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Creative Connections: A guide to creative collaboration for artists working with young people

By: Anni Raw

This guide takes artists through the different stages of finding and creating opportunities to work with young people in a range of settings. It asks: How are artists recruited? What is the best practice? What do young people want from such collaboration? What do artists need from teachers?

There are many ways for commissioners and artists to find each other.

• Through organisations and agencies. Before working with an organisation or agency you should do a little research to find out what they offer and what their conditions are – not least how much they will charge the commissioner in addition to your fee.
• Recommendation or word of mouth – the most popular and successful method.
• Using existing contacts and track record – this takes a while to establish but is very effective.
• Your own website, fliers, mail shots and business cards – surprisingly effective if well-produced.
• Press and media publicity – useful for short-term exposure.
• Networking – good for establishing contacts but can be time-consuming.
• Cold-calling – probably the least successful.

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