Where: Online, via Zoom
Booking: Limited spaces, click here to book.
For Primary / Kaleidoscope Members
They say it's not what you know but who you know. So let’s take it a step further and say it’s also about who knows you. Whilst what you know and who you know remain essential for making it as an artist, being known beyond those you already know can be a door opener for more opportunities.
In this online event, learn how to confidently increase your visibility as an artist with best practices for connecting with curators, galleries and institutions, brands, collectors, other artists and audiences through tips and case studies. The event will consist of a presentation and a speed networking session with other attendees.
Presented by independent curator and artist development mentor Saziso Phiri.
About Saziso Phiri
Saziso Phiri is a freelance curator, cultural producer and artist mentor working across exhibitions and in artist development. She has worked on exhibitions and programming for and in partnership with organisations In the UK and internationally, which include Sadler’s Wells, Nottingham Contemporary, New Art Exchange, Backlit Gallery, UK New Artists and Nuart Festival, with her work having been featured in publications such as The Guardian, Hypebeast, ArtReview, Black Blossoms and Artplugged.
She has also been a visiting lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University and De Montford University.
Access: This session will be held on Zoom. Otter.ai will be active for anyone wishing to use live transcript or closed captions functions. There will be a scheduled 5-minute break. Please get in touch with colette@weareprimary.org any other access needs in advance.
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This event will be recorded.
Kaleidoscope Network: This event has been organised by Primary for the Kaleidoscope Network, a collaboration between Eastside Projects (Birmingham), Primary (Nottingham), Spike Island (Bristol), and The NewBridge Project (Newcastle). Primary residents and members are automatically part of the Kaleidoscope Network and can attend selected events programmed by each partner for free.
Eastside Projects makes art public. Based in Birmingham, they are an artist-run multiverse, commissioning, producing and presenting experimental art practices and demonstrating ways in which art may be useful as part of society. Extra Ordinary People is Eastside Projects’ Associate membership scheme. EOP works with artists, curators and art-writers to support the development of work, ideas, connections and careers through a programme of events, opportunities and projects.
Spike Island is a dynamic arts centre that supports, produces and presents contemporary art and culture. A short walk from Bristol city centre. Spike Island Associates is a dynamic network of artists, curators, designers, writers and thinkers at all stages of their career. Members span multiple disciplines and share a common interest in collaboration, experimentation and a desire to learn new skills and have new experiences.
The NewBridge Project is an artist-led space that supports artists, curators and communities through the provision of space for creative practice, curatorial opportunities and an ambitious artist-led programme of exhibitions, commissions, artist development and events.