2011 DIY Educate Show&Tell Programme

The 2011 DIY Educate Programme

2011 Artists Talks: Show and Tell

We ask: how did you get where you are today?

Chaired by Annabel Tilley

Through artists telling their stories, and acting as role models, Show & Tell aims to create a realistic idea of what it is to be a professional artist today. 

Artists will talk about their own practice - in the widest sense - from their choice of subject matter, themes, and inspirations to getting shown, and their daily routine and studio practice. Concentrating on practical ways to sustain a practice, through good times and bad, success and disappointment, we ask experienced mid-career artists: how did you get where you are today and how do you survive as an artist? 

2011 Artists Talks: Nuts and Bolts

Chaired by Core Gallery manager Rosalind Davis.

These workshops have been designed to help artists  develop their  practice. Nuts and Bolts discusses the nitty gritty of being an artist, giving you the tools to move your career forward, whether it be writing an artists statement and CV,  social networking and blogs, applying for commissions, entering open competitions, considering the importance of titles and working in collaboration or meeting professionals in your fields.

Workshops included discussions on maintaining one’s practice while earning a living, tips on marketing, publicity and art-writing and working in the public realm.

Talks were given by a range of  artists, arts practitioners, curators, art critics, arts professionals and collectors from a wide range of organisations such as a-n and Artquest
Speakers for 2011 included Nick Kaplony, Day+Gluckman,Jack Hutchinson, Jane Boyer, Becky Hunter, Matt Roberts, Amy McKenny, Irina Stark, Tammasyn Gambell, Emily Speed, Rob Turner, Andrew Bryant and Stephen Molyneux. 

The series of art talks have been structured to give you a coherent, rounded understanding of the practicalities of surviving in the art world and to increase your confidence and visibility overall as an artist.See more Nuts and Bolts talks and DIY Educate here 

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