This year, the National Sculpture Factory, in partnership with Visual Artists’ Ireland, series of workshops are targeted directly at emerging artists (those not long out of college) and more experienced artists.
Introduction
Workshop 1 is delivered over
3 separate days. It is pitched at
recent graduates, early career artists or those returning to contemporary art
after a time away from their practice.
The purpose of this programme is to help artists to understand the
contemporary art world, to think professionally and to identify and create
opportunities for themselves.
Day 1 +
2
Establishing a Professional
Practice –
Understanding the Sector and Thinking Professionally
Tutor: Sarah
Pierce
Thursday 5 & Friday 6
October 10.30 – 4.30 pm
Venue: NSF
mezzanine
Workshop
Description
This 2-day session aims to
help participants understand the contemporary visual art sector and identify
where they see themselves within that context. It will also provide participants with
an overview of the basic principles of operating as a professional. It will cover the writing of artists’
statements, CVs and applications / proposals and will provide artists with an
understanding of the expectations that commissioners, galleries, curators etc
will have of them as professionals.
Day
3
Earning Opportunities
Tutor: Jason
Bowman
Wednesday 18 October 10.30 –
4.30 pm
Venue: NSF
mezzanine
Workshop
Description
A 1-day information and discussion session exploring the range of earning opportunities for artists and illustrating the different ways to find platforms and opportunities to make work. Content will include identifying and accessing public and private commissions, undertaking residencies, working with gallery education programmes and adopting an entrepreneurial spirit.
Fee
Participants must make a
commitment to attending the full 3 days, as they are not available as individual
sessions. Places are limited to 12
participants.
€70
For 3 Days
WORKSHOP
2
Introduction
Workshop 2 is aimed at
artists who have an established practice.
It can be seen as a specialist workshop or master class. On this workshop priority is given to
those from whom the will be of immediate relevance and benefit. While places will be allocated on a
first come first served basis, artists may be asked to demonstrate that the
workshop is relevant and appropriate to their current practice.
Places are limited to
12.
Tutor: Dr. Tina
Finke
Wednesday 27 September 10.00
– 4.30 pm
Venue: NSF
mezzanine
Workshop Description
This 1-day workshop is aimed
at video and new media practitioners and will focus on the conceptual and
practical issues that are distinct to the commissioning and sale of video and
new media work. This will include
reference to identifying and defining ‘the work’, written agreements, conditions
of sale, delivery, rights, and issues of permanence. The workshop is aimed at those who are
making direct sales; or negotiating a contract for the commissioning of a
work.
Fee
€35
WORKSHOP
3
GALLERY
RELATIONSHIPS
Introduction
Workshop 3 is aimed at
artists who have an established practice.
It can be seen as a specialist workshop or master class. On this workshop priority is given to
those from whom the will be of immediate relevance and benefit. While places will be allocated on a
first come first served basis, artists may be asked to demonstrate that the
workshop is relevant and appropriate to their current practice.
Places are limited to
12.
Tutor: Kirsty
Ogg
Wednesday 4 October 10.30 –
4.30 pm
Venue: NSF
mezzanine
Workshop
description
This 1-day workshop will
deal with managing relationships and expectations and maximising opportunities
when working with gallery-based curators.
It will consider what it means to work closely with a gallery based
curator and the opportunities and challenges that are presented to artists when
working in this context. It will
look at the expectations that exist on both sides and how these can play out in
the development and delivery of a project or exhibition.
Tutor, Kirsty Ogg will also
draw on her experience with the Showroom in London.
This workshop is aimed at
artists who are more that 5 years out of college or who have built up a
substantial body of work.
Fee
€35
WORKSHOP
4
Can you handle it? Peer
Critique
Introduction
Workshop 4 is aimed at all
artists at all stages of their career.
Places are limited to 8.
Tutor: Paul
O’Neill
Tuesday 3 October, 10.30 –
4.30 pm
Venue: NSF
mezzanine
Workshop
Description
In
a small country like Ireland where everybody knows or ‘knows of’ each other,
artists often feel they are working in a vacuum in terms of honest critical
feedback and interaction about their work.
Most artists might agree that it is through articulation and discussion
about their work that they are able to move beyond personal concerns and see
their practice in a wider context.
Peer Critique is a 1-day
session, facilitated by artist / curator Paul O’Neill. A small group of artists will be given
the opportunity to discuss their practice with fellow practitioners, in a
constructive, supported and positive atmosphere. The workshop is intended to open up
dialogue between artistic peers in a world where many are starved of feedback
and thoughtful responses to their work.
It will also foster networking and contacts between artists. Those attending should be open and
prepared to respond to other’s work and should come prepared with a 20-minute
presentation on their work.
WORKSHOP
5
Arts Council Awards
Session
Introduction
Workshop 5 is a half-day
session and is aimed at artists in the earlier stages of their career. Places are limited to
12.
Tutor: Stephanie
O’Callaghan
Date
TBC
Venue: NSF
mezzanine
Workshop
description
This half-day session
delivered by Arts Council staff member, Stephanie O’Callaghan is an opportunity
for participants to get first hand information, advice and guidance on the
various awards and bursaries schemes operated by the Arts Council, which are
available to individual artists.
Fee
free
To
book a place please contact Elma O’Donovan, administrator, National Sculpture
Factory, t: 00353 21 4314353