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BA Visual Art: Professional Practice – Career Progression

Essential Reading

Developing social media presence

Marketing Strategy Blog – Smart Insights Digital Marketing
Digital marketing advice and updates to help with decision making for business marketers and business owners.

Marketing Week
Business website and magazine that focuses on the marketing industry in the UK.

CIM Exchange – Marketing and Digital Content Hub
The latest ideas and insights from CIM’s (Chartered Institute of Marketing) community of marketers.
Podcast
Editorial

Writing a business proposal

Entrepreneur.com
Providing insight, advice and guides for entrepreneurs (established and aspiring) across the world.

Links for funding applications.

Artsadmin: e-bulletin with opportunities https://www.artsadmin.co.uk/resources/e-digest

a-n: The Artist Information Company: artist network, membership and opportunities www.a-n.co.uk

Artquest: online resource for opportunities and guides www.artquest.org.uk

Arts Jobs: Arts Council Listings http://www.artsjobs.org.uk

Axis: online platform and membership for artists and opportunities www.axisweb.org

Curator Space: online opportunities for artists and curators www.curatorspace.com

Further Reading

Artquest Guide: Selecting Opportunities available at: https://www.artquest.org.uk/how-toarticles/selecting-opportunities/

Crilly, Sophie (n.d) ‘Assessing Opportunities’ available at www.a-n.co.uk/resource/assessingopportunities/

Kepic, Maša (2012) ’Open Exhibitions: top tips on assessing and applying’ available at www.an.co.uk/resource/open-exhibitions-top-tips-on-assessing-and-applying/

Debra Wilson and Chiara William (n.d) ‘Artquest Guide to Approaching Galleries Available’

available at https://www.artquest.org.uk/how-to-articles/ww-gallery-approaching-galleries-andfinding-opportunities/

Artquest Guide: Approaching gallery curators www.artquest.org.uk/how-to-articles/approachinggallery-curators/

Empty Shops Network https://emptyshops.wordpress.com

Thompson Dan (2012) Pop up Business for Dummies. Chichester: Wiley

Extract available at https://emptyshops.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/developing-your-pop-upplan1.pdf