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A Practical programme for artists

Creative Enterprise Course

CREATIVE ENTERPRISE COURSE

Delivered by practicing freelance artists

The Creative Enterprise Course is a week-long practical programme to support creative entrepreneurs and encourage sustainable and resilient livelihoods.

This course gives you a great grounding in what it takes to run a creative business. 

Daily sessions to build your enterprise skills will be delivered by practicing creative freelancers, covering aspects of marketing, finance, management and business modelling whilst developing your network by introducing you to other young creatives in the city.




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  • A week of expert support
  • 5 expert guest facilitators
  • Network with your peers
  • Access to our resources
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This is who the Creative Enterpirse Course is for

The course is designed for young creatives like you, from illustrators to designers, who are already confident practitioners of their chosen creative discipline, but would like to build skills to establish and grow a creative business.

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  • Performing artists
  • Fine artists
  • Photographers & videographers
  • Illustrators and Graphic Designers
  • Authors, writers & journalists
  • Game designers
  • Digital & technology
  • Musicians
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The future of paper arts

A Statement from the Board of Directors

 

Like many organisations, PAPER Arts has been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. In 2020, on appointment of a highly skilled CEO, we made the bold decision to review our business model and begin a process of research and development in order to shape a new service and to better support creatives in Bristol with professional development, networking and the opportunity to learn new skills.

Throughout the pandemic we have proudly supported creatives in Bristol, with a focus on young people from St Pauls, our Creative Employment programme hosted over 20 sessions and we welcomed 17 young people to feed into our research and development proposal. 

However, the last 18 months have been a huge challenge, while we’ve been able to successfully deliver a plethora of projects since our inception seven years ago, we have been unable to secure the funding necessary to realise our ambitious plans for the future and to provide our organisation with much needed financial stability.

As a result, it is with a heavy heart that the current PAPER Arts team, made up of Grace, Kate, Katy, Lau and Amie will no longer be able to continue in their roles. Our small team has delivered a substantial amount of value to the community we serve and the Board of Directors are endlessly grateful for the skills and professionalism they bring with them each and every day. We are proud to know and work alongside such talented individuals and believe that the arts sector is a better place with them in it. 

The ideas generated by this team are inspiring and hopeful and the Board of Directors wholeheartedly believe in the importance of supporting the creative community in Bristol.

As September ends and the seasons change PAPER Arts will be going into hibernation in order to survive this adversity. Our voluntary Board of Directors will spend the coming months considering the future of PAPER Arts, the role we can play in the arts sector in Bristol and how we can sustainably move forwards. We don’t know what that will look like yet, but as soon as we are able to share more with you we will. 

In the meantime, should you have any questions or concerns or if you would like to speak to someone about the future of PAPER Arts please don’t hesitate to contact [email protected] – Kirsten Cree, one of the Board of Directors will be monitoring this inbox. 

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