training
professional development & skills for visual artists
We take pride in offering excellent training in a range of relavent subjects, for visual artists around the North West. But don't take our word for it, here are some comments from partipants on past courses:
“I found this workshop the most useful I have ever attended...the time just flew by.”
“This was a very useful, information dense workshop, filled with knowledge gained from experience and good suggestions of how to apply it.”
“Exceeded all expectations”
current
- 2012 sessions in Social Media, Community Arts and much more coming soon. To receive details of new courses, send us an email.
past
2011
Social Media for Artists
LED BY – Amanda Daniels, Koogar Digital Marketing
Friday 4th November, 9am-5pmThis session will introduce artists to a range of social media platforms and how to make best use of them, including; blogging, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, You Tube, top tips, useful tools and much much more…
PRICE- £25 (includes lunch and refreshments)
For more information, and to book, see socialmediaforartists2.eventbrite.com
How to Photograph Your Art Work – Individual Training
LED BY – Elaine Stapleton, Insight Photography
Friday 28th October, 1-7pmArtists and craftspeople working in any media can book a one hour, 1 to 1 session with professional photographer Elaine, in which she will use your own camera to photograph one of your works, and teach you how to repeat the process yourself.
PRICE- £25 dot-art members / £30 non-members
For more information, and to book, see photographingyourworksessions.eventbrite.com
Community Engagement through the Arts - Practicalities and Funding
LED BY – Brian Dawe, SAFE Productions (Supporting Arts for Everyone)
Friday 7th October, 10am-4pmThis practical workshop will introduce artists and practitioners to identifying appropriate funding streams to finance the delivery of your creative projects.
PRICE- £25 (includes lunch and refreshments)
For more information, and to book, see communityartsfunding.eventbrite.com
Working with Young People and the Arts
LED BY – Brian Dawe, SAFE Productions (Supporting Arts for Everyone)
Wednesday 28th September, 10am-1pmThis introductory session will give an insight into the tools, methods and approaches to delivering projects and sessions with young people and the arts.
PRICE- £15 (includes refreshments)
For more information, and to book, see youngpeopleandarts.eventbrite.com
Introduction to Setting up as a Self Employed Artist
LED BY – David Parrish, International Business Advisor for Creative People
Tuesday 13th September, 10am-1pmBy the end of the workshop, participants will be confident about setting up in business and understanding the practicalities of registering as self-employed, dealing with tax, and other administrative matters involved in making a business from creativity.
PRICE- £15 (includes refreshments)
For more information, and to book, see selfemployedartist.eventbrite.com
Meet the Buyer - Diana Hamilton, The Hamilton Project
Thursday 1st September, 6-8pmDiana is a co-founder of The Hamilton Project, a creative agency which specialises in two main areas – the management, strategy, feasibility and delivery of public art; and capacity building, management, and delivery within the cultural industries.
PRICE- £10 (includes refreshments)
For more information, and to book, see meetthebuyer3.eventbrite.com
How to Photograph Your Art Work – Individual Training
LED BY – Elaine Stapleton, Insight Photography
Friday 19th August, 10am-7pmArtists and craftspeople working in any media can book a one hour, 1 to 1 session with professional photographer Elaine, in which she will use your own camera to photograph one of your works, and teach you how to repeat the process yourself.
PRICE- £25 dot-art members / £30 non-members
For more information, and to book, see photographingyourworksessions.eventbrite.com
Introduction to Digital Photography
LED BY – Jazamin Sinclair (Capture Photographers) and Jackie Stevens
Friday 22nd July, 10am-4pmThis course will give participants an overview of what can be achieved with a digital camera, from basic to advanced; including settings, techniques, functions, composition, editing and printing.
PRICE- £25 (includes lunch and refreshments)
For more information, and to book, see digitalphotographyintroduction.eventbrite.com
Meet the Buyer - Vicki Charnock, Alder Hey Hospital
Thursday 7th July, 6-8pmVicky has been Arts Coordinator at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust since 2006 and is responsible for managing the Trust’s ambitious Arts for Health programme. As part of this, she manages and commissions artists from around the North West to develop arts for health programmes within the hospital.
PRICE- £10 (includes refreshments)
For more information, and to book, see meetthebuyer2.eventbrite.com
Introduction to Life Drawing
LED BY – Roy Munday
Thursday 30th June, 10am-4pmDesigned for those new to life drawing or returning after a break, this session will give a basic introduction to the skills needed for successful and productive life drawing, including how to measure in order to achieve correct proportions and accurate drawing skills.
PRICE- £25 (includes lunch and refreshments)
For more information, and to book, see lifedrawing.eventbrite.com
Social Media for Artists
LED BY – Amanda Daniels, Koogar Digital Marketing
Friday 10th June, 9am-5pmThis session will introduce artists to a range of social media platforms and how to make best use of them, including; blogging, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, You Tube, top tips, useful tools and much much more…
PRICE- £25 (includes lunch and refreshments)
For more information, and to book, see socialmediaforartists.eventbrite.com
Meet the Buyer - Janet Dunnett, Inside Out Creative
Thursday 9th June, 6-8pmJanet has worked for many years delivering public art projects and commissions, both through Inside Out Creative, and previous roles at the Piccadilly Partnership and Arts and Business. She has worked directly with artists on many occasions and will outline what she looks for in a good partnership with an artist.
PRICE- £10 (includes refreshments)
For more information, and to book, see meetthebuyer1.eventbrite.com
Introduction to Photographing your Work
LED BY – Elaine Stapleton, Insight Photography
Wednesday 8th June, 10am-1pmThe aim of this session is to provide you with an overview of the skills required to take images of Fine Art. The session also supplies you with all you need to know to enable you to get started taking images of your own art work.
PRICE- £15 (includes refreshments)
For more information, and to book, see photographingyourwork.eventbrite.com
Our training events in 2011 were generously supported by Liverpool Vision.
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