Professional Development Survey
Upland is developing its professional development strand with the central purpose of nurturing the environment in which the visual artists and makers of Dumfries and Galloway work, providing opportunities and resources to develop their skills and creative practice. This year we will be offering advice sessions, mentoring and go & see bursaries and piloting a new residency exchange. In order to plan relevant professional development events for this year and in future we need input from you. What kind of events would you like to see take place? Are there any particular topics or training which would help you develop your practice? Or perhaps you would like more opportunities to share what you are doing with other artists& makers? We want to make sure that we programme events which reflect the needs of our membership so please take five minutes to give us some feedback enabling us to provide you with a tailored programme of events and activities. Thank you!
Name
First Name
Last Name
Email
example@example.com
Please tell us where you are based (this helps us better understand needs in different locations)
Business skills - What are they key barriers for you progressing your creative career (if you don't feel you have any barriers, please still let us know in the space below)
Are you interested in any or all of the following (tick as many as apply)
One off advice sessions (aimed at groups)
1:1 advice sessions
1:1 mentoring sessions
Longer term professional development programmes
Accredited professional development programmes
Peer support groups (opportunities to get together with Upland members and share works-in-progress)
Networking with other creatives (in-person get togethers with Upland members)
Group 'Go & See' trips to galleries or events with other Upland members (this would be organised and subsidised by Upland, in the past we have gone on group trips to Jupiter Artland, Glasgow International and visited galleries in Newcastle)
Go & See bursaries (enabling you to attend relevant events which relate to your individual practice)
Events around environmental themes and sustainable practice
Residency exchange opportunities with partner organisations
Subsidised photography sessions (where a professional can take photos of your art work for use in applications, websites etc.)
Exhibition opportunities out with D&G
Exhibition opportunities with in D&G
For our upcoming advice sessions, which topics would you like to see covered?
Confidence building for creatives
Getting your work out there / promotion
Marketing your work - social media & digital paltforms
Pricing your work
Exhibiting / selling internationally
How to photograph and document your work
Proposal writing
Writing funding applications
Approaching galleries
How to make your studio practice more environmentally friendly
If you have any other ideas/suggestions not mentioned above please write here
Do you have unwanted studio materials, which could be exchanged or recycled? Would you be interested in participating in a materials swap facilitated by CAN, the Circular Arts Network, as a way to recycle unwanted studio materials? (We are considering working with CAN for a D&G based materials swap if it is of interest)
Yes
No
Maybe
Would you prefer advice sessions to take place:
Online
In-person
A mix of both
If we are planning events, like advice sessions or talks, what time of day is better for you to attend:
Daytime
Evening
Weekends
If you have comments on when or where is best for holding events, please add these here
Would you be willing to pay for events such as online or in-person advice sessions or talks?
Yes
No
Maybe
Would you be interested in doing a blog post which could be shared via Upland's website & social media (to promote your own practice and highlight art & crafts in the region)
Yes
No
Maybe
Would you be interested in attending a peer support group?
Yes
No
Maybe
Would you be interested in facilitating a peer support group? (i.e leading the group sessions and/or helping to organize a local group with support from Upland)
Yes
No
Maybe
Is there anything you would like to see added to the Upland members newsletters? (i.e special features, guest writers, a space for sharing questions etc.)
If there is anything else you would like to add or suggest in relation to professional and creative development please let us know here!
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