Professional Development Workshops for Visual and Applied Artists

Interested in developing your practice into new directions and refreshing your skills and knowledge?

This series of workshops focuses on different ways of achieving your personal goals: whether through self-initiated projects, responding to existing briefs or applying your research and creative interests to specific sites and contexts.

Run by experienced arts professionals Frances Lord and Belinda Holden each workshop focuses on a different aspect of artistic practice, offering case studies, practical solutions, debate and discussion.

Frances and Belinda also offer One to One Portfolio and Mentoring sessions to enable participants to consolidate on what has been learned during the workshops; to brainstorm an idea for a project or collaboration, or discuss taking their practice into a new area or different direction.

Workshop dates:

9 September – Your Practice & Larger Scale Working

16 September – Working Within the Built Environment

23 September
- Collaborative & Engaged Practice

30 September 
- Residencies & Site-specific Commissioning Projects

21 October – One to One Portfolio + Mentoring sessions

Costs:

Book for the whole series or individually.

£35 for 1 workshop 

£65 for any 2 workshops 

£95 for any 3 workshops 

£125 for all 4 workshops

£50 for a one hour 1.2.1 Portfolio + Mentoring session; or £35 if booking all 4 workshops.

For more information, please download this document –  CPD Workshops Information Document

To book please download this form – CPD Booking Form, alternatively please visit www.mentoringartists.co.uk or email info@mentoringartists.co.uk

Past Events:

A look back at some of the past projects and Events Making Space has been involved in…

The Leigh Park History Project 2009-2011

The Leigh Park History Project was funded by Heritage Lottery Fund and has been the largest project organised by Making Space.

In May 2009, Ami Lowman, Heritage Project Worker was appointed and her enthusiasm and ability to work with others immediately encouraged different groups and individuals across Leigh Park to get involved in a variety of workshops and events. This project has made a difference: people have enjoyed learning about the history of Leigh Park. Communities have worked together and residents have discovered facts, celebrated their stories and interpreted these visually and creatively by working with professional makers and historians.

Making Space HLF Project from Compulsive Productions on Vimeo.

For more information please feel free to download the following items, watch the HLF film (above) made my Compulsive Productions, or email Ami on outreach@makingspace.org

HLF BOOKLET

Detailed information from the exhibition

HLF The Big Leigh Park History Book

HLF – Coastal Heritage

HLF – FollyWood

HLF – Memory Map

HLF – Memory Plaques

HLF – Paper Making

HLF – Leather Works

HLF – Time’s Ticking Away

HLF – Make, Do & Mend

HLF – Touchy Feely Time Line Panel Project

HLF – Staunton Residency (part 1) (part 2)

Animation Workshop

We recently ran a project called Hampshire Young Creatives where local young people who are not in full time work or education had a chance to try their hand at various craft techniques including screen printing, fused glass and jewellery. They also did a couple of workshops with Paul Gonella of Strong Island Media making some short animations.

Here is a link to their short films -

https://vimeo.com/36197805 (Changes)

https://vimeo.com/36196945 (Skydrop)

We have recently run a couple of animation workshops as part of our May Open Studios and Summer holiday activities. Here are the links to the animations made:

Summer Holiday Animation

May Open Studio Films -

http://www.vimeo.com/24354700

http://www.vimeo.com/24354700

http://www.vimeo.com/24354918

http://www.vimeo.com/24354918