4 & 5 March 2010 9.30 to 3.30

Physical Sound (A Hands on Exploration) with Brendon Bussy

A general introduction to the physical nature of sound aimed at visual artists who want to gain a practical understanding of how sound works and how it can most effectively be created and used. This workshop will cover found sound, sound documentation, making sound generators and the physical possibilities and limitations of sound. It will also cover the physical effect of sound on the human body.
In the process of exploring sound, participants will gradually construct a sound piece and/or sound generator which will be completed in the final session.

This is not a course in digital sound production e.g. software, although it will touch on aspects of electronic sound production.

MAXIMUM 8 PARTICIPANTS
English speaking. Computer literacy would be an advantage but not essential.
Cost: R300 per person

Course: 4 x  5 hour sessions
− Session one: Listening (How to listen to sound)
− Session two: Understanding (How does sound work?)
− Session three: Making (Ways to create and use sound)
− Session four: Presenting (How to present sound effectively)

Brendon Bussy Bio:
Brendon Bussy has a background in the visual arts, sound and music - he has worked in these areas as creative artist, educator and project manager. His broader interests include the development of technology for use in a wide range of creative applications.

In 1999 he won the NICRO Community Safety Award for Offender Reintegration for establishing a photographic project for juveniles awaiting trial in Durban Westville prison.

He lives in Cape Town.

082 4068140
www.brendonbussy.co.za
br@webafrica.org.za.

6 &7 MARCH, 2010 9:00 to 4.30 

Creative Literacy with Louise Hall (MAFA) Terri Broll (MA Clin.Psych.) (MAFA)

Day One:
Morning session:

• Meeting the challenge of creativity
o Introduction to the concept and the need for creative literacy
o Understanding the complex nature creativity and the need for self management
o Discovering your own personal relationship to the act of creativity and creative action.
o Understanding your own particular blocks and avoidances to creative action.

Afternoon Session:
• The importance of showing up
o Understanding the dynamics of resistance to working
o Techniques for dealing with avoidance and blocks
o Turning self sabotage into self support
o Developing and keeping the habit of working

Day Two:
Morning session:

• Finding your Creative Voice
o Understanding the uniqueness of artistic expression
o Discovering your artistic self and its expression
o Nurturing a supporting your unique creative direction
o Facilitating and navigating your own ongoing creative direction
Afternoon Session

• Choosing, committing and staying the distance
o Developing an awareness of your own creative direction
o Techniques and skills for choosing a viable creative project
o Committing, planning and following through
o Ongoing evaluation

COST R900 PER PERSON INCLUDING REFRESHMENTS, PARTICIPANTS TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN LUNCH.
THERE ARE 4 PART BURSARIES AVAILABLE. THIS WILL REDUCE THE COST OF THE WORKSHOP TO R450. PLEASE SEND A MOTIVATION TO HELLOVANSA@VANSA.CO.ZA, SUBJECT LINE: CREATIVE LITERACY BURSARY

For more information please call  louisehall@sai.co.za

Cell: 0829228881
Email: terribroll@iuncapped.co.za
Cell 0834775599

8 March 12:00 to 16:00

Aesthetics, Culture, Value, Price, Economy, Fashion, Fad, Trend or Brand?
Gordon Massie from Artinsure presents a workshop that explores the factors that influence contemporary art values and pricing in today’s market.

This talk is free, gratis, mahala 

10 & 11 March 2010 9:00 to 4:30
Professional Practice Workshop with Art Source's Les Cohn, Taryn Cohn and Teresa Lizamore.

The following are the topics covered:
• Decisions on how to engage professionally outside of the studio
• How to establish yourself as a professional artist
• Defining a strategy related to your individual career plan
• How to successfully build an artistic profile
• The value of networks
• Marketing yourself and your work to realise ones objectives
• How to increase and leverage the value of you work
• Building a professional ethos in the South African art sector
• The roles and responsibilities of the gallery or agent and the artist
• The value of a well planned PR and marketing plan
• How to engage with and manage the media
• Art projects vs art exhibitions - the difference
• Exhibition management and curation
• The gallery system and alternatives to the ‘white cube’
• Presenting the work – what to consider in a contemporary context
• Sales and pricing of artworks
• Funding and sponsorship – the differences in approach
• Mobilising resources

DAY 1

09:00 -09h30 Arrival (Tea and Coffee will be served)

09h45 Participants introduce themselves

10h00 Session one: Les Cohn
Professional Practice in the Art Industry: The World Beyond your Studio

• Taking decisions on how to engage professionally outside of the studio
• How to establish yourself as a professional artist
• Defining a strategy related to your individual career plan
• How to successfully build an artistic profile
• Who is your market?
• Sales and pricing of works

11h30 Q & A / Discussion session

12h30 Lunch

13h30 Session Two: Les Cohn
Audience engagement and finding the resources
• What is an art project?
• What is an exhibition?
• Fundraising and sponsorship
• The value of networks
• Leveraging the value profile and of your work

14h30 Q & A / Discussion Session

15h30 Break for tea

16h00 Session Three: Les Cohn
Engaging the gallery
• What is the role of gallery
• What is the role of a museum
• What is an Art Fair
• What is a residency?
• What can residencies do for your career?

17h00 Q & A

17h30 Ends

DAY 2
09h30 Arrival (Tea and Coffee will be served)

10h00 Session four: Teresa Lizamore
The White Cube: How does a gallery operate

• What a gallery expects from you – the artist
• What you can expect from a gallery
• Why should your gallery take commission?
• How to evaluate your work to select the appropriate gallery

11h00 Q & A / Discussion session

11h30 Session five: Teresa Lizamore
Corporate Collections
• How do they work
• Case studies of Sasol and RMB collections
• What works do corporates purchase?
• What does an artist need to consider regarding putting their work forward to a corporate curator

12h30 Lunch

13h30 Session Six: Taryn Cohn
PR, marketing and strategic positioning
• Working with media and how they work
• Positioning your image through considered marketing engagement
• Strategic communications

14h30 Q & A / Discussion Session

15h30 Break for tea

16h00 Session Seven: Taryn Cohn
Tools of the Trade
• What is a press release
• What is an artist’s statement
• Images for media – what should they show, and the format required
• Press kits
• How to handle interviews

16h45 Q & A & Evaluation

17h30 Wine and refreshments served and participants are invited to socialize

COST R900 PER PERSON INCLUDING REFRESHMENTS, PARTICIPANTS TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN LUNCH
THERE ARE 6 PART BURSARIES AVAILABLE. THIS WILL REDUCE THE COST OF THE WORKSHOP TO R450. PLEASE SEND A MOTIVATION TO HELLOVANSA@VANSA.CO.ZA, SUBJECT LINE: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE BURSARY

Please remember your places are only booked once you have paid.
Please email hope@vansa.co.za for banking details.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU PUT YOUR NAME AND COURSE NAME IN AS REFERENCE. ONCE YOU HAVE PAID EMAIL HOPE@VANSA.CO.ZA SO THAT SHE CAN CONFIRM AND LIST YOUR PARTICIPATION.