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11th November: Marketing Yourself 6pm

5 November 2009

Special Evening Arts Hub Forums –

Due to the level of interest in our Tuesday morning free public talks on the opportunities and challenges for Artists in the Hutt Valley… we are pleased to announce our special evening Arts Hub Forums presented by Biddy Grant.

The Arts Hub Forums are a series of talks hosted by Hutt Valley Community Arts, designed to equip our arts community with useful tools to grow their creative artform in a variety of areas. Upcoming talks include Low-budget Film-making, Documenting Art Events, Mind/Body Awareness for Artists, and Copyright and other issues.

Wednesday 11th November: Marketing Yourself

A not-to-be-missed talk by Biddy Grant about the options available for marketing yourself as a painter, musician, writer, and any other sort of artist in the Hutt Valley.

Biddy (Brigid) Grant has had a long career in arts management, performance and production. She has advised, organised, managed and made art and arts projects in TV, film, theatre, dance, visual arts, festivals, craft arts, street performance, events and employment. She is a textile artist and bookbinder.

Biddy is the CEO of Standing Ovation, an independent arts advisory organisation, which works with many community and not-for-profit groups, to develop their skills and capacity through workshops, resources, training and presentations. Standing Ovation also works with PACE artists in Wellington.

The Arts Hub Forums are free events for anyone involved in the Arts. We welcome arts practitioners at all levels of professionalism in every discipline. All welcome to this free event.

What: Marketing Yourself
When: Wednesday 11 November 6pm till 8pm
Where: Petone Community House, 6 Britannia Street, Petone
How Much: Free!