Preparing for Professional Practise

Q: What could you expect to work as after graduation?

• Designer - Set, costume, lighting, projections, digital media
• Assistant Designer / Model Maker
• Deigner / Maker
• Maker - Painter, propmaking, costume maker, treatments, superviser, buyer, production team, lighting team
• Designer / Performer - Theatre Maker
• Visual Artist in Performance
• Artist in Education - Theatre, galleries, schools
• Artist in Health / Hospital settings
• Community Artist / Art activist
• Display and Exhabitions
• Digital Media / Music business
• Promotions, events, celebrations
• Post Grad study in same / Other subject
• PGCE teaching formal / Informal Education
• Specialist course - Craft / Digital Education
• Change of Direction / Travelling (Take it with you)

Janet Vaughan - Freelance theatre, event maker / designer

           > Taking Birds

Manchester Arts Educational Festival

Q: When do things open?

Keep an eye on when things are happening and when they will need help.

i.e festivals and panto

Go to Annual Trade Shows - Companies and jobs, collect broacher

www.newdesigners.com/ND15Features

Theatre Employees Org

TMA 

ITC

SWET and SOLT

Unions

Equity (Actors, performers, designers)

Beatu (Film, TV and technicians) 

Key Organisations to keep tabs on...

• Arts Council England
• Regional Arts Boards
• Creative Partnerships
• City and County councils - Arts, Leisure and Education
• Community Organisations, Charities and action organisations