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PCT100 Timeline Artist

The Timeline Artist will work closely with the Head of Collections and project team to identify key themes and stories that pull out dates and moments from the history of the Powell-Cotton Museum and its founder, Percy Powell-Cotton and family.  This will be plotted using illustrations/drawings/scenes showing the Museum’s history, alongside national and global events that will help contextualise the world in which the Museum developed.

This will be painted along our glazed entrance corridor to the Museum, which will provide an essential insight and introduction to who and what the Museum is, and help lay the foundations for the gallery interpretation visitors will next engage with.

Artist fee: 6.5 days at £352 per day (£2,288 excl VAT but inc of all travel and expenses).  We can provide up to £250 for materials

Closing date: 5pm on Wednesday 25 March 2026

How to Apply

We invite proposals from artists and practitioners with demonstrable experience in a similar creative practice.  This work may be best suited to someone who is confident painting on glass, or a graphic artist printing onto decal.

To apply for this commission, please submit proposals (covering letter outlining you how you would approach this project, including examples of relevant work) electronically to katy.roberts@powell-cottonmuseum.org by 5pm, Wednesday 25th March 2026.  We will review the submission that week and contact everyone who applies as soon as possible.

Finance Trustee

The Powell-Cotton Trust (PCT) is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), registered charity number 1167318, to govern the Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex House and Gardens. It replaces earlier charitable bodies, which have been in existence in one form or another since 1926.

2026 marks the centenary of the establishment of a Charity to govern the Museum, and it is an opportunity to reflect on the past, to learn from the collection and our communities, to embed good practice and sector leadership that enable us to secure the success of the next 100+ years of the Trust.

The Trust currently has eight Trustees and we are looking to further develop our Board with a new Trustee that can bring specific skills in business finance, charity fundraising, property or investment management, to assist us towards a financially resilient and sustainable future.

You will be joining the Trust at a truly unique moment as we have just received a very significant inheritance that will provide us with the financial platform to allow us to develop and grow the Trust’s profile and offer, building on the success of our achievements to date.

How to Apply

Please read the Finance Trustee Recruitment Pack, found below.

For an informal discussion with the Chair or a member of the Board, please contact the CEO to arrange: sarah.corn@powell-cottontrust.org.

To apply for the post, please send a CV and covering letter explaining how you meet our requirements and why you are interested joining the Board, to: Ceri Ashley, c/o sarah.corn@powell-cottontrust.org.

Candidates will be invited for a site visit which will be an opportunity to meet some of the PCT Board and team members. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to observe a Board meeting with an aim to formally appoint at that meeting.

Appointments will be made subject to receiving satisfactory references, which will only be taken up if an applicant is invited to become a Trustee.

There is no fixed closing date and we will keep the vacancy open until a suitable candidate has been appointed.