Event Details

This session is designed for creative practitioners including artists, designers, photographers, writers, actors, dancers, and musicians who are exploring self-employment, freelancing, starting up a social enterprise, creating an online portfolio or selling their pieces online.

How to...Week is designed for students to uncover opportunities on campus to explore their potential and purpose. It’s a week to challenge your ideas about yourself and your potential to give yourself permission to try new things to develop and grow. Click here to find out what other sessions are on offer.

Lucy Hutchinson, freelance photographer, and Enterprise Education Development Manager at Work in Progress, will be running this session which is perfect for creative practitioners including artists, designers, photographers, writers, actors, dancers, and musicians who are exploring self-employment, freelancing, or starting up a social enterprise. Perhaps you're interested in creating an online portfolio or selling your pieces through Etsy?

If you feel overwhelmed or not sure where to begin, come and join this workshop and we will help you get started.

In this session we will take a look at some of the practicalities, skills and mindsets that play a crucial role in setting up and running your creative enterprise, giving you practical tools to get started and keep going. We will also talk through some creative enterprise case studies to show how Lancaster students and recent graduates turned their ideas into reality with the support of the Work in Progress team.

Case studies include:

Three Left Feet Theatre Company

https://scan.lancastersu.co.uk/2021/05/14/interview-with-three-left-feet/

Rae Ceramics Ceramic Artist

https://www.raeceramics.co.uk/

Please note that some sessions have capacity limits, and you may be put on a waiting list - sign up early to avoid disappointment, and as always, if you can no longer make a session, please email workinprogress@lancaster.ac.uk to let us know so we can offer your place to somebody else.

This event is part of the U Start project which is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Northern Powerhouse scheme.