‘Exceptional’ Surviving and Thriving as an Artist Talk.

‘Exceptional’ The Nuts and Bolts of Professional Practice for Creatives

"Inspiring, practical and entertaining."

“Invaluable…. A lifeline!”

“Rosalind shared resources and skills to navigate better our career in the most professional way. There were lots of nuggets in this talk and Rosalind was super engaging.”

Practical, discursive, insightful and instructive talks to help artists at all stages of their careers to understand the practical and philosophical aspects of an art career and also how to navigate the difficult transition between education and making a career as an artist.

Surviving and Thriving as an Artist talk: An Overview Talk.

Subjects covered:

· Representing yourself!

· Art Opportunities: where to source them, how best to apply for them and tips for generating your own opportunities as an artist.

· Raising your profile through social media and marketing.

· Insights into approaching Galleries and curators.

· Insights into Curating yourself as an artist and tips on how to develop your exhibitions or projects.

· Building real art world relationships and new audiences for your work such as curators/ critics and potential collectors of your work.

· How to maximize an exhibition/ projects success….

· Working collaboratively.

· Portfolio careers

There are no prescribed or straightforward career paths for an artist and there are no golden tickets. These talks are about giving you the tools, to empower and encourage you to be inventive and entrepreneurial in your career as well as with your art to make thriving as an artist a more tangible and realistic possibility.As an artist or creative you are in a constant state of development personally and professionally as you negotiate all the aspects of building a career in the art world. Out of necessity artists must become their own business, finance, sales and marketing manager, researcher, curator and administrator; ultimately, the project manager of your career as an artist. It is imperative to be active and engaged in developing, directing and promoting that career.

Talks:

1. Weds March 18th: Writing and Talking about your work. Finding your artistic voice & identity.
2. Weds 15 April. Representing Yourself. Marketing and social media.
3. Weds 20 May. Money Matters: Galleries, Selling, Pricing and more.
4. June.Money Matters. Funding; The Fine Art of Opportunity, Creative Strategies, Entrepreneurialism and Collaborations.
5. July.Money Matters: Commissions, Public and Private with Justin Hibbs and Richard Perry.
6. Sept. Insights into Curating & maximising their success.
7. October. Writing and talking about your work.
8. Nov. Money Matters. Funding; The Fine Art of Opportunity, Creative Strategies, Entrepreneurialism and Collaborations.
9. December Building Resilience with guest artists.