bills including electric and water.
Selection Criteria
Spaces are reviewed and assessed by a selection panel, comprising KARST staff and board members. The application process is identical to the six-monthly project proposals existing studio holders make every April and October when they reapply for their studios.
Access
UNDER studio entrance includes one step into the building. Once inside the building, the space under KARST is on one level with accessible facilities and a roller shutter for loading. There is no central heating within the UNDER space.
KARST studio entrance includes a set of 4 stairs. Once inside the building, KARST is on one level with accessible facilities. Accessible entrance to the building is via the gallery entrance which includes a wheelchair platform lift. This point of entry is limited to public opening hours and by appointment.
Applicants are considered on the basis of:
An active and critically engaged contemporary fine art practice
The clarity of direction of their work
Already established networks within and beyond Plymouth
Evidently exhibiting work on a regional, national or international level
Willingness to proactively participate in regular studio meetings and peer sessions
A commitment of at least 15 hours per week to on site studio practice
The current community of studio artists and their practices
Progression since graduation where relevant.
Key dates
Application deadline: Monday 18 July 2022
Tenancy begins: Monday 1 August 2022
Application process
All applicants are encouraged to visit our website and arrange a meeting with staff or residents before applying to find out the suitability of the studio in relation to their practice.
All applications must include a completed application which includes supporting information, such as images, relevant links, artist CV and appropriate references based on the selection criteria.
Successful applicants will be invited for an informal discussion about studio provision prior to a final offer of tenancy.
For more information and to discuss your application contact studio@karst.org.uk.
We’re excited to announce a new community project, PRIMEdesign, in partnership with Take A Part and Prime Skatepark.
PRIMEdesign uses skateboarding to engage young people attending secondary school in a free programme of creative activity outside the curriculum. Whilst developing their skills on the park at Prime, a core group of participants engage in a parallel programme of workshops relating to skateboarding’s rich visual culture.
The group are working with artists to learn a range of creative skills including illustration, graphic design, screen printing, repeat pattern, collage and zine making to support their individual development and deepen their engagement with skateboarding.
As well as learning how to design and produce their own imagery, merchandise and events, it is an opportunity to apply skating’s DIY approach to their own creative activity supported by this project. The programme will continue in a sustained way over the next two years.
Check out PrimeDESIGN on Instagram @primedesignplymouth for more on the project as it develops.
The programme has been funded by Arts Council England, The National Lottery Heritage Fund, The National Lottery Community Fund, Historic England, High Street Heritage Action Zone, Mayflower 400 Community Sparks and Plymouth Octopus.
Soft Edges, Draw Close is an exhibition and permanent public sculpture by Euphrosyne Andrews on view at KARST gallery from 25 March 2022. Taking the curtain as a central metaphor, both the exhibition and public sculpture explore the ways materials frame our experience of domestic and public spaces.
Situated on the building’s facade, Draw Close takes the form of movable steel screens that conceal and reveal KARST’s entrance. The surface of the screens is perforated with holes that create an illusion of draped fabric in halftone – a 20th-century printing technique in which patterns of dots create images. This image makes reference to the nearby theatres and entertainment venues on Union Street where space is punctuated by the opening and closing or rise and fall of the curtain, and its presence can lend a sense of suspense, mystery or excitement.
The sculpture is an architecturally scaled, kinetic work composed of two parts. The main material of the sculpture is Corten steel, characterised by a deliberately rusted coating that protects the steel. The artist draws an association between the rich orange colour and finish of the rust and the heavy velvet of stage curtains. When these sliding Corten screens open they reveal an inner layer of delicately perforated stainless steel side panels which are more resonant of net curtains.
The artist says: “The sculpture has pushed the print methodologies and processes that I usually work with, enabling me to explore working with metal beyond its usual role within my practice as a printing plate holding the information of an image.”
The ornate perforations in the sculpture’s side panels look to the stylised floral imagery of lace curtains, referencing associations of domestic space. The design of the perforations on the public sculpture are conceived as samplers for a ‘Plymouth Lace’, featuring stylised representations of regional wildflowers, created using a dot structure reminiscent of punch card weaving or lace making techniques. The Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys) and the Mayflower (Convallaria majalis) – another name for Lily of the Valley – are both wildflowers but in the context of Plymouth have strong reference to the city’s role in the colonial settlement of America.
Ben Borthwick, Head of Creative at KARST says, “Commissioning a permanent, functional artwork on the outside of KARST’s building demonstrates our commitment to the ways artistic practice can open up conversations with our neighbours and audiences.” He continues, “We couldn’t be happier with the welcome this sculpture extends to anyone who visits KARST.”
The exhibition broadens the metaphor of the curtain from the public commission by expanding on the notion of thresholds between public and private space. New works by Andrews make reference to the role that cultural, political and technological histories of decorative and applied arts have played in social change with the artist’s unorthodox approach to printmaking translated through a range of materials. The process of layering and the different stages that an image goes through is something that Andrews takes across materials, influenced from her background in printing.
Large architecturally-scaled works occupy the main expanse of the gallery space, contrasting with an intimate ‘viewing room’ to the rear of the gallery – referencing the division between public and private. Domestic scaled works within this room exist as samplers for hypothetical products and include prints, paintings, and smaller metal and textile pieces.
Works in the main gallery space which include a large kinetic installation, aluminium sculptures and printed works, tie together different strands of Andrew’s practice making connections with the artist’s approach to materiality and the application of ornament.
Andrews looks to textile history’s role in documenting scientific discoveries and the plants of a particular time and country. Floral depictions now commonplace in everyday domestic items – such as the net curtain – stem from these scientific studies, abstracted either through their method of production or an artist’s hand.
The works on show also explore methods of halftone screening to create binary imagery which Andrews embraces and exaggerates throughout the exhibition. The process, derived from proto-computer programming, generates new imagery through a set of manually controllable variables that can be manipulated to hold a certain amount of detail but never produces an exact representation of the original image.
Soft Edges, Draw Close opens at KARST gallery on 25 March 2022. The exhibition closes on 28 May, while the sculpture will remain a permanent part of KARST’s facade. A limited edition print and publication have been produced to coincide with the exhibition. The print will be available to purchase for £75 from the gallery. The publication has been developed with Foolscap Editions, an independent publisher that works in close collaboration with artists. A book launch will take place on 5 May in collaboration with Queer District Collective at KARST.
The exhibition is supported by Arts Council England with public funding from the National Lottery. The public sculpture is supported with funding from Foyle Foundation and Garfield Weston Foundation.
KARST, Barbican Theatre and Plymouth Culture have all announced new trustees appointed to their boards in 2022, having worked together throughout the recruitment process to make sure a diverse range of voices are properly represented in the city’s cultural offer.
The inclusive, accessible application process – which involved audio formats and informal conversations – sparked an inspiring response from a huge variety of people who felt supported, seen and heard by the innovative approach to finding new trustees.
The three organisations now have more inclusive boards with:
People from diverse social and economic backgrounds.
A mix of ages with a balance of gender.
Strong, considered voices representative of their communities.
Experience that will provide true support to the organisations.
The volunteer trustees will help guide the organisations’ strategies and provide new perspectives on how they work, while helping drive opportunities to make extraordinary things happen in the city.
KARST is one of the largest independent contemporary art gallery and studio spaces in the South West, while Barbican Theatre creates stunning live entertainment not confined to the stage that builds Plymouth’s own creative voice and gives it a platform.
Plymouth Culture is the city’s sector support agency, helping it realise its cultural ambitions by fuelling collaboration, securing crucial funding and opening up creative opportunities.
Hannah Harris, CEO of Plymouth Culture, said: “We believe this uniquely collaborative approach to finding a new generation of cultural leaders means we have a passionate set of trustees making up strong and relevant boards.
“We wanted to find people who not only share the vision for Plymouth to be an international city driven by arts, creativity and innovation, but understand the need for different communities to be properly represented by culture in the city.”
This inclusive, collaborative approach will continue with a joint programme of board training and development to support trustees in their important role.
You can find out more about the new trustees of the three organisations boards here:
The role requires a team player with excellent communication skills and managerial experience to direct and coordinate KARST operations.
Working with the Executive Director and reporting to the Head of Programme, the Operations Manager will be responsible for managing the smooth delivery of KARST operations, through the development and implementation of organisational wide policies, goals and objectives to ensure an efficient working environment.
In February, KARST welcomed new members into the studio community.
Jean-Paul Bellamy-Wallace has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Paris, Rennes and Brest. He is a qualified teacher of plastic arts and scenography and has worked on set design for Opera de Paris and Opera Comique before moving to Devon in 2022.
Jean-Paul says “I am looking to get involved in an artistic community here, beyond my existing network in France, so it is a great opportunity to come and work in a studio at KARST.”
Portrait of Jean-Paul Bellamy-Wallace.Untitled by Jean-Paul Bellamy-Wallace.
Anna Boland’s current research is focused on dystopian fiction, notions of invisible environments and worlds, post pandemic existence and the air we breathe. Anna explores the unseen; the time and space in-between; making the invisible visible; and creating possibilities of what it may look like if we could see the invisible around us.
Anna says, “I’m looking forward to being part of KARST’s growing artist community. Moving into one of the new studios will provide me with the much needed space to develop and expand my practice exploring immersive environments through sculpture and digital media.”
Anna Boland, Spinous, 2021.Portrait of Anna Boland.
Jacqui Hallum makes paintings on unstructured fabrics and paper which are installed in complex and sensitive arrangements, often in multiple layers, with surfaces hitched back, folded or draped to reveal and conceal colour areas or fragments of transcribed images. Recent exhibitions include Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Kingsgate Project Space, London and Exeter Phoenix. In 2018 Jacqui won the John Moores Painting Prize and in 2020 a book documenting five years of exhibitions was published by Anomie / Kingsgate Project Space. Between 2003 and 2005 Jacqui served on the committee of GENERATORprojects, Dundee and in 2010 she co-founded the peripatetic exhibition project LIDO. Jacqui is currently making a site-based work for a ward at Torbay hospital with Hospital Rooms and planning a mobile garden for a London project space.
Jacqui says, “Following many years of working from a home studio, the chance to join a busy community offers the chance to meet artists and feel connected to the broader Plymouth art scene.”
Jacqui Hallum at Exeter Phoenix. Photo by Dom Moore.Portrait of Jacqui Hallum.
Tom Milnes is an artist, researcher and curator. He has exhibited internationally including at: Gyeonggi International Biennale – Korea, AND/OR – London, The Centre for Contemporary Art Laznia – Gdansk, and W139 – Amsterdam. Milnes’ work was recently selected for CONTROL:21 | FORMAT International Photography Festival and Illuminate 2021. Milnes is a lecturer in Fine Art at Plymouth College of Art, and is the curator and founder of the online platform Digital Artist Residency.
Milnes has recently been awarded a Green Minds commission, where he will be working on a project utilising the augmented reality potential of Microsoft Hololens to envisage an imaginary vision of Plymouth based on native flora and fauna. The work will be visible via a tour/walk in locations within the city in the summer.
Tom says “I’m really excited to be part of the KARST community with so many fantastic artists and arts professionals. It’s great to be part of the legacy of the one of the South-west’s leading artist-led spaces.”
Portrait of Tom Milnes.Work by Tom Milnes.
Examining what it means to be a body in an unstable world and how this might be responded to through alternate cosmologies, Laura Roberston uses sculptural installation and events as a means of embracing the incomprehensible — employing humour and the irrational to dismantle hierarchies and entertain thought beyond the seemingly impossible.
Papier-mache and ceramics are combined with fancy dress accessories — a sphinx sculpture wears a wig and fluffy wings. Bodies, memes, mythological icons and household objects are blended into prop like forms, characters and costumes; allowing for multiple people and objects to overlap as protagonists of the same story.
Laura is currently working on an install for Gallery 333 at Exeter Pheonix and a 3D video project to be shown at Market Hall in Plymouth later in 2022.
Laura says, “I’m excited to be a part of the energy and ambition of KARST’s community — rocket fuel to take to the studio!”
Underland by Laura Robertson.Laura Robertson, Sphinx portrait.
Alexis Soul-Gray lives and works in Devon. She is currently studying for an MA Painting at Royal College of Art in London. Alexis has held lecturing positions in universities, worked as an independent curator and is a 2021 recipient of The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant for Painting and Drawing.
Through painting, collage, assemblage and printmaking Alexis explore ideas of nurture, dereliction and the mother archetype in relation to trauma. Speculative questioning about the memorial, nostalgia and commemoration brings together a conjecture of imagery taken from public archival materials.
She is currently working towards her first international solo shows and has a residency at Exeter Phoenix gallery throughout February.
Alexis says, “I’m excited to be part of the KARST community, I think this is going to be such a positive experience being part of this important cultural city again, re-connect with Plymouth friends and colleagues..and make some new connections!”
Portrait of Alexis Soul-Gray.Red Jumper, oil on canvas, 60 x 50cm, 2021.
Liam Symes is a contemporary painter currently based in Plymouth.Whilst proceeding through his studies, Liam began developing his ideas through painting, consequently engaging more extensively with other painters and finding inspiration from contemporary painters of today. Following completion of his degree in Fine Art in 2013, Liam decided to continue his practice and explore themes which evoke concepts of memory, isolation and serenity. These are some of the ongoing themes present in his work today.
Liam says, “I am thrilled to be joining a community which encourages artistic experimentation, along with regular developmental discussions regarding my practice.”
Portrait of Liam Symes.In Focus, oil on wood, 2021.
Cam Williamson is a a non-binary artist who uses paint and print to explore social spaces. Using their own working-class experiences, Cam aims to represent the social and spatial identity of poorly represented classes. Cam largely paints on found materials, often recreating the space and context in which it was found. Motivated by the social ownership of space, Cam’s artwork rejects ideas of private ownership of public areas.
Cam says, “I am excited to join KARST’s community, and to work alongside other creatives. I look forward to freely exchanging ideas with other artists.”
Portrait of Cam Williamson.Work by Cam Williamson.
Over the course of 2022, KARST’s programme will celebrate a host of local, national and international artists. Exhibitions from Euphrosyne Andrews and Kevin Hunt examine how the architecture and materials of public and private spaces frame social interactions and intimacy. Projects and events by KARST studio artist Katy Richardson, former studio artist Marcy Saude, and studio artist in residence Annie Shrosbree will allow artists to test the limits of their practice. The year concludes with British Art Show 9 where artists will respond to themes – such as healing and migration – that are urgent not only for Plymouth, but also from a global perspective.
MARCY SAUDE: DIRECTIONS: FORWARD Sonya Dyer/ Eve-Lauryn LaFountain/ Marcy Saude 14 JANUARY – 12 FEBRUARY 2022
Credit: Marcy Saude, Still from Come On Pilgrim (16mm), 2022.
Directions: Forward presents moving image work that juxtaposes the mythic and the everyday to develop connections between the past and future. Invoking ritual and resistance, dance and document, historical forces and speculative fiction, the artists map out a terrain that challenges borders – both literal and figurative. Urban indigenous experiences and traces of light captured through photographic process transform the landscape into a celestial realm. Ancestors speak through rhythm across space and time. Histories of settler-colonialism in the built environment intersect with questions of narrative, migration, and community belonging.
This exhibition concludes the Directions project, an artist-led moving image series with a broadly decolonial perspective. Supported by the Mayflower 400 Culture Fund and Arts Council England.
KATY RICHARDSON: A CAKE OF PAINTED TIN
18 & 19 FEBRUARY 2022
Credit: Katy Richardson, Still from A Cake of Painted Tin, 2021.
Following its exhibition at Studio KIND. in November, A Cake of Painted Tin will be shown at KARST on Friday 18 and Saturday 19 February.
The installation presents a body of new moving image and sound work exploring the experiences of writer Antonia White, with particular reference to her Frost in May quartet of novels. The texts describe White’s early life and young adulthood, including time spent in Bethlem Hospital for a psychosis which was attributed to schizophrenia at the time of her admittance in late 1922, but which might now be understood as a symptom of her probable manic depressive illness (Moran, 2018).
A Cake of Painted Tin is funded by Arts Council England with public funding from the National Lottery.
Multimedia artist, sculptor and Bath Spa graduate Annie Shrosbree will present work she has developed during her 2021 residency with KARST studios in this two-day open event.
Annie’s sculptural practice challenges classically accepted notions of ‘sophisticated art’ in it’s ‘silly’ and ‘child-like’ hand built aesthetic. Her residency at KARST has seen her inspiration become more language based, with a growing focus on memes and other popular forms of online communication as well as word-play and regional dialect. Annie will present a multitude of spatial, size and material juxtapositions at the end of her residency, allowing her collection of ‘jokes’ to hold the physical space in ways that are unavailable to their online equivalents.
EUPHROSYNE ANDREWS: DRAW CLOSE
25 MARCH – 28 MAY 2022
DRAW CLOSE is an exhibition and architectural commission by Euphrosyne Andrews where the artist’s unorthodox approach to printmaking will be translated through a range of materials including prints, paintings, large format textile screens and aluminium sculptures. This new body of work uses the curtain as a central metaphor, exploring the ways materials frame our experience of domestic and public spaces.
A public sculpture on KARST’s facade takes the form of steel screens that cover the gallery’s entrance when closed. This combines with an exhibition drawing parallels between methods of screening in a broader sense, including the curtain’s associations with the intimacy of the domestic environment and theatre’s collective escapism. New works will make reference to the role that cultural, political and technological histories of decorative and applied arts have played in social change.
KEVIN HUNT: (lowkey)
30TH JUNE – 27 AUGUST 2022
Credit: Kevin Hunt, STRAIGHTFACE, Whitewashed waterjet cut found plastics, 2019.
(lowkey) is Liverpudlian artist Kevin Hunt’s first solo exhibition and brings together several strands of his practice in a gallery setting for the very first time. Major new bodies of work (including wall-based sculpture, architectural intervention and small functional objects) rooted in his lived-experiences and interactions within municipal post-war architecture are explored from a Queer perspective.
The exhibition is curated by Matt Retallick and is generously supported by the Elephant Trust and MIRROR through their ‘Make Work With Us’ programme.
BRITISH ART SHOW 9
8 OCTOBER – 23 DECEMBER 2022
Credit: Hetain Patel, Don’t Look at the Finger, 2017. Single Channel HD video, stereo sound 16 mins 08 secs. Copyright the artist. Commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella, with Manchester Art Gallery and QUAD. Supported by Arts Council England. Initial research supported by Jerwood Choreographic Research Project.
The British Art Show is a touring exhibition that celebrates the vitality of recent art made in Britain. British Art Show 9 takes a critical look at art produced from 2015 to the present moment, a period that begins with Britain voting to leave the European Union and closes with the still unfolding Covid-19 pandemic. Plymouth first hosted the British Art Show ten years ago. This iteration brings different themes into focus in each city, and in Plymouth it centres on the migration of people, plants, objects, ideas and forms.
The exhibition will be delivered in partnership with Plymouth Culture and shown across four venues: KARST, The Box, The Levinsky Gallery at the University of Plymouth and MIRROR at Plymouth College of Art.
In February new studios will become available at UNDER, the unit below KARST’s main space. This will be raw studio space similar to how KARST was before our recent capital works project. UNDER will increase KARST’s studio community but also make studios available for artists at a range of career stages, from recent graduates to established artists.
Studio Facilities & Membership
24-hour access
Limited number of allocated parking spaces
Kitchen facilities
Communal social area
Meeting / conference room (on request)
Access to roller doors for loading
Artist links on KARST website / social media
Opportunities for studio visits / critique with art professionals
Available studios
4 x micro studio, approx 1.4m x 3m at £75 pcm
2 x mid studio, approx 2.4m x 3m at £95 pcm
1 x large studio, approx 3m x 4.8m at £130 pcm
1 x office/Project studio, approx 4.4m x 5.5m at £300 pcm
Costs all inclusive of VAT & business rates, Wi-Fi, and utility bills including electric and water.
Selection criteria
Spaces are reviewed and assessed by a selection panel, comprising KARST staff and board members. The application process is identical to the six-monthly project proposals existing studio holders make every April and October when they reapply for their studios.
Access and facilities
Studio entrance includes one step into the building. Once inside the building, the space under KARST is on one level with accessible facilities and a roller shutter for loading. There is no central heating within the space.
Applicants are considered on the basis of:
An active and critically engaged contemporary fine art practice
The clarity of direction of their work
Already established networks within and beyond Plymouth
Evidently exhibiting work on a regional, national or international level
Willingness to proactively participate in regular studio meetings and peer sessions
A commitment of at least 15 hours per week to on site studio practice
The current community of studio artists and their practices
Progression since graduation where relevant.
Key dates
Application deadline: Thursday 6 January 2022
Notification: Tuesday 11 January 2022
Tenancy begins: Tuesday 1 February 2022
Application process
All applicants are encouraged to visit our website and arrange a meeting with staff or residents before applying to find out the suitability of the studio in relation to their practice.
All applications must include a completed application which includes supporting information, such as images, relevant links, artist CV and appropriate references based on the selection criteria.
Successful applicants will be invited for an informal discussion about studio provision prior to a final offer of tenancy.
For more information and to discuss your application contact studio@karst.org.uk.
Ocean Moon Group (OMG) is the most recent incarnation of a six-year collaboration between KARST studio artist Graham Guy-Robinson, musician and founder of Lo Recordings Jon Tye, and musician Jack Harman.
OMG combine sonic collage with live sound, light, tactile surface, image and objects. The resulting synaesthesia forms an eventful space, a temporary system of togetherness and a system of choice not control, where sonic and sculptural elements weave new orientations, directions, exits and entrances in space and time. Into this new geography meditating and moving bodies ebb and flow. This shared space is many things, an archipelago, individual islands and visible portals to (often invisible) worlds. Set adrift on sonic waves, the island cushions guide inhabitants on shared quests and inner travels.
The lozenge shaped cushions used in OMG performance are based on the’ holes’ cut out to make the familiar orange temporary fencing found on construction sites. This motif has been explored by Guy-Robinson over many years. Work from the Temporary Fence series has been exhibited internationally and nationally, including, Hatton Gallery Newcastle, Spitalfields Public Art Programme, Royal Academy London, Embassy Brazil London, Jerwood Sculpture Prize, Somos Gallery Berlin, Kiasma Finland, Royal Society Sculptors London.
OMG have performed at Jamboree (Dartington Hall), CTOWN (Cornwall), Maker Heights (Cornwall), White Hotel (Manchester) and House of St Barnabas (Soho, London).
In August 2021 the Ocean Moon Group performed alongside Coral Sea, Lauren Doss, JQ, and Private Agenda as part of Lo Recordings’ Spaciousness event at the House of St Barnabas in Soho, London. From 25-29 October, films documenting this event will be shared via Lo Recordings platforms – with Ocean Moon Group’s film released on Thursday 28 October.
KARST is looking for up to four new Board members to further develop the skills base and work of the Board. Our Board provides leadership and governance, and sets the strategic direction of the organisation. Board members play an active role representing KARST externally as well as monitoring the organisation against its agreed aims and objectives. Board members contribute a broad range of experience from the world of business and the arts, and bring specific expertise to discussions around strategy, company growth and development and the delivery of priorities and programmes.
We are seeking new Board members who:
Provide new insights and perspectives.
Are keen to develop new or further their existing skills and experience.
Are prepared to engage fully and bring creativity, new ideas and perspectives that challenge long-standing beliefs and systems.
Can develop an understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship, following Nolan’s seven principles of public life: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.
We welcome all applications, but we are interested in applications from a young voice, a community voice and an ethnically diverse voice, to broaden the diversity of our Board. Applicants do not need to have a contemporary arts background or previous Board experience.
KARST values people, collaborations and creating opportunities to make extraordinary things happen and we are looking for ambitious people who share our vision for Plymouth to be an international city driven by arts, culture and innovation. We see this as a great opportunity for new Board members, existing Board members and the executive team to share experience, exchange knowledge and learn from each other.
The role
The collective responsibilities of the KARST Board are to:
Advise on KARST’s vision, mission and strategy, reviewing and approving strategic plans prepared by the Executive Director and scrutinise performance against them.
Monitor and evaluate operational activities and policies, ensuring that KARST is
effectively managed.
Provide strong financial oversight and risk management and compliance.
Support KARST’s Executive Director in delivering their role and responsibilities, and the Senior Management Team in their areas of work.
Ensure that the organisation complies with our charitable objects and meet our commitments to funders, investors and other stakeholders.
How to apply
Informal chat – If you are thinking of applying and would like to discuss anything with us in advance please get in touch for an informal chat with the Executive Director and Chair.
Applications open Wednesday 20th October 2021.
Application – please complete the online application form including a short statement to explain your interest in the role. Please also complete our equality and diversity monitoring form and email to Donna (dh@karst.org.uk). We will not accept CVs as part of this process, but should you prefer to supply your statement as an audio or video file, you can send this alongside your equality and diversity monitoring form.
Applications must be received by 5pm on Friday 12th November 2021.
Board Recruitment Stage one informal meeting – we would like to invite all eligible applicants to a 20 minute informal discussion about your application. This is an opportunity for you to meet the team, discuss your interest and suitability for the role and answer any clarifying questions. To be held week commencing 15th November 2021.
Stage two formal interview – Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a formal interview which will communicate full details in advance.
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