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Artsadmin: free, in-person
advice for artists
From its Toynbee Studios
home in East London,
Artsadmin supports artists
working in contemporary and
interdisciplinary performance
from across the UK, at all
stages of their development.
Artsadmin’s Advisory and
Education team facilitate artistic
and professional development
through a range of projects,
services and events. This
range reflects Artsadmin’s
commitment to young people
getting involved in making work
for the first time, through to
artists with established careers.
Artsadmin’s three advisors
offer free advice to individual
artists and small groups. These
sessions, usually in person and
lasting around an hour, respond
to questions and concerns
artists bring; more general
questions are addressed in the
Frequently Asked Questions
section online. Information and
advice is also available by email,
phone or skype.
Other services and activities
Artsadmin provides for artists
include online resources, a
weekly e-digest newsletter
and app, workshops led by
Artsadmin’s staff and invited
artists, a summer performance
project for 17-24 year olds, an
annual paid traineeship, talks
and the prestigious Artsadmin
artists’ bursaries.
To find out more about what
Artsadmin offers and how you
can get involved, visit artsadmin.
co.uk or contact Mary Osborn at
or 0207
247 5102.
pAC Home: supporting art
production in the South West
Run by Plymouth Arts Centre,
PAC Home is a network for
artists, curators and writers in
the South West.
Aiming to develop and raise
engagement in contemporary
art, PAC Home supports
production through critical
review and connection to a
professional and global network.
Membership of PAC Home
includes:
Talks
– a programme of
presentations by invited artists,
curators and writers.
Crits
– a chance to share work
and get feedback on current
projects.
Away Days
– organised trips to
regional and national venues
and events with some travel
bursaries available.
1to1s
– advice sessions with
invited guests on creative and
professional development.
3/5/7s
– short exchange
residencies with regional and
national partner venues.
PAC Home Space
– a dedicated
space for drop in use, with
resource library and Wi-Fi
access.
Website listing
– free name and
website listing on the PAC Home
page.
Email
for
more information or visit the
PAC Home website.
Q-Art: critically engaged,
peer-led learning
Q-Art organises open monthly
crits across UK art colleges
and gallery spaces for students,
graduates, self-trained artists
and those with an interest
in art to meet, discuss and
present work in a diverse and
supportive environment.
A place for graduates to grow
their network and continue
developing their practice, Q-Art
crits bring together people
with a broad range of practices,
backgrounds and perspectives.
They foster a uniquely
accessible, but still critically
engaged, peer-led learning
environment.
The Q-Art website also contains
tips for presenting, research
into good practice in art
education, and books that
demystify the art world.
AA2A: Support and advice for
graduate artists and makers
AA2A offers 130 placements
for artists and designer
makers in over 30 universities
and art colleges in England.
This coming year, AA2A is
focusing on ‘employability’.
Encouraging students to keep
up their practice when they
graduate and choose self-
employment as an option, this
will complement the work AA2A
artists already do – talking to
students informally and giving
presentations about their work.
AA2A will approach all its past
artists and ask them to help
students understand what life
is like after graduation. The
artists will provide insights into
the art world, such as hosting a
student’s visit to their studio or
accompanying a student to an
exhibition opening.
AA2A’s host institutions
have dedicated Student Reps
who take on monthly online
challenges and help keep other
students informed about the
artists. Former AA2A Student
Rep of the Year at Northumbria
University, Charlie Snow, is
AA2A’s first Graduate Link artist
on the organisation’s ‘Dotbiz’
networking
site. As students cannot apply
for an AA2A placement until a
year after graduation, this new
role of graduate link helps to
bridge that gap.
AA2A produces a digital guide,
Making it Out There, for students
thinking about self-employment
as a career. It covers all the key
organizations, such as a-n, Axis
and DACS, and is available online
for £5.95.
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