This spring, learn how to tell your unique craft story online and hear from makers about their own creative journeys.
Discover the next two online workshop series: Brand Storytelling and Maker Journeys in Focus - seven new online sessions to help you navigate marketing and sales channel, setting up your creative business for success, and the evolving craft sector in Scotland and beyond.
COMPASS is Craft Scotland’s learning and development programme created specifically for makers. COMPASS focuses on developing talent and equipping individuals with the necessary skills to create a resilient craft career and business.
Brand Storytelling Workshop Series (26 Jan - 23 Feb)
Book before: Noon, Mon 25 Jan
Learn how to tell your maker story through digital content, branding and marketing, with three professional industry experts in the upcoming Brand Storytelling Workshop Series.
Book your ticket (£25) to all four online sessions.
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Digital Storytelling with Veronique AA Lapeyre
Event dates: 11am, Tue 26 Jan, with Follow-Up Session at 11am, Tue 2 Feb
Veronique AA Lapeyre, Head of Communications & Digital at Craft Scotland, will share her insights into digital storytelling and give you practical tools to share your craft narrative with your audience.
Photography by Ellie Morag
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Branding your Business with Sophie Amono of sTUFFs
Event date: 11am, Tue 9 Feb
Sophie Amono, founder of sTUFFs, has considerable expertise in using social media effectively and will help you use these platforms to add value and depth to your craft business.
Photography by Ellie Morag
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Learning from Experience with Alan Dibble of Green Thomas
Event date: 11am, Tue 23 Feb
Alan Dibble, Creative Director and co-founder of luxury accessories and creative studio Green Thomas, will share what he has learned throughout his long and varied career in design, about telling a compelling brand story to different client groups.
Photographer unknown
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Maker Journeys in Focus Series (9 Mar - 6 Apr)
Book before: Noon, Mon 8 Mar 2021
Hear from five Scotland-based designer/makers about their own experiences of navigating the creative business landscape in this final COMPASS: Online Workshop 2021 series.
Book you ticket (£25) to all three online sessions.
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Maker Journeys with Laura Spring
Event date: 11am, Tue 9 Mar
Laura Spring is a textile designer/maker living and working in Glasgow creating bold graphic print designs that are transformed through screen and digital print into fashion accessories, homeware and stationery.
Laura Spring / Photography by Caro Weiss.
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Maker Journeys with Bryony Knox and Heather McDermott
Event date: 11am, Tue 23 Mar
Bryony Knox is a silversmith based in Edinburgh, whose work is inspired by birds and animals with elements of movement, humour and storytelling.
Heather McDermott specialises in contemporary jewellery taking her inspiration from the shoreline on the Isle of Skye, where she grew up. She is now based in Glasgow.
Bryony Knox / Photography by Shannon Tofts
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Maker Journeys with Cara Guthrie and Frances Priest
Event date: 11am, Tue 6 Apr
Cara Guthrie threw her first pot at night classes in London five years ago. She now produces her elegant ceramics from her own studio in the Pentland Hills, near Edinburgh.
Frances Priest is an Edinburgh-based artist, whose work combines a studio-based practice with site-specific projects, residencies and commissions. Her work can be found at The Victoria & Albert Museum plus more.
Frances Priest / Photography by Shannon Tofts
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MAKE | Learn - Makers and Craft Organisation Survey
Survey open until Fri 12 Feb 2021
MAKE | Learn are interested in finding out about your experience delivering craft education (or not), to learn what might better support you and the sector in the future. This survey is aimed at makers, craftspeople, craft networks and craft organisations, and should take around 15 minutes to complete.
MAKE | Learn is a partnership between MAKE and Craft Scotland designed to strengthen Scotland’s craft sector through a review of the provision and development of craft education within Scotland’s primary and secondary schools and beyond.
Opportunity provided by: MAKE Manifesto & Craft Scotland
Location: Across Scotland
Illustrations by Alice Dansey-Wright
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Support & Update
Information around the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is changing rapidly, it is important to stay up to date with the latest position. You can find more information on the Scottish Government website.
EPAD & Creative Edinburgh Freelance Creatives Practice Support Fund
Closing date: 25 Jan 2021
This fund distributed by Edinburgh Performing Arts Development (EPAD) and Creative Edinburgh aims to support freelance artists, technicians and creatives working in the arts and creative industries in Edinburgh.
Opportunity provided by: Edinburgh Performing Arts Development (EPAD) & Creative Edinburgh, with the City of Edinburgh Council
Location: Edinburgh (city)
Self-Employment Income Support Scheme
Closing date: 29 Jan 2021
If you're self-employed or a member of a partnership and have been impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19), you can claim a third grant for the period of November 2020 to January 2021.
Opportunity provided by: The UK Government
Location: Across the UK
Visual Artist and Craft Maker Awards (VACMA) Open for Applications
Closing date: 2 Feb 2021
Applications are now open for bursaries of up to £750 of National Lottery funding, through Creative Scotland’s Visual Artist and Craft Maker Awards (VACMA) programme.
Opportunity provided by: Creative Scotland & Local Authorities
Location: Across Scotland
| Top image: Photography by Aaron Burden on Unsplash |
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