Ruth Singer

Tag: professional development

  • Find Your Focus

    Find Your Focus

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    The world is pretty distracting at the moment isn’t it? Creative practice is pretty distracting too. Confusing as well. It’s all too common to find ourselves wading through too many ideas and not knowing which to concentrate on, or struggling to know what ideas are worth pursuing. Running a business and keeping moving forwards with…

  • Gentle Goal Setting For Myself – part one

    Gentle Goal Setting For Myself – part one

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    What I have learned from a wholistic creative practice review Late last year I started playing around in my journal with reviewing my year to date. I have read so much about reviewing and explored plenty of thoughtful analysis monthly, quarterly and annually, but never had it seemed so important as in 2020, the year…

  • Made in Leicestershire consultancy

    Made in Leicestershire consultancy

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    Earlier this month Creative Leicestershire was awarded a grant from Arts Council England to enable us (me) to do more on my Made in Leicestershire development project. I’ve been working on research and consultation for Made in Leicetershire for about 18 months and this grant has allowed us to extend until the end of September…

  • Professional Development Workshop

    Professional Development Workshop

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    I’m running a professional development day for artist and makers at Llantarnam Grange Art Centre on Saturday 20th October. 10am-3pm. £20. Join artist Ruth Singer to explore research-led craft making; about creating original work with a meaningful narrative behind it. Find out about Ruth’s research and development process; explore, develop and test your own ideas…

  • Makers In Museums Symposium

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    I’m running a symposium for textile artists and makers at Gawthorpe Hall, part of my Emotional Repair exhibition programme. The event on Wednesday 6th June is designed for makers, particularly textile makers, who want to develop their work inspired by and in partnership with museums and heritage. Tickets for students and artists are just £12*…

  • Cyanotype workshop with Hannah Lamb

    Cyanotype workshop with Hannah Lamb

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    I’m never quite sure if a day spent at a creative workshop counts as a day off or as work, when it is both enjoyable and professional development. Either way, I don’t do it enough and always resolve to do it more. A couple of weeks ago I spent a day experimenting with cyanotype under the guidance of…

  • Selling craft in the fine art market

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    I recently attended “Making it in the fine art market” a Cockpit Arts Making It seminar and made the following notes. Event chaired by Susan Mumford Be Smart About Art, with panel including  and Sarah Myerscough. Breaking into the fine art market Clear, consistent body of work, suitable for the market. Pricing should reflect fine art…