Workshops

Latest workshop is  National Arts Policy – Local Implementation, for artists, commissioned by Future-Creative, Kent in November 2011.

Also added to the workshop portfolio this summer is The Inside Story, for Artsway Associates; an insider’s view of arts funding.

With twenty years experience as an arts and creative industries professional, I am always delighted to share my knowledge with others. Current and previous clients have included Artsway Associates, University of Brighton, Sheffield Hallam University, University of Chester, Prevista Ltd, Christopher Swann Professional Development Ltd, South East Media Network and Liverpool Biennial of Art.  (details here).

Each session is interactive, fun and designed for the specific group – be they undergraduates, recent graduates, artists’ groups, or micro-businesses.

To commission one or more of the sessions below,  please contact me to discuss session outlines, learning outcomes and costs.

• So you and the other 8000 arts graduates this year are going to be famous?

• The Art Market and where you fit in.

• Access, audiences & marketing.

• Who funds the arts and why?

• Writing successful fundraising applications.

• Arts in a community context.

• Information is power: where are the opportunities?

• The work talks for itself – or does it? Presenting yourself.

• Project Management – making it work.

• Monitoring & evaluation.

• Financial management – boring but essential!

• Writing killer copy!

• How to thrive in interviews.

• The art of smalltalk.

If you are a studio and/or gallery group:

• Setting up: the nuts and bolts.

• Legal models: pros and cons of each.

• Facing gentrification: securing your studio.

• What do you do when the rent goes up?

• Marketing yourselves.

As Course Director of an Arts Management programme I noticed that practising as a professional creative  – in whatever artform – often holds many surprises for recent arts graduates and young businesses. You might be highly skilled in your artform but don’t know how to successfully present yourself, apply for and win opportunities, or know how to manage a project. It can be unclear where funding sources are and how funding decisions are made according to strategy and priorities, or how politics changes the climate for better or worse. Very often, it’s hard to know how to present as professionals or know where to find information or from whom.

The training package I offer is designed to tackle these needs – and is based on twenty years experience of the skills and knowledge required to succeed in the creative sector.

For more information and to commission one or more sessions, email dany.louise@ntlworld.com