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Cockpit Arts:
making It
Cockpit Arts is an award
winning social enterprise
and the UK’s only creative
business incubator for
designer-makers. Since 1986
Cockpit has helped thousands
of talented craftspeople to
develop successful businesses.
As well as affordable creative
workspace in London, its
experienced on-site team offers
an array of support services
including:
Making It
.
Workshops and seminars
.
Toolkit covering all the
essentials for a designer-maker
business
.
Free online resource &
e-newsletters
Incubation Package
.
All of the above +
.
Affordable studio space
.
One-to-one business
development coaching
.
High profile selling events,
including Open Studios
.
Office facilities
.
Social and wellbeing events
and more
Visit makingit.cockpitarts.com
for up-to-date articles from
Cockpit Arts in-house team and
other industry experts.
The Design Trust
The Design Trust is an online
business school for designers
and makers. With over 20 years
of experience, the Trust helps
people to start, grow and run a
better design or crafts business.
This support is provided in a
number of ways, including:
.
Free blogs, listings and
online master classes on the
Design Trust website
.
A free newsletter full of
opportunities, business training
and information
.
The Business Club, featuring
practical expert webinars,
online videos and selected
offers
.
The Design Trust e-books
and e-courses, such as The
Design Trust Guide to Start
& Run a Successful Crafts
Business and the Get Clients
Now! coaching programme
.
An online shop with
recommended business books,
courses and tools.
london
print
studio: low cost
professional development
london
print
studio is an artist-
led studio in central west
London offering affordable
professional development for
artists. Benefits include a 20%
new graduate discount on
membership and services.
The studio has open access
printmaking sessions with
facilities for screenprinting,
etching (including photo-
etching), photopolymer, block
printing (woodcut, lino), relief
printing (collograph, monoprint),
stone lithography and
letterpress. The studio’s digital
area provides archival large
format inkjet printing, image
retouching and manipulation,
and professional high res
scanning.
Career development is a key
aspect of the print studio’s work.
Its gallery features emerging
artists. Through its 2013 New
Graduate Awards, gallery shop,
courses and a lively newsletter
profiling new work to a large
audience , london
print
studio is
committed to supporting artists
in innovative ways.
engage: the National
Association for gallery
Education
engage is the UK’s most
effective advocacy and
support organisation for
gallery education, supporting
access to the visual arts
through professional
development, activity and
research, dissemination and
advocacy. It works through its
members to promote access to,
understanding and enjoyment
of the visual arts in the UK and
over 20 countries worldwide.
engage members are those who
deliver education programmes
in the visual arts and cultural
sectors, including gallery and
museum educators, artists and
artist educators, as well as
students, teachers, curators,
directors, youth and community
workers, policymakers and
others involved in learning and
the arts.
“Learning plays a central role
in galleries and visual arts
organisations, adding to the
experience and enjoyment of
the visual arts. engage is a great
advocate for gallery education,
providing invaluable support to
those working in the sector.”
Sandy Nairne, Director, National
Portrait Gallery, London
engage members benefit from
professional development
support, access to
groundbreaking research
projects, resources and
publications and a national and
international network of peers.