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We craft fun and educational experiences that change the lives of our different communities, with a particular focus on disadvantaged and under-represented groups.
We’re passionate about our art form, but knowledge of videogames is not essential.
The National Videogame Museum is governed by the BGI charity.
Artist Brief
Activity: Documenting cosplay through drawing at MCM Comic Con London, Saturday 23rd May 2026.
What we are looking for:
The National Videogame Museum is looking to collaborate with an artist to document cosplay and costumes at MCM Comic Con in London. The NVM will have a pop-up activity stand at the event from Saturday 23rd May 2026.
As a part of this activity, we are looking for an artist to create portraits and illustrations of visitors to the Comic Con who are sharing their love of videogames through cosplay. This would involve creating portraits of people dressed as videogame characters (wearing costumes) who are attending this event. These illustrations could be created digitally or via traditional art mediums.
Ideally artists would be comfortable attending in-person events and working quickly with members of the public of different ages and backgrounds to create observational drawings and sketches of people wearing costumes. The activity would be supported by experienced members of The NVM team, with opportunities for breaks during the day. Images created would remain the property of the artist, but would need to be licenced and made available for display (with attribution) within future exhibitions created by the National Videogame Museum.
When/Where:
Artist Fee: £500 – to cover event attendance and creation of images.
Additional Honorarium Fee: £150 – to licence images created for presentation in future exhibitions created by the National Videogame Museum.
Reasonable travel expenses to and from the event venue will be covered.
To Apply:
Please apply to this opportunity by sending your CV or Artist Portfolio, including examples of previous work, to Leah Dungay (Learning and Community Curator) at leah@thebgi.uk. If you have any questions about the opportunity and your application please feel free to get in touch using the email address above.
Closing Date: Friday 8th May, 17:00
We believe that videogames
transform lives and we work with some of the poorest communities in the UK to help them play, collaborate and learn in our unique museum. Our charity relies on the support of donors, visitors, patrons, grant-giving trusts and sponsors to deliver our unique services and content to our communities.
The National Videogame Museum is run and governed by our parent charity the BGI, registered charity no. 1183530.
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