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Creative Training Sessions – 2024

The IW Creative Network Development Programme offers a range of Creative Training Sessions, in-person and online, all geared to inform, inspire and help develop your business skills working in the creative industries.

As a member of the network, you get access to all of our previous online Creative Training Sessions, which are recorded and posted on our Resources page of the website.

All Creative Training Sessions must be booked via the Eventbrite links which will come available in the News & Opps section of the website. Look out for these sessions via our Instagram & Facebook pages, and monthly e-newsletter – double check your Spam/Junk folder for our newsletters and mark as ‘safe’.

Please note, spaces for these sessions fill up fast – so make sure to book your place!

Creative Training Sessions coming up in 2025…

We’re all done now for Creative Training Sessions in 2024! Our full line-up for Creative Training Sessions in 2025 will be announced soon, but in the meantime, please check out some of the sessions we have coming up in January 2025 by CLICKING HERE! And don’t forget to check out our Instagram & Facebook pages for updates.

Take a look at the end of this page on all the sessions we ran this year and don’t forget to check out our Resources page and News & Opps page for follow-up information on our sessions.

PAST 2024 EVENTS….

GROUP CRIT SESSION: Monday 18 November 2024, 6-8pm at Quay Arts, Newport
Provided in collaboration with Quay Arts, members are welcome to join in these bi-monthly group Crit Sessions, chaired by specialist in Artist Support Alys Scott Hawkins. Alys provides guidance and advice to Artists & Creatives to overcome barriers, plan projects and make funding applications. She is a member of the Artist Council: the advisory panel for a-n: the UK’s largest membership organisation for visual artists. Previously she led the Artist Development programme at ‘a space’ arts, Southampton, drawing on her long-standing networks within the arts sector across the region.

A crit is a critique where one creative will be invited at each session to share their work with a group and speak about their work, idea or a project they are pursuing, looking for honest, constructive feedback from other artists. These sessions will be limited to max 20 places within each group.

If you would like to be considered for further group Crit Sessions, please email [email protected] a brief outline of what you’d like to present, along with any links to your work and technical requirements to show your work.

Members CLICK HERE to find out more & book your place

USING AI FOR CREATIVE FREELANCERS: Wednesday 13 November 2024, 10am-12pm, Online (Zoom)
Use AI to save time, and as a support and access tool, to help you write and to get work done.

Do you find it difficult to get started, to get your ideas out of your head and into words? Or are you doing 50 things at once, on your own, or on unpaid time, and want to make it easier? This is where AI can help.

This training focuses on using AI to help write documents and complete common freelancer tasks faster. Delivered by Christina Poulton, who provides support for arts freelancers to get stuff done.

Members of the IW Creative Network are invited to join in this opportunity to leverage AI in your creative freelance work.

Members CLICK HERE to find out more & book your place

GROUP CRIT SESSION – PERFORMANCE ART FOCUS: Monday 23 September 2024, 6-8pm at Quay Arts, Newport
At this session, performer and writer Andrew Butcher will present his ACE funding project, “Identity Crisis,” which explores themes like identity, mental health, and personality masking. Your feedback will be crucial in helping Andrew develop his project.

Chaired by Alys Scott Hawkins, expert in artist support. This is a great chance to get constructive critique, network with fellow performers, and enhance your craft.

If you would like to be considered for September’s group Crit Session, please email [email protected] a brief outline of what you’d like to present, along with any links to your work and technical requirements to show your work.