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Assessing opportunities
A selection of artists and advisers identify the right questions to ask when sussing out the good opportunities from the mediocre and downright mendacious. Compiled by Susan Jones.
Artists are bombarded with hundreds of opportunities they might apply for. Opportunities are promoted not only through specialist websites like www.a-n.co.uk that promotes over £15m worth annually – but also through the various emailings, E-groups, E-bulletins and regional and alumni printed newsletters.
Opportunities include everything from volunteering and internships in arts organisations, to internet galleries expecting you to send high-res images and sign-up fees, and public art commissions and residencies wanting written proposals in response to specific briefs. The onus, as ever, is on the individual artist to do the groundwork and sort the rip-off merchants from the genuine opportunities and future collaborators.
So how can artists identify which are the most appropriate opportunities to invest their time and money on following up? We asked a selection of artists and advisers – all well-versed in sussing the good opportunities from the mediocre and downright mendacious – for some hot tips.
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