Creative Industries Conference 2008

A conference for local authority officers exploring how to start supporting the creative sector.

What does a creative industries support service look like?
What expectations do creative businesses have?
What is possible and what does success look like?

A one day conference with leading projects and artists for local authorities. Discuss and explore the issues faced by support programmes, and then try to win a prize in our support service game!

Artist's studios, network organisations and career development.

How to support individuals, how to assess opportunities and gauge success.

£85

Thursday 27th November 10 to 4pm

Left Bank Village, Hereford

Registration deadline - Thursday Oct 30th

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2008 Creative Industries Conference

10am Registration opens - coffee
10.30am Conference start - Andy Dawson , Creative Industries Co-ordinator for Herefordshire, opens the day
10.35am Herefordshire Council Leader RJ Phillips welcomes delegates to the conference
10.45am Artists in Space - studios, centres and hubs - their role in creative development and the issues they face with Stephen Bourke of Artsite 3, city centre independent arts studios, and Rachael Griffiths of The Fold arts and environmental community
11.25am Coffee

11.45am Come together - networks and artists associations - how to grow them and what they can do - with Steve Ashdown of Creative Shropshire, commercially creative network of designers and freelancers, and Kathryn Roberts of Creative Breaks, the foremost weekend workshop association.
12.25pm Lunch

1.15pm Creative Careers - spotting stages in the development of artists and assessing their needs with Jon Williams, aka The Flying Potter, and Clare Woods painter
1.55pm coffee
2.15pm Show me the Money - artists and cash gameshow - role play your way to the prizes
2.55pm Presentation and prize giving
3.30pm finish

Send the registration form to:

Creative Industries Conference
Herefordshire Council
PO Box 4
Plough Lane
Herefordshire
HR4 0XH

Or email to creative@herefordshire.gov.uk

Enquiries to: Creative Industries Co-ordinator, Andy Dawson, on 01432 383064