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Future Forward 1
Creative and market development programme Designer Maker West Midlands (DMWM), managed by Heather Rigg and funded by Arts Council England, has appointed three mentors to mentor mid-career designer makers through their new Future Forward 1 scheme.
The aim of Future Forward 1 is to support the artistic development, advance the quality of work and the ability to access new marketing opportunities of three West Midlands-based mid-career designer-makers. The focus is on developing the capacity of the mentees so they can respond to current initiatives in the sector, enhance the diversity of their practice and increase their income generating possibilities and ability to access new markets. The selected mentees all have ambitions to be more critically engaged and innovative, having already built a reputation through an established body of work. Through joint working, the intention is for the mentor to assist the mentee to develop their practice, make new work of artistic quality and exhibit or engage with a project that will raise their profile regionally, nationally or internationally. The Future Forward 1 mentoring scheme is unusual in that it offers a significant number of funded days for mentor and mentee. An approximate ten days' contact over a period of nine months includes studio visits, engaging in creative and critical dialogue, discussing a schedule of work and research, planning and accessing new market opportunities....
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