Working within a visual arts organisation

-Discussing organisations i could possible be a part of in the future

Siobhan mcconnachie:

-Head of learning and engagement- national galleries
-Talking about her own experience- don’t need a relevant degree but needs helps to have relevant experience
-Fixed term contract- helps to gain lots of experience because of the constant change of jobs and also make lots of contact with possible employers- being proactive in a jobs helps to secure more opportunities
-Use experience and advice of people that have done something similar
-Working at a gallery has lots of different kind of jobs which allows you to collaborate and find out about which one is best suited
-Keep an eye on the NGS website for job postings

Siobhan Carroll:

-Works at collective head of programme
-Core of the organisation is to support young artists in their career mostly freelancers
-Working with funding applications and networking for new artists to make connections
-Satellites program openings for artists without connections to organisations or openings already
-Kept herself afloat with bar jobs- likely that if you go for these kinds of jobs you will need multiple jobs
-Practical skills are useful lots of physical work to build exhibitions

Daniel Brown:

-Edinburgh sculpture workshop curator for research- jobs in small scale organisations often involves lots of other unexpected roles
-It helps to get involved in artist run spaces because often they evolve into organisations
-Uses funding to help their opportunities, workshops and studio spaces accessible  available, they also have dedicated spaces for postgrads
-They run internships paid that allow people to gain experience- learning programme part time
-SCAN posts jobs- https://sca-net.org/about/jobs-opportunities/
-Creative scotland- https://opportunities.creativescotland.com/
-Unlikely that I will find what I want to do straight away throwing yourself into any job in the area will help to build a portfolio of work
-Personal skills will help make connections

Participatory arts working in the community:

Jan Bert -artlink:

-Working with kids to have their first interactions with art- varied ways of getting to know people through art and what art means in a community
-Taking people o bike rides at the moment- a way of getting to know people
-Art link- works with people with disabilities, old and young, mental health struggles
-Adapts to fit the people so that workers can find out and connect to who they are
-Not just art, from cooking, crafts to beekeeping- however often finds a way to link back to art
-Creates a dialog between other parts of the community and organisations

Freelancing- planning for a successful creative life and career

Joe tree:

-Started as an employee to just help out running coffees  and gradually took on more roles
-Good to hear of someone who didn’t go to uni and instead immerse themselves in a variety of roles
-Being able to adapt to any role is a useful skill to have- keep learning throughout career go for jobs that can build your skill set
-Being clear with what you want to achieve with freelance is good for focus and help you make decisions and communicate to people you work with
-Make a plan of what you want to do
-Find something that makes you unique and will set you aside from everyone else

Katherine kennedy:

-Assistant director who originally studied philosophy
-Got involved with friends that have done film so joined in to help- going for jobs that don’t seem relevant might bring you other opportunities, don’t write off jobs that don’t immediately seem perfect
-Only works 6-9 months of the year- plan ahead of what you want to do have goals to figure out the timing and focus of things
-Map out the path as a starting point and be open to changes that might come along
-Recognise that things will change and wont be as easy as you hope but keep applying for things
-Social network and career network can be very linked- look at peers for network