NURTURING TALENT

Create’s training programme for emerging artists

THE PROGRAMME

The Nurturing Talent programme is for emerging artist facilitators to gain hands-on workshop experience in a range of challenging community settings. It gives six artists (five based in London, one in Manchester), the opportunity to work as a supporting artist on Create projects, learning how to apply their professional practice within different participant groups, connecting with our experienced artists, and attending tailored training days with a dedicated mentor.

Over 12 months (approximately 25 days) you will:

• Work as a supporting artist alongside Create’s professional artists to plan and deliver three or more creative arts projects (circa 18 days) with different community groups (eg: isolated older people; young/adult carers; disabled children; children looked after).

• Attend seven professional development training days, led by Create artists that focus on leadership skills, workshop planning and delivery.

• Work in pairs to design and deliver your own workshop in one of Create’s community settings.

“If you want experience from some of the best workshop facilitators, and to build your workshop practice, sign up! Create are an amazing charity and you will learn a great deal from a group of supportive and caring staff.”

Louise Nicholls, Nurturing Talent 2020/21

What you will gain

You will develop your skills and experience as a supporting artist in challenging community settings alongside your own professional practice. Specifically you will gain:

• A developed understanding and practice of delivering high-quality workshops with disadvantaged and vulnerable people in challenging community settings, working within your own artform and, if appropriate, in cross-arts workshops.

• Experience working with at least three different participant groups.

• An understanding of how to adapt activities to be engaging and inclusive, meeting the needs of a group who may have specific and challenging life experience or support needs.

• Support and feedback from Create’s professional artists and management team both onsite and at scheduled catch up sessions, to help track your progress throughout the year.

• Development of your communication and organisational skills to ensure clarity when setting tasks and giving clear instructions.

• Development of your interpersonal skills, time management, organisational and improvisatory skills in a professional context.

• The opportunity to join Create’s professional artist pool if successfully graduating from the programme and meeting all criteria regarding skills, experience, confidence and working relationships.

• A bursary of £1,800 for the year, paid as half-day or full-day workshop fees.

Nurturing Talent GRADUATE AUTUMN talks about the programme:

Application

Recruitment for next years’ Nurturing Talent programme will open in October 2025. More information on and details of the application process can be found here.