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A fantastic opportunity to introduce yourself to the wider creative community of GSA, expand your professional connections and enjoy the 2023 Glasgow School of Art Degree Show.

As Degree Show approaches its important that you think about who your audiences are and how they experience your work in person and online. Covering audience engagement strategies and approaches, this session will provide insights to build your personal brand, how to speak about your work with confidence and increase your visibility with the creative sector.

Eamonn Maxwell: Contemporary art curator, advisor, and mentor
Dominic Manderson (Communication Design 2020): Post Production Coordinator at Burberry

Looking into the history and production of zines and self-publishing this event invites leading figures in the Glasgow scene to talk about why self-publishing is important to them and what you can do to get started.

Guest speakers:

Jess Higgins : Artist, writer and member of the workers cooperative Good Press www.goodpress.co.uk

Simone Hutchinson : Managing Editor of Hedera Felix. www.hederafelix.com

The film and television sector in Scotland is rapidly growing, contributing £567.6million to the Scottish economy in 2019. For this event we have brought together graduates working within the industry to talk about their experiences working in the industry and provide insights into the first steps you could make if you were interested in a Career in film and TV. Guest speakers: Lux Scotland: non-profit agency dedicated to supporting, developing and promoting artists’ moving image practices in Scotland www.luxscotland.org.uk Sanne Jehoul: is the programme director of Glasgow Short Film...

Guest Speakers

Becca Thomas : Creative Director at New Practice & Architect BSc (Hons) MArch ARB. www.new-practice.co.uk

Stephen Sheriff : Creative Producer, Director of arts organisations Friends of The Pipe Factory and Strange Field, and Chair of Glasgow Arts Moving Image Studios.
www.strangefield.org
www.thepipefactory.co.uk

This practical Working Space event lead by Briana Pegado will take you through the process of writing successful funding applications. It aims to cover all aspects of structuring your application and offer top tips and advice to ensure that your submissions have every chance of success.

Briana Pegado: is Founder of the Edinburgh Student Arts Festival (ESAF), Co-Director of We Are Here Scotland & Grant and Development Manager of Black Queer Travel Guide.

In this session the speakers will provide insights and advice on aspects launching your freelance career including; working with clients, invoicing and getting paid on time, finding work, establishing your network and getting the right support.

Guest Speakers:
Ida Henrich (Communication Design, 2017): Illustrator, designer and mural artist based in Glasgow. www.idahenrich.com
Heather Parry: Glasgow-based writer, editor, and publisher. www.heatherparry.co.uk

 

Engaging and working with communities to develop and deliver projects can be an essential and rewarding aspect of your creative career. For this talk we have invited GSA graduates with experience of working within communities to discuss and highlight best practice, ethics and innovative approaches. Guest Speakers Lucy Grainge (Communication Design 2017) + Beau McCarthy (M.Arch 2019): Creators of Wiggle Wonderland. Instagram: @wigglewonderland Twitter: @wiggle_pavilion Lucy Grainge Website: www.lucygrainge.com Tracy Gorman (Ceramics 1997): Volunteer Coordinator at Project Ability....

At the start of the new academic year it is important to think about your networks and how you might go about developing these to create new opportunities. With invited industry speakers this talk will help provide insights, share methods and highlight best approaches to developing this essential asset of your creative practice.

Guest Speakers:
Rachael Brown: Chief Executive Future Economy Company – www.futureeconomy.co
Helen Moore: Membership Lead for Scottish Contemporary Art Network (SCAN) – www.sca-net.org

 

Featuring two graduates working within publishing and writing, this event will provide insights into: how to get started, working with a publisher, how to manage working freelance and how to get noticed when you start out.

Helen Kellock (Communication Design 2018) is an award-winning illustrator and author based in Glasgow.
Jyni Ong (Communication Design 2017) Freelance writer, editor and content consultant.  previous role as associate editor at It’s Nice That

Featuring  experts and graduates working within the Third Sector, this event will provide insights into the local landscape of Social enterprise /Cooperatives and give some top tips for entering this sector.

Aqsa Arif (Painting and Printmaking 2019) interdisciplinary artist, one of the founding members of SaltSpace Co-operative
Ross McCulloch – founder of Third Sector Lab

 

Featuring three GSA graduates working within UX/UI and Innovation Design, this event will provide insights into the job market, what opportunities are available and offer insights on entering this sector.

Carolina de la Sota (MDes 2016) Senior User Experience Architect at Axel Springer
Santini Basra (Product Design 2014) founder of Andthen
Harriet de Wet (BDes Hons Product Design 2016) Service Designer at SPARCK/BJSS

 

Crowdfunding is a popular way of funding projects and practice within the creative industries. This session will provide an overview of using crowd-funder methodologies, showing successful examples, offering advice and top tips to ensure that you run successful campaigns and reach your funding targets.

Kaye Symington – co-founder of Paved With Gold,
Andrew Flynn and Martin Keane (GSA Master of Engineering 2014) – Co-Founders of POTR
Also see the hugely successful POTR Kickstarter campaign here.

Focusing on audience engagement, this practical event will share marketing  insights, advice and approaches from creative professionals to ensure that your campaigns and online platforms reach audiences successfully.

Katy Air – Marketing Strategy and Commercial Consultant.
Gabriella Marcella (Communication Design 2012) Founder of RISOTTO

This practical Working Space event lead by Briana Pegado will take you through the process of writing successful funding applications. It aims to cover all aspects of structuring your application and offer top tips and advice to ensure that your submissions have every chance of success. This video is shareable upon requests. Please email creativenetwork@gsa.ac.uk if you would like to view this session. Briana Pegado FRSA is Founder of the Edinburgh Student Arts Festival (ESAF), Co-Director of We Are Here Scotland & Grant and Development Manager of Black Queer Travel Guide. She is a fellow...

Building your professional experience is more important than ever in today’s challenging job market.  This event will examine how to build your professional experience in a virtual world, discussing alternative ways to build your CV through, competitions, awards and residencies, as well as do-it-yourself options. Colin MacDonald – Multiple award winning Director of various games development studios as well as running Games Jobs Live. Jade Sturrock – Socially Engaged Artist, Arts Facilitator and Membership and Marketing Coordinator for Glasgow Connected Arts Network, Jennifer...

This event focuses on the practical details you will need in order to get the best possible start as a creative practitioner including: Setting up as self-employed, getting organised,  project management and finances. This practical session will explore how you can develop and maintain a creative practice after Art School.

Ben Callaghan – Learning Organiser for the Scottish Artists Union
Audra Martin Merrick – Consultant and Strategist + host of the CreativeMornings Glasgow
Medeia Cohan – Creative Director of Creative Entrepreneurs Club

Developing ways to reach, engage and attract audiences is often a challenge for people starting out in their creative Career. What simple strategies can be applied to give you the best possible chance of creating a successful campaign to support your practice? In this session we’ve invited four GSA Graduates who have been able to develop, build and launch a successful businesses and careers using online strategies to promote their work, reach new audiences and secure vital start-up support. Iseabal Hendry (Textile Design 2016) – Founder of Iseabal Hendry Andrew Fylnn and Martin Keane...

The art of being resilient is a key asset in this time of uncertainty – particularly in the field of employment and thriving as a creative practitioner.  Resilience is not just your ability to bounce back, but also your capacity to adapt in the face of challenging circumstances, whilst maintaining a stable mental wellbeing. Resilience isn’t a personality trait – it’s something that you can take steps to achieve. In this session, three key speakers working across the arts and design industries offer their insights into how to develop and maintain your resilience. Danny...

It’s widely recognised that personal Networks are key to the development of a Creative Career. A strong Network of contacts can get you your first job interview, recommend you for a commission, or help you to secure a first solo exhibition. During a time where when these valuable interactions at exhibition openings, talks or conferences aren’t happening, how can people across the Creative Industries continue to develop personal networks at a time of restricted public gatherings and online events? In this session we’ve invited three professionals with backgrounds in Fine Art, Design and...