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Arts
Promotion Trust (Northland)
Creative Northland Professional Development
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Overview
Arts
Promotion Trust (Northland) is excited to be calling for applications from
creative sector practitioners and business owners for an intensive
"high-end" 12-week professional development programme.
Applications
are sought, across all art forms and creative sector business and practise
including arts practitioners, entrepreneurs and creative sector employees.
Applicants
will be assessed on their potential for excellence, both in a technical
sense and with regard to their motivation and desire to succeed.
Assessments will be carried out by experts in their field and by a
qualified life coach.
The
programme is unique within Aotearoa and comprises a 3-pronged approach:
·
Developing exceptional technical skills in their particular art form.
Specialist tutors and mentors will be sourced to deliver this
component of the programme.
·
Mary Britton, a qualified life coach, highly experienced in working with
creative individuals will provide weekly one-on-one coaching to assist
participants develop the skills, mindsets and work practise conducive to
success.
·
Business planning and skills.
Parts
of the programme will be delivered in groups, and parts will be delivered
one-on-one. This provides the
opportunity to both highly individualise the programme as well as to take
advantage of the networking, support and collaboration opportunities that
arise from working in a group.
The
programme is in a similar vein to "Crossing the Gap" – a highly
successful professional development programme run by Arts Promotion Trust
in 2006 which effectively developed artists like Theresa Reihana and
Anahera Kingi.
"Crossing
the Gap identified specific goals that were required for
self-sustainability. We
identified these goals for ourselves with the help of the programme. As
a Maori woman with six children, living in rural northland what I wanted
was to make my living from my painting. Through
understanding where the gaps in my business practice were and where the
potential networks for making sales and my own options for developing
other sales options (such as print production and calendar making) I
have developed a sustainable practise.
All the artists (on the programme) were from different
backgrounds and made different sorts of work and we all benefited from
the programme." Theresa Reihana
"I
have a transformed relationship with money! I
used to think that money was somehow "wrong" and that other
people had it. I gave my work away at times and I sold it for less than
it was worth. I may still
have my moments but I am very clear about how money can support me in
getting what I need and living my life the way I choose to."
Anahera Kingi
The
programme will be run from September to December 2008 and will be
available for 9 participants.
Arts
Promotion Trust (Northland) is the creative sector development body for
the Northland region. Our Vision
is that the Northland creative / arts sector is dynamic, thriving,
influential & productive; renowned locally, nationally and globally.
One of our key strategic functions is to "raise the bar by
delivering robust professional development programmes".
The
programme is fully funded by Arts Promotion Trust and there is no
financial cost for participants. The
deadline for applications is 5pm Thursday 31st July.
We
will also be seeking mentors / tutors and assessors across all artforms;
if you are interested in more information please click
here.
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