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Looking for inspiration and ideas to take your creative / cultural business to the next level?

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 10:07AM

Yorkshire and Humber Contemporary Visual Arts Network (YVAN) is running a free professional development seminar – The Business of the Arts – for anyone in the region working in the contemporary visual arts sector, 1.30-5.30pm, (plus networking afterwards) Monday 1 July in Sheffield.

This free seminar forms part of YVAN’s Cultural Entrepreneur Programme (CEP) that is supporting six cultural entrepreneurs working in the contemporary visual arts and design sector. But we’ve decided to open the session up to anyone from across Yorkshire and Humber region who may want to come along.

Who is speaking?

The sessions will focus on business planning and development, including how to sell work online, on site and through events and third parties. Leading creative industries consultant and author of T-shirts and Suits David Parrish will share his extensive knowledge of working with small to medium sized creative enterprises with practical steps in how to understand your business and develop its potential. Laurence Lane and Paulette Brien from Manchester-based International 3 will share their expertise in helping artists to sell their work, fresh from leading the YVAN and Arts Council England supported Market Share programme. As CEP 2013 project managers Andrew Palmer and Helen Palmer will also give an overview of the initiative.

Who is it for?

This event will be of genuine interest for any independent people who want to see how some cultural and creative entrepreneurs can and do grow their enterprises. The event also includes a social session for further networking and conversation – and even perhaps finding out more about CEP and how a future course might help you.

Where?

Showroom Cinema and Workstation Creative Business Centre

15 Paternoster Row

Sheffield, S1 2BX

www.showroomworkstation.org.uk/location

Places are limited, so please book early to avoid disappointment, and also to let us know how many seats to put out and drinks vouchers to print. For more information, visit www.cvan.org.uk/yorkshire, or the CEP blog at yorksculturalentrepreneurprog.tumblr.com.

To sign up for this free seminar, go to: cep-businessofthearts.eventbrite.co.uk

If you have any queries, do please email Jennifer Dean on [email protected]

Six cultural entrepreneurs selected for YVAN project

Steve Manthorp

Saturday, June 1, 2013 at 7:08AM

Six cultural entrepreneurs with ambitions to either develop new businesses in the contemporary visual arts, or to expand existing businesses, have been selected by the Yorkshire & Humber Visual Arts Network (YVAN) to join their pilot Cultural Entrepreneur Programme (CEP).

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Network event at Google on Wednesday 03 July 2013

Julia Bell

Monday, May 20, 2013 at 8:06PM

Photo credit: Marc Wathieu / Foter.com / CC BY-NC

This special event will take place on 03 July 2013 and will include:

CVAN/ Google knowledge exchange

With a global population of highly networked early adopters; artworks delivered to galleries by tweeted downloads; artists being digital engineers and audiences more technically literate - there is a new set of challenges for audiences, galleries, curators and funders to embrace with their audiences.

A chance for Google to meet CVAN and be introduced to its work and for CVAN members to meet Google and the Google Cultural Institute.

Creating groundswell for visual arts

How can we better interact with audiences and mobilise support? What do we need to consider for the future? What will audiences for visual arts look like in 10 years time and, how will they engage with contemporary art?

With current challenges to the arts and engaging public support, the event will explore: ‘What is the DNA of groundswell? What do we need to know to activate groundswell through our collective audiences?’ It will also test bed ideas, knowledge share and begin to activate a plan for action.

Marking the end of the CVAN Knowledge sharing project

‘Back to basics’ session exploring how CVAN can communicate more effectively across its distributed networks using technology and non-technology tools. CVAN is a diverse network and whilst some CVAN people are technology focused some have more limited knowledge and restricted access.

Who should attend?

Contemporary visual arts people who are contributing to creating groundswell for visual arts and are interested in debating ways to mobilise the sector and public. This includes artists, representatives from artists groups as well as people working within visual arts organisations.

The event is free. There is a limited capacity of 100. Places will be bookable on Eventbrite from Friday 24 May.

A limited number of bursaries will be available for artists interested in attending the events and engaging their own networks to help create groundswell for visual arts.