How To Begin is a free week-long artist workshop designed as a space to reignite, reawaken, or re-encounter your artistic practice. It is a place for anyone who feels blocked, uninspired, bored, fed up, or out of love with their artistic practice. You can think of this as an artist’s call-to-arms, an invitation to commune with your art-self, or a love letter to your burgeoning art practice.
The workshop will begin on a Monday and end on a Sunday.
Every day for the first 5 days you will receive a short tutorial video from me, beginning with a tip or skill that I use in my work, and ending with setting you a creative task for the day. You can complete this task whenever or wherever you’d like during that day.
After these 5 days, the workshop group will come together on Sunday in a live group session online to share, debrief, and reflect. This final session will also include an opportunity for Q&A with me.
This workshop is intended for those at any stage in their career, and will serve as a pick-me-up, an invitation and a provocation for your arts practice. It is designed to get your creative juices flowing, whatever stage you are in your practice, and wherever you are in life. Tasks will centre around unblocking your own creative life-line, tuning into your inner artist radio, and first and foremost giving you a place to begin (again).
Dates/Times
The workshop will run Monday 25th - Saturday 31st January
Every day you will receive a 15min video and creative task in your inbox at 10am. We invite you to spend anywhere from 45mins + on your creative task. You can do this anywhere or at any time of the day, we just ask that you put aside 1hr minimum every day to engage with the workshop materials.
On Sunday 31st January, I will host a group workshop session on zoom 2-5pm, which will be a chance for the group to come together, share, and reflect.
Details
You must be 18+ and available for all the dates in order to take place. (Please note Mon-Fri’s tasks are self-directed and you can fit them around your schedule, but Sunday’s group session is at a fixed time)
The workshop is open to artists of any discipline: poets, writers, performers, directors, live artists and anything in between.
Workshop content will be captioned, and a BSL/Language Interpreter will be available on request.
This workshop is free, but we will be asking you to complete a feedback form afterwards.
Applications
To apply for a place on the workshop please fill in the form below by 5pm on the 8th January.
Workshop places will be given on a first come first served basis.
For any questions please email: producer@louiseorwin.com