1st of November I had a 3 hour session with my mentor where we discussed the next steps of my Creative Inclusions project and looked at my timetable which I have been doing daily to see how productive my time is. When you take notes its amazing and very scary to see where and how I have been spending my time…. No wonder why I never have time and I have to work in the night to catch up on things… Is frightening to find out that I am doing on average 4-5 hours daily on admin that includes conversations, arranging meetings, replying and sending emails etc.
I was invited to attend both the dinner at De La Warr Pavilion on Tuesday 2nd November and the event at Towner Art Gallery on Wednesday 3rd November, organized by Turning Point South East. Tuesday 2nd November, all delegates arrived for buffet dinner at the De La Warr Pavilion and had the opportunity to enjoy De La Warr Pavilion’s Myth, Manners and Memory: Photographers of the American South exhibition – http://www.dlwp.com/WhatsOn/ExhibitionDetail.aspx?EventId=1299
With a working title of “Economies and Ecologies”, the Turning Point National Event and Dinner was an opportunity for members of the regional Turning Point Steering Groups to gather together to explore and discuss ways of strengthening the national network by using the Turning Point structure as an agent of positive change and support for the visual arts.
The day event started at 10:30am on Wednesday 3rd November, and finish with drinks at 6:00pm. The programme of the day was very interesting. The morning opened with a workshop by John Holden, an associate of the think tank Demos and visiting professor in cultural policy at City University London. This workshop looked at new business models through the prisms of networks and ecology.
Then we had to make a choice of on of the Workshop bellow for the morning session
1. How can we maximise and share resources? – drawing on her TPN research and examples from other sectors, Susan Royce, will lead a practical workshop.
2. Digital Creativity – what are the funding, production and artistic opportunities being made available through digital innovation funds and collaborations with public service networks (led by Honor Harger, Director Lighthouse) or Market Development (East and North East CAS)
3.Sharing best practice – marketplace for inter-regional collaboration
And the afternoon choice of workshops was:
1. What are the lessons from the TPN evaluation process? The future of the TP network (led by Annabel Jackson)
2. Investing in artists – how can we continue to ensure that artists are supported?
3. Sharing best practice – marketplace for inter-regional collaboration
I chose to attend the Digital Creativity by Honor Harger and the afternoon session the Investing in Artists by Gillian Nicol and Stephen Beddoe.
