Training and courses in the arts
Information on arts courses available in Lambeth are listed here along with information on other courses available in the Greater London Area.
Business skills for artists workshops
Selling Yourself without Selling Your Soul
Negotiating a Better Deal
Date: Saturday 23 August and Saturday 20 September 2008
Price: £60-£100
These confidence-boosting workshops, run by Nordic Nomad Productions, focus on teaching practical skills that you can put to use immediately to further your creative career.
Numbers are strictly limited. To book a workshop go to: Nordic Nomad website
Stellar Network present a series of seminars in business skills for film professionals
Stellar Network is partnering with Skillset, the Sector Skills Council for Creative Media, to run a series of heavily subsidised training seminars in business skills, for people working in the film industry.
This series of four interactive day long seminars will run on Saturdays over the autumn and winter 2008 and will explore key Legal, Financial, Marketing and Strategic issues in relation to the film sector.
The aim of these seminars is to inspire thought by introducing models and concepts, as well as giving practical advice and information that is useful to the creative business and career. The seminars are particularly designed for film industry freelancers and small businesses and they are open to everyone from writers and producer-directors, to animators, to small production companies or post-production houses.
Areas of interest and focus will include: IP rights and how to protect your creative ideas and your business, Financial forecasting and tax assessments, Valuation of new projects and enterprises, Effective marketing through understanding your product and your audience, Understanding the strategic environment.
The team of experts include:
Stuart Weinstein - Associate Head of the University of Hertfordshire School of Law
Simon Norris - Associate Director, Future Capital Partners
Vince Mitchell - Professor of Consumer Marketing, Cass Business School
Gia Milinovich - Online Film Marketing and PR Consultant (Sunshine, Water Lilies, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull)
Terry Ilot - Director, Film Business Academy and Author of 'My Indecision is Final'
Emily Corcoran - Consultant, Film and Digital Media Exchange
Run in association with the Film Business Academy at Cass Business School, the course dates are as follows:
- Legal - 6 September 2008
- Finance - 4 October 2008
- Marketing - 8 November 2008
- Strategy - 6 December 2008
For more information on tutors, topics, and to apply, visit: Stellar Network website
Email: uk@stellarnetwork.com
Creative drawing workshops
These four hour long workshops will stretch over a four week period and are aimed at beginners.
The workshops are lead by artist and printmaker Jonathan Comerford. His approach is contemporary and innovative yet based on traditional techniques and skill.
The objective of the workshop is to give participants a solid foundation of knowledge and skill as well as guidance to develop their own style or 'handwriting'.
Date/time: Saturday mornings 10am – 2pm
- 6 September
- 20 September
- 4 October
- 18 October
Cost: Four workshops £95 (£5 reduction if you pay for all four workshops in advance.) Book early as places are limited.
Address: Red Gate Gallery, 209a Coldharbour Lane, London, SW9 8RU
Telephone: 020 7326 0993
Email: info@redgategallery.co.uk
Website: Red Gate Gallery
Saturday Arts Club
For 6-13 year olds
Street Dance, Drama Workshops,Arts and Crafts and Circus Skills funded by Lambeth Children's Fund and Help A London Child.
Dates: Every Saturday during term time.
Times: 10am-4.00pm
Price: £2.00 including healthy lunch. (Donations welcome)
Address: Brixton St Vincent's Community Centre, Talma Road, SW2 1AS
For more information visit: Brixton St Vincent's Community Centre website
EFTA Young Film Maker's Summer Course
Ealing Film and Television Associates (EFTA) run a non-profit making four day course for young film maker's. Now in its 11th year, EFTA have welcomed over 1,000 teenagers onto their courses.
Students create their own script, cast it, and shoot the scenes over four days. All students receive a free DVD copy of the completed film and a course certificate.
Booking is essential
Age Group: 10 to 15 years old
Venue: St Barnabas Church, Calton Avenue, Dulwich, SE21
Dates/Times: Tuesday 26 August - Friday 29 August, 9.30am to 3.00pm
Course Fee: £100.00
To book contact: 0208 670 6997
London Printworks Trust
Offer a variety of courses in textile print for beginners and more experienced printers.
All courses are tailored to meet your specific requirements and you will receive dedicated technical support from their workshop co-ordinators. Includes a five-day introductory course in printed textiles and a one-day textile induction course.
For more information:
Telephone 020 7738 7841 or visit the London Printworks Trust website
Courses at Morley College
Enrol now for one of Morley College's exciting courses in Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Languages, Humanities, Computing, Health and Exercise, ESOL or Skills for Life.
To get your copy of the Morley Course Guide call 020 7450 1889, or visit the Morley College website.
Open College of the Arts
The UK’s largest home-study arts college, the Open College of the Arts is affiliated to The Open University.
Course guides are available from:
Freephone: 0800 731 2116 or from the Open College of the Arts website
Photofusion
Training and services
Photofusion provides access to professional standard colour and black and white darkrooms, studio and digital imaging facilities and supports photographers by providing career development workshops, skills-based training and portfolio reviews with industry professionals. Photofusion also offers top of the range bureau services at lower rates than anywhere else in London.
For more information contact John Phillips at Photofusion
SPACE Training
SPACE Training has several opportunities open to both visual artists based in Hackney and also the rest of London. Training courses include: approaching galleries, making a sale, marketing strategies, accessing funding, writing proposals and managing budgets, earning opportunities and tax and self employment.
How to apply:
Application forms can be downloaded via the Space Studios website. Please send the application form with a recent CV to:
Voice Factory
Learn to sing today.
South Bank's new Voice Factory provides expert and affordable vocal training for singers, actors and public-speakers of all standards. As well as individuals, they welcome children, students and larger corporate groups; even if you just want to build your confidence or have fun with friends while discovering your own talent, Voice Factory can help.
Voice Factory website
- The Crypt of St John's
73 Waterloo Road
London SE1 8UD
Tel: 020 7928 9922 / 07894218172
Zoom-In Photography
Zoom-In is a popular, not-for-profit school for photography, enabling both individuals and community groups from the Greater London area to explore and engage with all aspects and all levels of photography. They offer short courses in photography, which can be taken as either evening or weekend workshops.
Their Photography Courses range from Beginners Photography through Intermediate Photographic Techniques to advanced Photography Skills. Aimed at both film and digital photographers, they cover everything from camera basics to new digital photographic techniques or the subtle arts of darkroom printing.
Zoom-In
Clapham Leisure Centre
Clapham Manor Street
London SW4 6BD
Contacts:
- For photography courses, tel: 020 7720 7437 (between 9 and 1 pm)
- For Exhibitions, Membership, Volunteering and Community Education, tel: 020 7720 2891 (between 11 am and 6 pm)
- Email: photographycourses@zoom-in.org
- Or visit the Zoom-In website.