Artists’ Advice Ōtepoti: Workshops
Workshops can be a great way to share knowledge and build creative skills. They also require more behind-the-scenes work than people realise.
WORKSHOPS 101
Workshops can be a great way to share knowledge and build creative skills. They also require more behind-the-scenes work than people realise: it’s not just providing everyone with an arc welder and making a sculpture!
Do your homework before you start the hands-on mahi. The Workshops 101 Cheat Sheet is designed to take you through the planning process and help you to develop classes that are right for you and for your students.
From the outset, ensure that your classes will be a place where you and the participants are safe. This includes physical, psychological, and emotional safety – especially if you are working with vulnerable communities.
- Identify and assess your risks. The DCC Events Health & Safety page has general information and links to useful templates that can be adapted for arts activities.
Should you and/or any volunteers get a background check if you are working with children or vulnerable people? Good information about this can be found at Volunteering NZ
Creative Partnerships at the Dunedin City Council
The small Creative Partnerships team works to ensure that Ōtepoti’s arts, cultural, and creative life is as vibrant and engaging as its inhabitants and that all those who call Ōtepoti home have a place in the city’s creative landscape.
At the core of what Creative Partnerships does is building relationships and supporting projects that help realise Ara Toi Ōtepoti – the Arts and Culture Strategy.
We are here to support Ōtepoti creative practitioners with advice, resources, and advocacy so that they can do what they do best, whether it’s public sculpture, improvised theatre, or a spontaneous trombone concert.
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