Week 1: Introduction and Communicating What You Do

• An overview of curatorial and cultural management work within local and international contexts and why it matters to know.
• Participants will share their challenges and expectations and learn how to set their own visual arts career goals.
• How to talk and write about your work to a variety of audiences and individuals, examining examples of statements and CVs. Homework: Participants write their own curatorial statements, CVs or 5 min slideshow presentation/video of their work.

Week 2: Marketing What You Do

• Tailored feedback from participants’ statements, CVs and slideshows/videos
• Networking tips
• Re-evaluating your portfolio, website and social media profiles: considerations and tools for documenting and showcasing your projects, events, exhibitions and other work.

Week 3: Project Management Practicalities

• Improving your research methods – tips for conceptualising your projects, and keeping track of your resources.
• Improving your time management and organisation – tips for planning and realising projects, exhibitions and events

Week 4: Money Matters

• How to negotiate fees and write contracts
• An overview of funding structures and grant applications.
• Sustaining your practice financially through resourceful thinking, collaboration and self-organised projects.

System requirements for the live video conferences: Mac OS x 10.9 or higher or Windows 7 or higher.