Expanding Horizons Traineeships offer an incredible opportunity for early career and emerging artists to learn, practise and develop alongside highly experienced artists.

We encourage artists of any age to apply, as long as you are early on in your journey as a participatory arts practitioner. You may be a recent creative graduate, or an experienced artist who has never delivered workshops with others. You may be a singer who wants to develop their expertise in leading a community choir, or a musician who wants to understand how to use their artform with adults with lived experience of mental ill health.

Trainees will be connected to one of darts’ creative programmes and will observe Lead and Support Artists, co-plan, co-deliver and develop their skills. There will be opportunities to talk to experienced artists about their approach. As the programme progresses, trainees will be supported to design and deliver short activities within sessions, then full sessions with participants.