Outside In is delighted to be partnering with Artspace Coventry to deliver its Leading Workshops course, which will equip participants with the skills and confidence to design and deliver their own creative workshops.

What is Step Up?

Step Up is the training and professional development programme devised and delivered by award-winning arts charity Outside In. The programme is a key part in the charity’s work to provide a platform for artists who find it difficult to access the art world for reasons including health, disability, social circumstance or isolation. The programme focuses on supporting participants to gain new skills in order to increase opportunities.

Tell me more about the Leading Workshops course…

The course will support each artist to develop their skills and experience to design and deliver creative arts workshops to a diverse range of participants in different settings. The course will be delivered by an experienced Step Up Tutor, who will provide artists with a structured practice-based programme, enabling you to plan and try out your role as arts facilitator.

The course will cover all aspects of leading an arts workshop. This will include how to support a diverse range of participants, how to approach and set up a fully accessible workshop space and ideas about how to creatively evaluate your workshop.

Tell me more about the course…

The course will be delivered by an experienced Step Up Course Tutor. The course will take place at Artspace Eaton House in Coventry across five days in April 2022.

Participants must be able to commit to attending the course at Artspace Eaton House (Floor 11, Eaton House, Coventry, CV1 2FJ) on the following dates:

Monday 4 April 2022, 10am – 3pm

Tuesday 5 April 2022, 10am – 3pm

Wednesday 6 April 2022, 10am – 3pm

Thursday 7 April 2022, 10am – 3pm

Friday 8 April 2022, 10am – 3pm

Places on the course are free and an attendance allowance of £35/day will be provided to artists registered on The Artspace Exchange to cover subsistence and travel. Artists not registered on the Exchange will receive support for travel costs within the West Midlands region.

What do other people say about Step Up?

"A large spark of inspiration into life possibilities, being part of Outside In in general has been amazing for me on this level. It’s like I’m daring to dream of a different life."

"The programme exceeded my expectations, getting me working again at a professional level. I am thinking about becoming self-employed, about teaching, progressing further, finding out about funding. It has refocused my professional practice and I have started to think about further professional opportunities. I think of myself as an artist again instead of a person that was unwell and doodled."

Can I apply?

This course is open to artists living in the West Midlands who are able to travel to the course venue in Coventry for each of the five days, starting on Monday 4 April 2022. Applicants must either:

• Meet Outside In's criteria (an artist who sees themselves as facing a barrier to the art world for reasons including health, disability, social circumstance or isolation),
• Be registered with The Artspace Exchange and live or work in Coventry or Warwickshire.
  
  

How do I apply?

Submissions are made by filling out a short application form ( below) , which Outside In is happy to provide in a range of formats. Please highlight any access requirements.

When do I need to apply by?

Deadline for applications: 9am, Thursday 17 March 2022

Interviews: week beginning 21 March 2022

About Artspace

Coventry Artspace runs arts projects and events, and provides services to visual artists that live or work in Coventry and the surrounding area. Their core work, is to provide affordable spaces for visual artists to work and exhibit in, and opportunities for their development through networking meetings and monthly drop-ins.

Artspace also seek out further opportunities to raise the profile of the visual arts and artists through partnership projects with other organisations in the city and beyond. Through these projects, they look particularly to build community and wellbeing in the city and extend engagement with the visual arts.