The Mosaic Rooms

The Mosaic Rooms
Opportunity type: Part time
Hours: Wednesday 12pm-4pm
Salary: £11/hr
Start date: 13 October 2021-26 January 2022 (no shifts 22 & 29 Dec)
Location: SW5 0SW, 5 mins from Earls Court tube

About the role
The Host will be responsible for welcoming local refugee and asylum seekers to the Gallery from 1-3pm every Wednesday. The role will be public facing and the host will ensure the gallery space feels welcoming and accommodating to these audiences. The host will introduce people to the space, show them facilities available, help set up refreshments, and be present to help facilitate conversations and answering any queries people may have about the exhibition/Gallery. Working creatively with other members of the team they will also help generate ideas for developing and engaging these audiences. Either Arabic or Farsi as additional languages would be extremely beneficial to the role.

About the project
In The Open Living Room/ Al Madafeh The Mosaic Rooms will host an afternoon session for refugees and asylum seekers who have been placed in local hotels. It is intended that the space will be a welcoming free space for residents to spend time, to visit the gallery, and feel welcome and enjoy free tea/coffee/biscuits. The weekly event will be publicised by local refugee support organisations West London Welcome and RBKC mutual aid group. The weekly event will run for the duration of the exhibition Stateless Heritage.

About The Mosaic Rooms
The Mosaic Rooms are a vibrant non-profit cultural space and bookshop in West London dedicated to supporting and promoting contemporary culture from and about the Arab world and beyond. We do this through our free access contemporary art exhibitions, our multidisciplinary events, artist residencies and learning and engagement programme. We are a project of the A.M. Qattan Foundation, a registered charity number 1029450.

To apply
Please email Rachael Jarvis, Director, at rachael@mosaicrooms.org with your expressions of interest, any relevant experience, languages spoken, and confirming availability.