Artist Development
Sahej Rahal: Dry Salvages (2017)
Through our Artist Development Programme, Primary strives to meet the needs of its residents and members as well as supporting the development of artists engaged through our Public Programme and partnership working.
Primary provides Artist Development (AD) provision that actively and strategically supports artistic and professional development through activity, platforms and paid opportunities including 1-2-1 mentoring, workshops, curator visits, exchanges, exhibitions, residencies, go-sees, socials, discussions, confidence building, access to resources and space, and support in writing proposals and funding applications.
Primary strives to identify and develop people’s skills, raise confidence and ambition, and support knowledge-exchange across diverse groups, creating the conditions to foster a supportive studio culture. Primary’s resident and member community includes artists, makers, musicians, curators, and creatives at various stages in their careers, working across all media.
AD at Primary is delivered by the Artist Development Curator and supported by an Artist Development Subcommittee made up of residents, members, and representatives from the Board.
Residents
We provide studios and workshops of varying sizes for resident artists, makers, and creatives. Becoming a resident at Primary means joining a vast creative community. Primary actively champions its residents and acknowledges that the artist community based here is integral to shaping the future of the organisation and critical to its success.
Membership
Through our membership scheme we aim to support more artists, makers and practitioners who are interested in joining and contributing to our creative community and benefitting from our dynamic Artist Development Programme. Membership is £6 per month or free for disabled, D/Deaf, neurodivergent, global majority, and working-class artists, or those facing intersecting cultural or social barriers.
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