Social Media 101 for Artists and Creatives

Understand the landscape of social media from the perspectives of a practicing professional artist. Learn the basic tools and skills (including video) to enhance your social media presence and help you feel more empowered in a digital landscape. 

Who is it for?
This workshop is for practicing artists and creatives who currently feel a little bit lost or out of touch with social and digital media. It is focused less on reporting and analytics and more on the practical how-to of creating content. It is designed to set you up with the skills so you can move play and explore in your own time. We use Instagram as our example platform.

Key Words: Professional Development, Digital Literacy, Social Media and Marketing

Delivery: Theory and Discussion 20%, Practical Exercises 80%

Lengths: Half Day/Whole Day (These can be broken into two sessions on two separate days

Requirements: Participants will need their own devices (ideally a smart phone and a laptop), an Instagram account, a free Canva account. 

Outcomes: Participants will leave this session with a feeling of confidence and curiosity, and a clear set of skills and tools to support them with their digital literacy.

This session presents a deeper skillset of storytelling techniques. Through a focus on connection and a harnessing of theatre skills, we look at how to foster a deep connection with the audience, whilst utilising some basic storytelling techniques on stage. This workshop gives lived experience and practical exercise.

Who is it for?
Designed for groups who are already presenting and performing in some manner, this session is focused on intermediate level skill development and mastery.

Key Words: Storytelling, Performance, Theatre, Presentation Skills

Delivery: Practical Exercises 80% ,Theory 20%

Lengths: 90 mins/Half Day/Whole Day

Outcomes: Participants will leave this session with a wider toolbox of skills for presentation and speaking. Experience in storytelling with embodiment, strong stage presence and audience captivation.

Writing as a Reclamation of Self

Explore how creative and poetic writing can be used as a tool for strength and self empowerment. We’ve all lost parts of ourselves along the way, this workshop supports us to gather and reclaim those parts with fierce compassion and a poetic tongue.

Who is it for?

This workshop is for all genders and identities. While aimed at LGBTQI+ communities, this workshop is open to anybody who feels there are elements of their identity that are being marginalised or silenced by the dominant culture.

Key Words: Confidence, Writing, Mental Health, Community, Connection, Creative Writing, Poetry, Spoken Word

Delivery: Theory and Discussion 20%, Practical Exercises 80%

Lengths: 90 min/Half Day
Outcomes: Participants will leave this session with a feeling of connectedness and confidence in their writing. They will have written multiple pieces and had the opportunity to share.

Bespoke Themed Poetry Sessions

A facilitated writing session supporting people of all writing levels to produce poetry exploring a specific theme. This theme can be one set by you, or one devised together through consultation.

Who is it for?

This workshop is for all genders and identities and writing levels. It will be a custom session developed to support creative writing and poetry for your group based on the needs, interests, or focuses of your organisation and the people within your community.

Key Words: Confidence, Writing, Mental Health, Community, Connection, Creative Writing, Poetry, Spoken Word

Delivery: Theory and Discussion 20%, Practical Exercises 80%

Lengths: 90 min – Half Day (as discussed)
Outcomes: Participants will leave this session with a feeling of connectedness and confidence in their writing. They will have written multiple pieces and had the opportunity to share.

Make a Collage Poetry Zine

This workshop offers a non-traditional approach to poetry utilising prompts and more hands-on forms of poetry, e.g. blackout. It is very creative, playful and involves scissors, glue, and exercises that encourage a feeling of value and worth towards our words. They will learn multiple re-usable techniques for creating poetry in their own time, and will make a small book featuring one of their poems. They will work with both images and words to create your own mini-publication. This hands-on workshop combines collage, poetry, and zine making to help you create your own easily reproducible poetry zine. 

Who is it for?: This workshop is perfect for groups with a varied relationship to writing, creativity, or literature or for people who say “I wish I was creative”. It provides an accessible path to poetry for people of all experience levels to enjoy together. It is a great workshop for team building and community relationship development. This workshop can also be adjusted to focus on specific themes and for specific days of significance (eg. Queer Joy for Pride month). This workshop is for all ages, genders and identities who are confident with the fine motor skills required or who have suitable support workers as needed.

Key Words: Confidence, Creativity, Collage, Zine Making, Poetry, Writing, Connection, Community

Delivery: Theory and Discussion 10%, Practical Exercises 90%

Lengths: 3 hours/Half Day
Skills: Involves fine motor skills and the use of scissors and glue
Outcomes: Participants will leave this session with a collage zine they have made themselves that they can easily photocopy to create a short-run publication. 

Junk Journal Binding 

Learn to bind your own junk journal using recycled materials and items commonly found in the home! Come away with your very own, unique, book and the skills to make more in your own time. 

Who is it for?: This workshop is perfect for groups with an interest in hand crafts, journaling, or exploring their creativity. It provides an accessible path to book binding for people of all experience levels to enjoy together. It is a great workshop for team building and community relationship development. This workshop is for ages 15+, all genders and identities who are confident with the fine motor skills required or who have suitable support workers as needed.

Key Words: Confidence, Creativity, Collage, Book Binding, Journaling, Recycling, Upcycling, Eco, Environmental Awareness.

Length: Recommended 3 – 4 hours

Skills: Involves relatively high level of fine motor skills and the use of scissors, needles, and thread.

Outcomes: Participants will leave this session with a book they have bound themselves and all the skills they need to replicate the process with items commonly found in their own homes.

Collage and Belonging/Identity

The workshop offers participants the opportunity to share and reflect on their lived experience through the playful and revealing artform of Collage and mixed media art. The session can be adapted to focus on a relevant theme (eg, Days of Significance like IDAHOBIT), or can be an open exploration. If there is access to a printer on site, we can also include self-portraits and photography into longer sessions.

Who is it for?
This workshop is perfect for groups of all ages and identities with a varied relationship to creativity. It provides an accessible path to art for people of all experience levels to enjoy together. It is a great workshop for team building and community development. This workshop can also be adjusted to focus on specific themes and for specific days of significance (eg. Queer Joy for Pride month). 

Key Words: Confidence, Creativity, Collage, Zine Making, Poetry, Writing, Connection, Community

Delivery: Practical Exercises 90%, Theory 10%

Skills:  Involves fine motor skills and the use of scissors and glue

Lengths: 3 hours/Half Day

Outcomes: Participants will leave feeling creative and connected, with an understanding of collage as an accessible creative outlet. They will have a piece they have created during the session and the knowledge of how to create more in their own time. They will also leave with a sense of creative achievement and belief in themselves as a creative.