Developing a career in the arts

The Centre for Creative Practices in Dublin has announced its programme of courses, workshops and seminars running from February until June 2010.

In this term a special focus will be placed upon the Artistic Professional Development Seminars for artists, and a number of artistic workshops for the general public including Visual Arts, Crafts, Digital Arts, Photography, Music and Creative Writing.

The aim of the programme is to help people interested in any of the areas listed to widen and deepen their skills and to work with and learn from experienced and outstanding practitioners.

The Series of Artistic Professional Development has been designed to help professional and amateur artists to complement their artistic skills with the practical knowledge necessary to run a successful artistic practice.

The seminars can be attended separately and can be booked at the early bird price of €65 if enrolled one week before the seminar. In addition the Centre is offering a special price of €400 (reduced from €520) for participants who enrol for the whole series.

All courses will take place at the Centre for Creative Practices and will finish with an artistic event - a screening, reading, concert, performance or an exhibition, and definitely with a glass of wine or a smoothie if they are not for adults!

Artistic Professional Development - Workshops/Seminars/Courses/Events, February - June 2010

• Artistic Professional Development for artists and Creative Practitioners (seminar topics: Marketing, Copyrights, Contracts and Consignments, Forms of Doing Business and Taxes and Online Marketing)
• Digital Arts and Photography (courses in: Colour Theory, Image Composing, Studio Setting & Lightings, Portfolio Preparation, Editorial Photography, Photo Editing, Intro to Digital Art and Animation)
• Visual Arts and Craftwork (workshops in: a unique in Ireland Puppetry and Marionettes Workshop; Craftwork courses in: Handcrafted Personalised Gift Stationary; Artist Book / Notebook Making, Design of your own wedding stationary)
• Music and Performing Arts (courses in: Jazz & Blues Guitar - improvisation for advanced practitioners; Creativity & Communication Skills combining performance & NLP; Youth Theatre workshop, Words and Music workshops combining improvisation, performance and creative writing)
• Writing and Publishing (courses in: Editing Your Manuscript; Critical Exchange for writers and creative artists working on a project; Broadcast Journalism; Graphic Novel; Manuscript Assessment; Travel Writing and Journalism)

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