Category: Consultancy
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Hearing artists’ voices
Recently I was asked to talk very briefly to a conference about why is it important for artists / creatives to be involved in developing plans for cultural activity and what impact could this have. I have a lot to say about this and could happily have talked for hours but I was limited to…
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Supporting Artist Projects
I’m always looking for new ways to share what I’ve learned the last 20 years or so and to support other artists to do brilliant work.
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Freelancing & Finance
I’ve been working with the brilliant coach Sarah Fox for the last few months, trying to pin down exactly what it is that I want to do with my freelance / consultancy practice. One of the issues of building this side of my work is that I don’t talk about it online very much so…
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Working for free
Artists and freelancers regularly get asked to do unpaid work for organisations and institutions. In this blog post I discuss one of the common scenarios, share some thoughts on how things need to change and suggest some actions you can take. Should I say yes to unpaid work? This is a perennial complex problem for…
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Artist Mentoring
Support and guidance with your creative practice with experienced artist & mentor Ruth Singer My 1:1 mentoring sessions are back! I took a break in August and September to get a few other things finished and to have time to figure out what I wanted to do with my mentoring practice. I’ve been mentoring since…
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Community Spirit of Leicestershire launch
My project celebrating the Stories of pandemic volunteering in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland is going on tour I’ve been working on this project most of the year and even longer in the planning and development. It’s finally almost out in the world! Back in 2020 when volunteering to help run a local foodbank, I realised…
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Sanctuary Stories and Research Resonance
Sanctuary Stories was a project exploring journeys, healing and nature, working with people from sanctuary-seeking backgrounds in Leicester. Commissioned by ArtReach and run by Ruth Singer & Mandeep Dhadialla.
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Mentoring for artists and creative businesses
Last chance to book 1:1 artist mentoring or creative business support from me until the autumn.
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Creative confidence through mentoring
Mentoring for artists, makers and creative business owners Recently my friend and mentor Melody Vaughan shared a series of blog posts about mentoring / coaching within a craft context. She has generously included me in one of her posts, as well as Sharon Adams who is also an artist-mentor. Melody reflected on the importance of mentoring and also…
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Textiles In Lockdown Online Talk
Join Ruth Singer to hear more about the textiles in lockdown project with Gawthorpe Textiles Collection, Monday 18th January. Textiles in Lockdown was a commission from Gawthorpe Textiles Collection to gather stories about textile making during the first UK lockdown in March-June 2020. I worked with them over the late summer to collect stories from…
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