Bow Skills workshop: how to present and talk about your artistic practice with Art & People
Wednesday 9th October 2024 , 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Join Claudia Kennaugh from Art & People as she breaks down how to articulate your artistic practice and present yourself in a way that feels authentic to your values and what drives you as an artist.
The more we know about something, the easier it is to talk about. As artists, our understanding of our own artistic practices and the deep ‘knowing’ this entails often feels so innate and subconscious that we’re not really sure how to begin articulating it to other people.
This session will give words to those instinctive expressions, equipping you with the tools to present your artistic practice and work in a way that feels genuine, compelling, and invites folks to enquire and dive deeper.
This workshop will be interactive and feature a mixture of tutorial, individual exercises, and optional role play, exploring how to:
- Identify your intentions for your work
- Name the values, themes, and inspirations that drive you as an artist
- Build a ‘library of conversation’ responding to the different contexts where you might have to talk about yourself and your work as an artist
- Adapt the focus of what to share in different scenarios to enable you to shine
- Craft a ‘backpocket introduction’ that enables you to situate yourself in a conversation confidently and clearly
What you will gain:
- Confidence in presenting yourself and your artistic practice in a number of different contexts
- Identify the driving factors that centre your artistic practice and learn how to lead from there when articulating your work and what you do
- The chance to rehearse and explore different modes and means of presentation to find something that suits you and your needs as an artist
- A new network of artists and creative professionals
Concession rate applies to students, over 65s, under 18s, Bow Arts artists, National Art Pass members, and key workers
More about Art & People and Claudia Kennaugh
Art & People is a Bristol-based art advisory service offering guidance to artists and collectors. Founded in 2019 by Claudia Kennaugh in response to 15 years working in the arts as a musician and performing artist, then gallery partner and art advisor. Claudia brings her dual experience to support artists’ professional development with 121 sessions, talks, tutorials and workshops that foster thriving artist communities. Art & People runs development programming for studio groups and arts organisations including Artes Mundi, Bow Arts Trust, Jackson’s Art Supplies, Kindred Studios, Spike Island, Visual Artists Ireland and Wimbledon Art Studios. Claudia has been a judge on the Jackson’s Painting Prize, a speaker at Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair and is an artist mentor on the BBC One TV programme Make it at Market Series II.
Over her years co-running the Hollywood Road Gallery, London, Claudia sourced works from the UK, Europe & South America to curate annual exhibitions and fairs. She carefully nurtured the careers of their represented artists and offered bespoke services to the gallery collectors, helping them to buy, frame and hang art in their homes. Today Art & People hosts an annual charity exhibition, Precious Postcards. This open call collection is an opportunity for largely unrepresented artists to sell their works to collectors and galleries, whilst raising funds for the FoodCycle charity.
About Bow Skills
Bow Arts seeks to support creative professionals at all stages of their careers. In 2015 Bow Arts launched Bow Skills in response to an artist survey which showed over 90% of practicing artists find it useful to receive further support outside formal education.
Bow Skills is a dynamic and relevant programme of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) which is informed by an artist steering group and open to all creative practitioners across London. The programme of talks, panel discussions, new skills labs and peer crits is open to all, with concession rates available to students, over 65s, under 18s, Bow Arts artists and key workers.
Access information
The Bow Arts breakout space has step-free access throughout from street level, including to the accessible toilet, and is service animal friendly. This venue does not have a hearing loop system. Accessible parking is not available on-site but blue badge parking can be found 500m away on Fairfield Road.
If you have any questions regarding accessibility at this venue or event, would like to make us aware of any access requirements that you have in advance of visiting, or would like this information in an alternate format including Easy Read, please email nunnery@bowarts.com or call 020 8980 7774 (Ext. 3)
Access requirements could include things like providing equipment, services or support (e.g. information in Easy Read, speech to text software, additional 1:1 support), adjusting workshop timings (e.g. more break times), adjustments to the event space (e.g. making sure you have a seat near the entrance) or anything else you can think of!
Transport Information
Opening hours: Mon-Friday, 9am to 5pm
Address: Bow Arts Trust, 183 Bow Road, London, E3 2SJ
Nearest station(s): Bow Road (District and Hammersmith and City lines) is a 6-minute walk away, and Bow Church (DLR) is a 3-minute walk away.
Bus: 205, 25, 425, A8, D8, 108, 276, 488 and 8 all service the surrounding area.
Bike: Bicycle parking is located at Bow Church Station. The nearest Santander Cycles docking station is at Bow Church Station.
