Milton Keynes Arts Centre’s Board of Trustees is seeking a new Trustee with skills and experience in the area of CommercialDevelopment.

We are looking for someone who is enterprising and entrepreneurial, able to support MKAC in developing new income-generating strands of work.

We particularly encourage applications from individuals who are underrepresented in the cultural sector and who reflect the diversity of Milton Keynes communities with whom the Arts Centre works.

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About Milton Keynes Arts Centre

Milton Keynes Arts Centre (MKAC) was established by Milton Keynes Corporation in 1974 and incorporated as a limited company (No. 02618453) in 1991. Since 2018, the organisation has been a National Portfolio Organisation of Arts Council England.

A registered charity (No. 1007409),MKAC’s mission is to connect and revitalise Milton Keynes communities through place-based and collaborative approaches to creative programming. We celebrate Milton Keynes' unique social, natural and built environment through art ,promoting pride in people and place.

Originally based in the historic grounds of Great Linford Manor Park, in 2025 MKAC made the exciting move away from a site-based business model to working peripatetically – co-creating programmes of work with local residents in their spaces and in response to the issues affecting their lives.

In partnership with Milton Keynes City Council, Milton Keynes Museum and Living Archive, MKAC is currently leading a two-year arts programme centred around Bradwell Windmill, which is designed to engage local residents in the mill’s history and increase its use as a community resource post-restoration. We are working with Woughton Community Council and local residents in commissioning a new public artwork in ABC Park, Netherfield. Through our ‘On the Road’ programme, in partnership with parish and town councils, we are offering artist-led creative sessions designed to support wellbeing ,build skills and reduce social isolation. Each year, we also organise pop-up ‘We Live Here’ outdoor events in residential areas’ green spaces, which encourage families to learn more about the many fascinating living things they share their homes with.

OUR VISION

Our vision is of an Arts Centre that is future-looking, dynamic and fleet-footed: co-designing and delivering ambitious and high-quality arts events and activities with Milton Keynes artists and communities in their spaces and on their terms in order to:

• Inspire and bring moments of joy to Milton Keynes’ residents by enabling them to realise their own creative potential.
• Be fully inclusive and diverse, actively seeking to address potential barriers to engagement in the arts in order to ensure people from all backgrounds feel welcome and represented in everything we do.
• Encourage pride in place by celebrating the distinctiveness of Milton Keynes’ social, natural ,and built environment through art.
• Build, connect and revitalise communities in Milton Keynes through place-based and collaborative approaches to creative programming.
• Position artists at the heart of our work ,connecting them with communities across Milton Keynes, promoting opportunities for skills development and employment, supporting risk-taking and celebrating innovation.
• And to do the above in ways that promote ethical and sustainable practices, pointing the way to a better shared future.

We are now seeking a new trustee who can support us in achieving this vision.

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