training http://www.createdinbirmingham.com Fri, 17 Aug 2018 17:05:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-CiB-Google-copy-32x32.jpg training http://www.createdinbirmingham.com 32 32 Opportunities for artists and creatives http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2012/08/16/opportunities-for-artists-and-creatives/ Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:05:00 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=12633 [Read more...]]]> Eye Candy, a Festival of Visual Pop Culture, will be taking place in Birmingham on 11-14th October this year. Fused has several new public art commissions available to illustrators, artists and designers, and typographers for prominent locations in Southside. The deadline is Friday 17th August.
  • Also part of Eye Candy is a commission for artists from new café Le Truc, deadline also 17th August.
  • Recent visual arts graduates from across the West Midlands are invited to show their work at a high profile multi-site exhibition. In addition 5 bursaries are being offered. Organised by BM&AG with the Barber Institute and Grand Union, applications for both the exhibition and bursaries are open. The deadline for submissions is 5pm, Friday 14 September and more information can be found here.
  • From Birmingham Arts, Craft and Vintage comes a Success Workshop: PR, or how to obtain free publicity on Saturday 18th August.
  • Creative Shift are a company based at the Birmingham Hippodrome who specialise in offering training and consultancy to creative businesses. They have just announced the dates of their new half- and full-day skill building courses.
  • Birmingham Zine Festival is taking place in October and they are looking for zines and comics for their reading table, particularly ones suitable for children and teens, music zines, and from the LGBTQ community.
  • Last week we wrote about the Three Week Window Festival. The deadline for ideas is Tuesday 21st August.
  • Our Monstrous Bastard Child is an intensive two week workshop of performance, intervention and collaboration. The workshops will be led by celebrated theatre maker Mark Storor and Birmingham-based Friction Arts.
  • Contemporary circus theatre company NoFit State will be in Birmingham on Saturday 18th offering workshops as part of Six Summer Saturdays.
  • As part of the Nottingham Castle Open 2012 Broadway will select a Midlands artist working in film or video to receive a £1000 prize and be included in the exhibition. More details here.
  • The deadline for the Salon Art Prize is approaching. Any submissions must be received by Saturday 25th August. For more information contact info@salonartprize.com
    • ]]>         Social media weekender for artists and creatives http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2010/09/14/social-media-weekender-for-artists-and-creatives/ http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2010/09/14/social-media-weekender-for-artists-and-creatives/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:44:10 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=7066 [Read more...]]]> Social Media Weekender for artists and creatives

    On 16 and 17 October 2010 I’m hosting a weekend session designed to help creative people take control of their online lives. The course will be aimed at online beginners/intermediates and will cover:

    • Websites
    • Mailing lists
    • Social media (YouTube, Flickr, Slideshare, Audioboo and others)
    • Social networking (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn)
    • How to boost your profile
    • How to work with others online
    • How to approach journalists and bloggers (and what to send them)

    Places are limited. Tickets cost £150 plus booking fee. It’ll be more than worth your while. Book now.

    There’s also ONE £100 ticket for the first person who books. Be quick – once it’s gone, it’s gone. Wow, that went quickly.

    Some context

    The Internet has changed how artists can do business. See this recent article in the NY Times for examples of that. The problem is that, when it’s possible to do anything, it can be hard to know where to start. That’s where this course comes in.

    We’ll help you get set up with the solid foundations of an online presence. We’ll also show you how to make use of it but the overall takeaway from the course will be this:

    If you do nothing else online, at least have these basics in place

    What’s more we’ll do all of this using free tools and we’ll put you in control of using them.

    Why do this course?

    As a result of running Created in Birmingham I’ve seen hundreds of artists and creatives and the ways they portray themselves online. I’ve learnt a few lessons from doing my own projects and running my own business too.

    There’s (almost) nothing I haven’t seen, I know what can reasonably be expected of a busy person and I know what works.

    Full information on the course and booking details are here.

    Can’t make it to this course?

    Sorry to hear that. If you’d like to be kept informed of future sessions then please sign-up here:

    NB: Meshed Media owns this mailing list and will keep your email address private.

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