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Graduate Week 2007 was an amazing week, full of informative workshops and inspirational talks. If you missed any of the sessions you can listen to them again with our podcasts.
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Graduate Week Keynote Speech
Graduate week kicks off with our keynote speaker, David Parrish offering hints and tips on starting a successful creative business. Afterwards you can hear about how to apply for the all-new Arts London Proof of Concept and Investment fund for your start-up creative business.
This free event took place at the Student Hub Bar in July 2007.
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Material Gains: Working in Textiles
Choosing a career in the textiles industry is a difficult path to follow. Sourcing manufacturers, suppliers and funding for your first product range can be a nightmare. Getting your pricing structures right and working with buyers and manufacturers at the same time as learning how to promote yourself is tricky.
Two top textiles designers, and a buyer uncover practical hints and tips on how to make money and work with others in the world of textiles. Speakers include Tony Ferrigno, Head of Export for Colefax & Fowler alongside award-winning designer Eleanor Pritchard and Becky Oldfield of Lost and Found design.
This free event took place at the Innovation Centre in July 2007.
Download Material Gains: Working in Textiles - Part 1
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Make or Break: Starting Out in Product Design
It doesn't matter if you're working with lighting, textiles, ceramics, glass, furniture or whatever, designing your product range is just the starting point. What does it take to get your product range from your studio or workshop to the commercial marketplace?
This podcast looks at the practicalities of setting up your product design business from the perspective of both buyer and designer. Speakers include award-winning designer Anthony Dickens and Martin Blum from Black + Blum.
This free event took place at Central Saint Martins College.
Download Make or Break: Starting Out in Product Design - Part 1
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Acting Up: Freelancing in the World of Theatre
The Arts Council's latest theatre policy states that:
We would like to see a more entreprenuerial and innovative culture in which theatre collaborates across the performing arts and connects with the wider creative industries here and abroad.
(Arts Council Theatre Policy 2007).
But how do you as a theatre graduate become entrepreneurial? How can you build your network of collaborators when you're just starting out?
This podcast brings together leading practitioners from the theatre industry to discuss these issues and offer practical advice about getting funding for your production and making contacts with artists, theatres and spaces.
Speakers include:
- Sinead MacManus, freelance theatre consultant;
- Claire Geddie from Stellar Network;
- Lucien Mansell from theatre design company, Factory Settings.
An ECCA event, in collaboration with The Engine Room at Wimbledon.
This free event took place at Wimbledon College of Art.
Download Acting Up: Freelancing in the World of Theatre - Part 1
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How Not to Get Ripped Off
Being copied and someone else ripping off your creative ideas is a major concern once you start to sell, publicise and promote your creative work. You need to protect your ideas and make sure you know what to do if someone does actually copy what is rightfully yours.
This podcast covers the steps any creative professional should take in order to stop somebody else stealing or otherwise using your work without your permission (including copyright, patenting, trade marks, licensing and design rights.) There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions.
The speakers include IP lawyer Harry Karaolou from leading law firm, Bevan Brittan and a case study from Tobie Snowdowne and Lucy Hall from award-winning design consultancy, Two Create.
An ECCA event, in collaboration with Own It.
This free event took place at the Student Hub.
Download How Not to Get Ripped Off - Part 1
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Don't Suffer For Your art: Make Money as a Fine Artist
You've just spent 3 years making fine art. You're pleased with your work. You're about to graduate. You want to keep making work. You don't have a clue about how you can make any money out of it. You start to panic. You give up and get a job in Sainsbury's.
It doesn't have to be like this...
Choosing to make your career as a fine artist is a notoriously difficult path to follow. Income can be unpredictable and sourcing funding can be a minefield. Knowing how much to charge and how to work with funders, curators and galleries are vital skills for survival. This podcast brings together an artist, a collector and a specialist artist's advisor to uncover practical advice on how to make money and working with others within the fine art world.
Speakers include:
- Eamonn Maxwell from Arts London's Emerging Artists programme,
- Russell Martin from ArtQuest.
- Ed Gray, artist
An ECCA event, in collaboration with ArtQuest.
This free event took place at Chelsea College of Art & Design.
Download Don't Suffer For Your art: Make Money as a Fine Artist - Part 1
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Applying for Funding for Creative Projects
You've got a fantastic idea for a creative project. But you need money to make it happen. Who's going to give it to you? What are funders really looking for? How do you write a proposal? All these questions and more will be addressed in this podcast from a leading funder and creatives who have successfully applied for business funding.
Speakers include:
- Arts funding consultant Brigid Howarth;
- Fred Peroy and Jeremy Davenport from the new Arts London Investment Fund;
- Gavin O'Carroll from NESTA funded Make Mode.
This free event took place at Davies Street.
Download Applying for Funding for Creative Projects - Part 1
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Download Applying for Funding for Creative Projects - Part 2
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