Held at the Ventnor Exchange, Isle of Wight on 26th Jan 2023, this event was funded by the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).
Hosted by Founder & Manager of the IW Creative Network, Georgia Newman, this networking event and panel discussion explored events and festivals, sales and marketing skills for visual artists and how to build a sustainable career in the creative sector.
Introduced by Cllr Julie Jones Evans, Cabinet Member for Levelling Up, Regeneration, Business Development and Tourism for the IW.
Panel included:
- Jack Whitewood – Co-Director of the Ventnor Fringe Festival & Ventnor Exchange
- Jo Hummel – Visual Artist
- Alys Scott-Hawkins – Arts Advisor & Visual Artist.
Jack Whitewood – Co-Director of the Ventnor Fringe Festival discusses building an arts ecology in an area which started off with (seemingly) nothing – as well as building audiences.
Jo Hummel – an established Visual Artist based on the IW shares some of her secrets to success, demystify the process, and discusses risk and mindset, and how to export your work and be ‘seen’.
Alys Scott Hawkins – Arts Advisor & Visual Artist is one of the IW Creative Network mentors and now represents a-n’s Artist Council. She talks about building a sustainable creative career, arts funding and partnership building.
Listen to the audio recording here:
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Audio recording and photography by Skinny Mammoth Media.
Click here for more details about the Solent LEP.
