As part of Norfolk Creativity and Wellbeing Week 2022, Norfolk Arts Service has commissioned this FREE professional development session for creative practitioners and freelancers.

In this session artist and researcher Nicola Naismith will introduce her new research findings from Practising Well: Conversations & Support Menu which explores the ways in which creatively practitioners can be supported in their creative work with people. The session will include opportunities to exchange experiences with peers, experiment with reflective practice methods and consider on an individual and collective level what it means to practice well.

Biography: Nicola Naismith is a visual artist working with social practice, researcher, coach, mentor and Higher Education lecturer with over 25 years experience of working in the arts. She explores topics of value, labour, the workplace and wellbeing at work through self-initiated collaborations and by working to commission. Nicola completed a Clore Fellowship in 2018 which led onto two research reports Artists Practising Well (2019) and Practising Well: Conversations & Support Menu (2022) both of which explore the affective support needs of creative practitioners working in participatory arts. Nicola works with a range of stakeholders in participatory arts and creative practitioners through mentoring, coaching and teaching, and with organisations to design, delivery and evaluate support programmes. She also shares her research work with UK funders to support positive change in the sector. www.nicolanaismith.co.uk