Wednesday 15 February 2012

Let’s be Professional: creative practice seminars.


Let’s be Professional:  Saturday 24 March, 1-5pm Creative Practice
In Partnership with Goldsmiths and Lewisham Arts Services
£10 early bird tickets per seminar or £12.50 on the door.
Seminar Room, Ben Pimlott Building, Goldsmiths, University of London, London SE14 6NW
Chaired by Rosalind Davis and Annabel Tilley,  ZeitgeistArtsProjects
To book please go to www.ZeitgeistArtsProjects.com

Seminars for Artists: Practical toolkits for creatives with leading artists, arts organisations and arts professionals.
Speakers: Alison Branagan, Paul Perlin, Elizabeth Murton, Day+Gluckman.

Getting Your Work Seen With Day+Gluckman and Rosalind Davis
  • How to utilise networking, marketing and tips to get your work seen
·         How to maximise exhibitions, open studios, projects and opportunities for greater success
·         How to approach and build relationships with curators, galleries and collectors. 

 Day+Gluckman are Lucy Day and Eliza Gluckman, a curatorial partnership who have been working together since 2006 programming exhibitions for the Collyer Bristow Gallery, London. Initially trained as artists and latterly working as curators they have worked for many years across independent, public, artist-led and commercial galleries.

Money Talks with Paul Perlin
Paul is a Chartered Accountant running Perlin Franco with the expertise and experience of dealing with clients in a wide range of business sectors and is a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art. This is a great opportunity to ask all those difficult 'tax' questions that will help save you money long term. Practical advice on becoming self-employed & tax & physical examples of simple book-keeping, keeping artists accounts & expenses
http://www.perlinfranco.co.uk/
Creative Entrepreneurship with Alison Branagan and Elizabeth Murton
·         Enterprising skills for an artist & How to focus, and spot or create future business opportunities.
·         Creative problem solving and timekeeping 
·         The importance of inter-personal and practical enterprise skills in establishing a creative business.
·         Succeed as a practitioner and build a business within the visual arts and cultural industries.
·         The importance of presentation, networking, creative thinking, being able to negotiate with clients
·         How to sell and issues such as IP, contracts and copyright.
Alison Branagan is an author and visual arts consultant. Over the last decade she has written several books and has studied different approaches to teaching business theory and enterprise skills. Since 1999 she has established enterprise courses at a number of London universities including Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and conducted a series of Master Classes for the Association of Illustrators.
www.alisonbranagan.com
Elizabeth Murton is an artist, curator and graduate from Goldsmiths College. She has received commissions from Deptford X and The Crafts Council and has exhibited internationally. Elizabeth runs the Engine ChatChat Peer Critique ideas-matter-sphere connecting art & science, providing opportunities to share knowledge and ideas through talks, discussions & exhibitions. www.elizabethmurton.co.uk
Chaired by Annabel Tilley and Rosalind Davis:  ZeitgeistArtsProjects:
Tilley and Davis are both artists, curators and writers and the innovative partnership behind the highly successful DIY Educate programme, Show&Tell which provides artist talks, practical workshops & Seminars, one-to-one tutorials, and peer critiques (supported by Elizabeth Murton), placing them at the forefront of independent arts education.
Their artists professional development programmes focus on giving realistic advice and toolkits for the challenges faced by self-employed and portfolio career artists today as well as the opportunities: emphasising professional development, skill-sharing and networking.




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