Creative Industries Trafford

11.00am – 4.30pm, Tues 21st Feb 2012 – SOLD OUT

£20.00 / £15.00 (plus £1.00 booking fee for card transactions)

Waterside Arts Centre (directions)

In depth one-to-one marketing advice surgeries for artists and creative workers. A 45 minute session with freelance marketing specialist Natalie Persoglio to help get press coverage and grow your reputation. If your project, product or service needs some introductory marketing advice, this is the ideal place to start.

Natalie has worked in PR, arts marketing and journalism for over 12 years, managing press campagns for arts centres and writing for music, culture and games magazines

Please leave your contact phone number and email address when booking. For more on Natalie’s work, see www.freelancemedia.co.uk

To help Natalie prepare for your session, all participants in this event are asked to complete a short questionnaire about their business or project prior to taking part. If you’re booking on this event, please ensure your form is returned to us at info@creativeindustriestrafford.org by Feb 14th 2012.

Download the marketing questionnaire here: CIT_Marketing_Surgery_info_sheet 2012

To book call 0161 912 5616.

“Well organised and prepared. Lots of useful ideas – many thanks!”

SOLD OUT  – If you wish to be added to our waiting list in case if cancellations, please contact our box office on 0161 912 5616.

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 1 – 5pm, Monday 5th March 2012

Waterside Arts Centre

£12 (plus £1.00 booking fee for card transactions)

Acclaimed photographers Jo and Christoph Shaw present a ‘do it yourself’ guide to photographing your own work. They reveal the tips and tricks to help you photograph your work to its best advantage – ideal for artists and creatives working in 2D and 3D. Learn how to best position your work, how to light it and bring out the details and perspectives you want to highlight.

This session is designed for artists working on a tight budget but who still need to promote their work. Jo & Christoph present a range of examples to photograph your work on both small and medium size budgets, from £50 to £200.

This workshop will help you understand your own digital camera – and give you the knowledge to move away from auto to customized settings, as well as understand how to use cheap lighting to make your work look its best.

Shaw and Shaw are award-winning photographers who have worked with the creative sector for many years. For more information on their work, see www.shawandshaw.co.uk

‘Your workshop has given me lots of useful tips & inspiration.’

To book tickets, call 0161 912 5616.

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10am – 4.30pm, Mon 19th March 2012 – SOLD OUT

Waterside Arts Centre

£25 / £20 (plus £1.00 booking fee for card transactions)

Script surgeries for aspiring TV and online script writers.

Does your script or TV project need feedback from an experienced professional? Get your script the polish that it needs to move forward with a one-to-one sessions with Ric Michael, (online producer, former Head of Development at Baby Cow Manchester).

If you have a script in development and are in need of advice and independent critique on how to make your project commissioner-ready, then these surgeries are for you.

All participants must have a completed script and scripts must be submitted to info@creativeindustriestrafford.org for consideration 10 days in advance of the session (9th March 2012), otherwise bookings cannot be held.

Each session is 50 minutes duration and there are six slots available.

To book, call 0161 912 5616.

“Really helpful, useful information.”

SOLD OUT  – If you wish to be added to our waiting list in case if cancellations, please contact our box office on 0161 912 5616.

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7 – 9pm, Thursday 22nd March 2012

Waterside Arts Centre

Free

The Artists Network (TAN) is a relaxed, informal networking space for artists from all across Greater Manchester, with each meeting taking a different theme. The group meets 3-4 times a year and we welcome new attendees – this is a place for artists to meet other artists, to get inspiration and share ideas and experience.

This TAN meeting features talks from Pakistan-born 2D artist and maker Halima Cassell alongside artists whose work features in the 2012 Waterside Open (Lauriston Gallery, Feb – Apr 2012).

Halima’s work combines strong geometric elementswith recurrent patterns and architectural principles. She has previously exhibited at Waterside, along with the V&A and India’s Toe Gallery. At this talk, she will discuss her own work and inspirations as well as her involvement with the Open.

Also featured at this event is Trafford-based visual artist Frances Rocca who is winner of the Best in Trafford award in the 2012 Waterside Open. Her work is inspired by the world of science, from the smallest of cells in microbiology to galaxies in the universe, units are the compounds of the environment we live in, unseen to the naked eye. Frances uses artificial lighting and repetition to create sensory sculptural pieces that aim to alter spaces and perception.

The bar will be open, so to register for this free event, just call our box office and leave your name and contact details.

To book call 0161 912 5616.

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1-4.30pm, Wednesday 18th April 2012

Waterside Arts Centre

£10 (plus £1.00 booking fee for card transactions)

Freelance marketing specialist Kate Butler takes you through how to meet press deadlines, who to send your press release to, how to format your press release and understanding how to make sure you get your message over in the right way.

Kate is an experienced PR specialist who has worked with arts organisations and the BBC on a range of creative projects. She leads this introductory guide to the essentials of writing a press release and the basics of marketing for those working on a tight budget.

To book, call 0161 912 5616.

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