- Venue
- FYCreatives
- Date
- Friday, July 3, 2015
10:00 AM - Address
- 154-158 Church Street, Blackpool, FY1 3PS
- Location
- North West England
- Organiser
- LeftCoast
This pilot one-day workshop with Hen Norton looks at all aspects of making a freelance career work and will cover the following areas:
- How to set up as a self employed person and managing your accounts
- Understanding and writing a business plan
- Prioritising and managing your time to best effect
- Sources and creative ideas for financing your practice
- Identifying, building and developing a network and your audiences
- PR & marketing strategies for yourself and your work
- Building a brand as a creative practitioner
This session is suitable for anyone starting out or already working in the creative industries, from a recent graduate to more established practitioners who are thinking about working for themselves.
Please note that as this is a pilot session there will be some written recording taking place during the session.
Hen Norton has worked as a freelancer most of her career, following a brief time working as an actor’s agent and then in film. Hen founded the first crowdfunding platform in the UK, We Did This, alongside working as a creative producer for a variety of commercial companies, arts organisations and social enterprises. She is now an independent creative producer, filmmaker and consultant to the creative industries and is often described as having a typical ‘portfolio career’.
“I found Hen’s advice really helpful …. It was also quite inspiring, as a young female professional working in the arts to attend such an interesting workshop run by a young woman who is ambitious and successful.” (Feedback from an artist/organiser from a previous How to develop audiences through crowdfunding seminar with Hen Norton, 2012)
Who is the session for
This event is aimed at visual artists at all career stages.
The day includes coffee, tea and soft drinks but lunch is not included.
How to book
To book a place, click here
This event forms part of a-n’s professional development programme that also includes networking events, bursaries, advice and guidance as well as online toolkits and expert guides. To find out more visita-n.co.uk.
Costs are subsidised by a-n The Artists Information Company and LeftCoast.
Terms and conditions
If you do not live, work or study in the area the courses are not available for you to access and LeftCoast reserve the right to cancel your place if we feel you do not meet these requirements.
Please note that although places are free of charge LeftCoast reserve the right to charge a £25 ‘no show’ fee for any attendee who does not attend the workshop without cancelling their place at least 24 hours in advance.
