The Artist’s Survival Guide 2022
A series of workshops to equip you for life in the art world…
The Artist’s Survival Guide is a series of 3 talks and workshops for anyone interested in following a career as an artist. Learn practical skills and strategies to help you navigate and thrive in the art world, and hear from a selection of early career artists about their work and experiences.
Workshop topics have been devised through collaboration with students from Blackpool College of Art and Lancaster University, and members of the Good Things Collective, Morecambe. The Artist’s Survival Guide invites 8 artists and arts professionals to deliver 3 sessions covering areas and issues suggested by students and artists.
Workshops are open to students, local artists and the general public. They’re all free, but booking is essential.
IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT MONEY (BUT SOME STUFF IS)
Different ways of making a living and paying yourself
Saturday 12th March, 2-4pm, Lancaster
Garth Gratrix + Material Art Network (Ellie Barrett, Kerry Tenbey)
Does making ends meet and working as an artist seem like a pipe dream? There are other ways to make a living as well as selling paintings. Garth Gratrix, Ellie Barrett and Kerry Tenbey share their experiences of different ways of earning through fundraising, exhibition making, collaborating and producing affordable work.
STARTING SOMETHING WITH MATES
How we survived our first year in the art world
Wednesday 16th March, 5-7pm, online
GAP Studio (Georgina Harris, Núria Rovira Terradas, Kasia Tatys)
What does the first year as an artist look like? How do you find places to work and people to work with? Georgina Harris, Núria Rovira Terradas and Kasia Tatys talk about their time launching the GAP studio, finding work and navigating the start of their professional practices.
DOING SOMETHING MEANINGFUL
Working with organisations, communities and schools
Saturday 19th March, 2-4pm
Sufea Mohamad Noor + GRAFT (Saul Argent)
How can you use your art to benefit others, developing a socially engaged practice that can also help you earn a living? Sufea Mohamad Noor and Saul Argent draw on their experience working with a range of cultural organisations and on small and large-scale art projects to suggest ways you can connect with organisations, collaborate with communities and inspire children and young people. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
