Supports Training Workshop | How to write about work: Your own, and that of others
Description
Thursday 21 November 2024, 11am–12.30pm
CCA x Jerwood = Supports is offering a series of training sessions to expand artists’ skills sets, increase employability and build confidence. These workshops have been developed based on the responses from our recent Training Survey when we asked you what training you would need to benefit your practice, and what additional training might enable you to earn more income to support your practice. This opportunity is for artists who are not currently in any type of formal education who have begun their professional practice, based nationally or internationally.
How to write about work: Your own, and that of others takes place via CCA's Zoom account on Thursday 21 November 2024, 11am–12.30pm. During this training session, arts practitioner Cecelia Graham will share learnings about ways to write about your work and that of others. The session will include a discussion about writing formats, from traditional forms to more experimental approaches, and strategies for finding your writing style. Cecelia will bring examples of different approaches to writing about work, and will ask those who attend to test out short writing exercises.
The first part of the session will consider ways of writing artist statements, thinking about what is usually covered, alongside styles and tones that can be adopted. We will have a look at other artist statements, and ways they can be adapted to suit different needs.
In the second part of the workshop, we will look at ways of writing about others people work, including tools to increase confidence and routes into the work of others. Throughout the session, we will also have a look at the multitude of ways writing can form part of or sit alongside your work, including alternative approaches to catalogues and exhibition guides.
You can book your free place for this training workshop via our online shop here. It is suited to those aged 18 and above. The session will be recorded and available as a resource via our Supports page.
About Cecelia Graham:
Cecelia Graham is a practitioner based between Belfast, Derry and Mid-Ulster in the north of Ireland who works with writing, participatory events and curation within her practice.
Cecelia explores collective knowledge gathering, alternative economies and labour practices in order to challenge notions of hyper-productivity, disciplinary borders and power hoarding often relied on within institutions. Her work considers modes of working that emerge from collaborative and slow methods within ecology, agriculture, craft and messy acts of love and vulnerability. Challenging the language of professionalism, Cecelia seeks alternative modes of advocating for and supporting a community of artists that resist strict, slick outputs.