Listen Gallery
Published: 28 September 2026
Listening with Listen Gallery
Host organisation: Listen Gallery
Project title: Listening with Listen Gallery
Project description
Listen Gallery is the only artist-run, non-profit arts space dedicated to sound and communal listening in Glasgow. It was established in 2021, with the aim of making sound art accessible to all, by using listening as a means of creating, collaborating, and growing together.
Listen Gallery’s programme includes workshops, performances, exhibitions, screenings and other sound-focused projects.
As a PoC-owned and artist-run venue, Listen Gallery contributes to greater diversity in the programming of independent cultural spaces in the city. Alongside its partnership with established cultural organisations, festivals and institutions, Listen Gallery supports emerging artists and presents their work to Glasgow audiences for the first time.
Interns at Listen Gallery will support a range of independent sound and performance projects, while assisting the director in the day-to-day activities, which include: project management, curatorial practices, planning and development of business plans, community building through art and sound projects. Listen Gallery is currently developing its online archive and interns would contribute to the cataloguing and collection for the archive.
Outputs
This internship offers hands-on insight into the artistic, organisational and production work of running an independent, artist-led venue focused on sound and performance. As Listen Gallery is a one-person-run space, the intern will work closely with the director across all areas of Listen Gallery's operations. This means that the intern will acquire skills in curatorial practices, communication, production and community engagement related to the field of sound art.
Programme development: The researcher will contribute to planning Listen Gallery's activity calendar, helping to combine events curated and organised by Listen Gallery itself, along with the coordination and management of external proposals from artists and partners.
Production: The researcher will build practical skills in organising and producing artistic projects, alongside an introduction to the technical side of sound-based practice. This includes: learning to read technical riders, assisting artists in their production needs, and developing basic technical skills relevant to sound art and live performance.
Communication: The researcher will write and edit texts for event platforms, Listen Gallery’s website, social media and other public-facing channels. They will also collaborate with the artists involved in each project to develop strategies for audience engagement and development.
Hospitality and community building: Welcoming artists, audiences and collaborators is central to Listen Gallery's legacy. As a BPoC-owned and artist-run venue, Listen Gallery creates opportunities for diverse communities, including Black people, people of colour, refugees and asylum seekers, and queer artists across Scotland, supporting voices and practices that remain underrepresented within the wider cultural sector. Hospitality and community building are at the core of Listen Gallery’s agenda; the intern will be required to actively engage with these practices.
Funding and sustainability: The researcher will gain insight into the economic and institutional structures that support independent artistic organisations, contributing to grant and award applications and assisting with fundraising activities related to nome's programme. This will offer a practical understanding of how artistic projects are framed within funding contexts, and how independent organisations work towards long-term sustainability.
In person/remote/hybrid
Hybrid.
The internship will involve a combination of in-person and remote working, depending on the nature of the tasks and the researcher’s preferences.
A physical presence will be essential during Listen Gallery's events, including opening nights, performances and public programmes. These events involve hospitality and community-building activities. Providing in-person support for studio visits and site inspections with artists will offer a better understanding of the production and organisational work environment.
Other tasks can be completed remotely with close and ongoing communication with the director. Writing, communication and administrative support tasks, such as drafting texts for the website, social media or grant applications, do not necessarily require interns to be physically present.
This hybrid structure allows for flexibility while ensuring the intern remains closely integrated into the day-to-day rhythm of the space.
Benefits to the researcher
This broad, hands-on experience will provide the researcher with transferable skills and a comprehensive understanding of how an independent cultural organisation operates.
They will gain direct experience of working with artists and institutions in Glasgow and across Scotland, as well as with international practitioners involved in Listen Gallery's programme. Moreover, they will develop a deeper understanding of Glasgow's sound art ecosystem by engaging with both established institutions and emerging grassroots practices.
Working closely with the director on all areas of the organisation's activities, the researcher will have direct contact with a wide range of artists and gain first-hand, practical experience in various sectors of the sound art sector, including curating, production, communication and fundraising.
Listen Gallery is also open to project proposals from research interns, provided they align with Listen Gallery's values.
Key relationships
Over the course of the internship, the researcher will work closely with the director, artists and performers involved in Listen Gallery's programme, as well as technical collaborators supporting production and live events.
They will also engage with a wide public, including event audiences, local and international visitors, and members of the communities nome supports through its hospitality-focused programming.
In addition, the intern will have contact with institutional partners, funding bodies and cultural organisations across Glasgow, Scotland and internationally. Among Listen Gallery’s partners and collaborators: U Belong; Thinking Culture; Creatives of Colour; Radiophrenia; Counterflows.
Subject areas
This opportunity would be relevant to the following subject areas:
Philosophy, Thought and Religion; Languages and Linguistics; Creative Writing; Music; Visual Arts; Curating; Museum and Gallery Studies; Policy, Arts Management and Creative Industries; Gender and Sexuality; Cultural Studies and Pop Culture; Archives; Records Management; Cultural History; Imperial/Colonial History; Colonial and Post-Colonial Studies; Media and Communication Studies; Middle Eastern and African Studies; Poetry; Inter-faith Relations.
Person specification
A1. Knowledge Base
- Desirable: Subject knowledge; Research methods – theoretical knowledge; Research methods – Practical application; Information Seeking; Information literacy and management; Academic literacy and numeracy.
A3. Creativity
- Essential: Inquiring minds.
B1. Personal qualities
- Essential: Enthusiasm; Self-reflection.
B2. Self management
- Desirable: Responsiveness to change.
C1. Professional conduct
- Desirable: Health and Safety; Ethics, principles and sustainability; Respect and confidentiality; Appropriate practice; Legal requirements; IPR and copyright; Attribution and co-authorship.
C3. Finance, funding & resources
- Desirable: Income and funding generation; Infrastructure and resources.
D1. Working with others
- Essential: Team working; Collaboration; Equality and diversity.
First published: 28 September 2026