Archive 2010
Talks Archive 2010
An Introduction to Using the Web to Promote Your Artistic Practice
part of the 2010 sidebyside programme
THIS TALK IS FULLY BOOKED. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER INTEREST IN A POSSIBLE REPEAT OF THIS TALK, PLEASE EMAIL THE STUDIOS.
Monday 8 March
A Talk by Ruth Wilbur, Axis - Part of the programme of events accompanying the sidebyside exhibition (please see the Gallery section for further details)
This talk will offer practical advice and discussion about how artists can use the web to evidence and promote their practice.
The talk will be an introduction to the 'long tail' of digital marketing and cover topics such as,
- Websites as an advocacy tool: what are the essential ingredients?
- Basic dos and don'ts of website design, including access considerations and maintenance issues
- A beginner's guide to social networking
- Writing for the web
- Open Source software - hints and tips
There will also be the opportunity to discuss ideas in an informal surgery.
Axis is the best online resource for information about contemporary art. The website features profiles of professional artists and curators, interviews, discussions, art news, debates and showcases the artists to watch. Arts professionals work alongside IT specialists to deliver a unique online service. We're constantly evolving and developing technologies to give you more and make it easier for you to browse, upload content and raise your profile as artists.
This talk takes place in the Gallery
Sharing the Love - Working as an Artist in Participatory Settings
part of the 2010 sidebyside programme
Thursday 11 March
A Talk by Donna Baber, Creative Learning Agency
Donna Baber from Creative Learning Agency will talk about the basics of what you need to get started working as an artist in participatory settings - schools, youth clubs, pupil referral units, healthcare settings and so on. We'll talk about practical issues such as, CRB checking and the new Independent Safe Guarding authority and what that means for artists; insurance and how much cover you need; how much to charge for your time; and how and where to get experience, training and support. Through the Creative Learning Agency website, we'll signpost you to resources that will help you move forward after tonight's talk and help you to find out about opportunities to work in participatory settings and network with organisations and individuals.
Creative Learning Agency is an arts education partnership working across the West of England - Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. We offer a web based information, advice and guidance service complimented by one to one advice and support, and tailored programmes of development for artists and educators.
www.creativelearningagency.org.uk
This talk takes place in the School Room
Artist-led activity, localism and critical regionalism in the South West and beyond
part of the 2010 sidebyside programme
Wednesday 17th March
A conversation between Bridget Crone (Media Art Bath) and Marie-Anne McQuay (Spike Island) - Part of the programme of events accompanying the sidebyside exhibition (please see the Gallery section for further details)
Bridget Crone, Director of Media Art Bath and Marie-Anne McQuay, Curator at Spike Island, Bristol will lead a conversation on artist-led activity through interrogating the idea of "the local" - specifically through questions such as: what is localism?, when is it productive and how?, and what forms of artists' activity does it result in? Through her role managing Spike Island's Associates programme, Marie-Anne plays an important role as mentor and unofficial patron to the diverse forms of artist-led activity that takes place in Bristol. Part of this conversation will be devoted to looking at Bristol's peer networks and the role that Spike Island plays in terms of encouragement and support.
Media Art Bath aims to support artists in a manner that will both develop their practice and engage audiences in a lively, meaningful and enjoyable way. Media Art Bath encourages performative and interdisciplinary practices that enable creative and experimental collaboration between artists and other creative producers.
Spike Island is a place for the production and exhibition of contemporary art and design. Spike Island's mission is to provide space, time and opportunity for the research, production and presentation of practices relating to the contemporary art and design within a supportive and stimulating environment.
This talk takes place in the Gallery
part of the 2010 sidebyside programme
Thursday 18th March
Our SidebySide poet in residence, Caroline Heaton will be giving a talk/poetry reading of her work, together with that of other writers whose pieces have been inspired by paintings and sculpture
After a peripatetic childhood in Europe, Caroline grew up in North London. She combined a career as a professional librarian with freelance writing as a journalist, reviewer and publisher's reader. She is the co-editor, with Christine Park, of Close Company - Stories of Mothers and Daughters (Virago) and Caught in a Story - Contemporary Fairytales and Fables (Vintage Press) Caroline also recently published a Chinese fable for children, Yi-Min and the Elephants (Frances Lincoln Publishers) Her poetry has appeared in literary magazines and in the anthology Sparks - New Writing from Bath Spa University, where she completed an MA in Creative Writing.
She currently works as a freelance writer and poetry tutor and has presented a series of workshops on Japanese Haiku and Renga at the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath. She has performed two readings of Chinese poetry with poet, Yu Yan Chen, including one for the Bath Literature Festival in 2009 and is a regular compere and reader at the Bath Poetry Cafe, BRLSI (the Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution).
The Art of Success - Making Creativity Pay
13 Nov; 10am - 4pm (lunch included)
£75; book early to ensure a place
as numbers are limited.
Early Bird booking fee £55
The Art of Success is a professional development seminar for artists, designers and creative enterprises. This inspirational day combines practical business strategies with creative coaching to help you develop a successful, sustainable career as a professional artist and is suitable for artists at all career stages.
We will explore what success means, and tackle the obstacles that sabotage success. We will also identify the business strategies and skills essential for your career advancement. Expect to be challenged, to reflect on your current practice, and to gain fresh perspectives.
The day will include specialist presentations, one of which will be from an established artist and another from the Creative Learning Agency and will focus on the opportunities and challenges facing artists today.
There will be opportunities to network, and one to one or group surgery sessions will be provided at the end of the day.
A comprehensive ‘toolkit' is yours to take away, ensuring you maintain momentum to stay on your chosen path.
Seminar led by Erin Martin
and Noleen Mathias
Erin Martin is an experienced education professional and an accredited Personal and Business Coach with many years experience of coaching for success in a wide variety of contexts. She has a particular interest in Creativity Coaching and in the issues of aspiration, motivation and self-belief as they relate to artists and writers. Erin recently returned from China where she was an education adviser with VSO.
Noleen Mathias has over twenty years experience in Arts Management and Finance. Prior to setting up the Mathias Agency, Noleen was Co-Director of Cywaith Cymru . Artworks Wales, the National Organisation for Public Art in Wales, and Director of Finance and Operations for public art agency, Safle. Noleen is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and a trustee of the National Federation of Artist Studio Providers (NFASP).
To book please contact Mathias Agency
info@mathias-agency.com
02920 655 459
Digital Images for Beginners -
a guide for artists
A talk by Rob Ashdown
2 Dec; 7:30pm
A talk looking at all aspects of working with digital images, with a focus on areas of specific interest to artists. Beginning with the best ways to photograph your work using a digital camera and covering basic editing techniques. Moving on to the essentials of working with images and how to prepare them for various uses, e.g. websites, exhibition submission, sending to print.
Rob is a BAS artist. He has a degree in Maths and Computing and spent fifteen years working full-time in the I.T. sector before rearranging his professional life to enable him to spend more time pursuing his passion for art.
Planning and Developing an Online Marketing Strategy
A Creative Bath event in collaboration with Storm
8 December; 5.30 - 7.30pm; in the gallery
Tea and coffee available
Free to Creative Bath members and £5 for non-members. See www.creativebath.org to book
During the workshop we'll be covering all the basics of online marketing with the intention of helping you to build your very own online strategy (tailored to your business).
You'll learn how to execute your online marketing plan both internally by getting your staff to do it and externally by hiring expert help.
Finally we'll show you how to both evaluate and continually improve your online marketing plan to ensure you achieve your and desired outcomes.
Whilst helping you build your online communications strategy, you'll learn about how topics such as Organic search (SEO, Link building), Paid Search (Google Adwords) and Social Media Marketing (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn) are used and fit into your online strategy.
Storm are a web design and strategy agency based in Bath. Whilst their client base ranges from start-ups to multimillion pound nationals, their proven track record for combining stunning websites with seriously clever online strategy has given them a reputation for success.
Creative Bath is the networking, training and information group for the creative industries in the Bath and North Somerset area. With a reach of almost 1000 members, Creative Bath meets regularly to exchange ideas and information relevant to the creative industries, and also runs training events on a broad range of creative subjects.
