Mentoring Process

Mentoring Program

ArtISability is moving towards assisting the Ipswich arts community to strength its network system by connecting arts together to foster skills development.  I (Deb Chilton) manager have always desired to empower artists living with disability and metal illness to make their own decisions around the direction of their own art practise. I believe this is possible regardless of the IQ level of a person, given the appropriate support.

Offering a selection of workshops can not always ensure individual choice is always meet.  By offering one-on-one tuition, artists can be match to tutors who specialise in the areas and discipline they chose. Not every artists is interested in exhibiting and selling their artwork, some are drawn to teaching, others to digital applying the artwork to products and a small group of artists practise for emotional wellbeing.

My art, my way allows individuals the opportunity to direct their own pathways and work on individual projects suited to their artistic goals.  While a mentor might also tutor you in artistic skills, they are their to guide your overall development as an artist.

Our 2017 mentoring programme will give participants someone walk beside them as they work towards achieving their individual goals. These goals might be:-

• Working towards a solo art exhibition
• Developing a cottage industry
• art installation
• Developing a digital print range
• Portfolio Development
• Creating an online presence
• Selling art online
• Art and design
• Working on public art projects.

This is a very limited list of goals you could work on with a mentor. I am currently working with a mentor to build my online art practise.  Learning about how to photograph my artwork, editing my images, marketing and running a online store.  Something a class would not offer me.

I will be applying for funding for a number of mentorship places in 2017.  These places are for professional artists who are already exhibition and selling artwork.  As the network develops we will be offering places to emerging artist, and those wanting to be hobbyist.

The mentorship program will launch our Ignite Artists Network. Recipients will be required to join the network team for a period of 18 months, exchange for the services provided by the network successful applicants will be required to tutor, run retreats and mentor other artists who join our network or fundraise on behalf in the hope that overtime we can run independent of arts funding.

Applications for places in our 2017 Mentorship program are now open, use the contact gadget or message us for an application form.

 Applications are open to all residents in Ipswich

Applications Close on 30th September

Finalist notified by 14 th October

Successful applications announced

3 rd December 2016

Places are dependent on

successful art grant applications

Once successful finalist are selected we will be seeking professional artists to engage in mentoring in 2017.

If you are wanting to be considered Deb will take you CV

for a database of people to considering to be engaged and paid mentors.  These mentors should be well advanced in their

art practise or have a minimum 5 years teaching experience.

Email Deb