Join Our Board

Written By Zoe Parker

Yorkshire & Humber Visual Arts Network (YVAN) is looking for new Directors to join our Board at an exciting point in our development as we consolidate our organisation to create a closer alignment with the artist and artist-led visual arts sector in the region.

The role of a YVAN Board Member is a voluntary position and requires dedication to the company’s development, acting as ambassadors and ensuring that we fulfil our mission and aims for the benefit of the visual arts sector in Yorkshire & Humber and beyond.

Whilst we welcome applications from all individuals, we are particularly interested in applicants with the following skills / experience to complement the current membership of our Board:

  • Research & research methodologies

  • Sector knowledge

  • Data analysis

  • Accessibility

  • Climate justice in the visual arts

  • Environmental sustainability

  • Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

  • Policy development

  • Quality of life and sustainable careers for artists 

  • Finance 

  • Fundraising

  • Human Resources (HR)

  • Public relations (PR)

We are committed to ensuring that our Board of Trustees is representative of the diversity of Yorkshire & Humber and would like to encourage applications from people from underrepresented backgrounds, the global majority, people with lived experience of disability, neurodiversity and LGBTQ+.

Learn more about us. 

View Board Recruitment Document here.

HOW TO APPLY

Read the Board Recruitment Document for further details.

Please send us a covering letter telling us why you are interested in becoming a Board Member of Yorkshire & Humber Visual Arts Network and what you think you will bring to the organisation. 

Please also complete an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion form online. It is also available in word format. This information will be treated confidentially. 

Please email your application and Equal opportunities form to info@yvan.org.uk

There is a rolling recruitment for interested Board members with two deadlines per year. The 2025/26 deadlines are 30th October 2025 and 30th July 2026.

If we invite you to join our Board, then there will also be an opportunity to observe a Board meeting before you confirm you would like to proceed. 




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