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Ever wanted to know how to start a career in the arts but don’t know where to find out?
The Junction gets numerous requests from young people wanting to know where and how they go about training for a career in the arts. Not everyone can afford to go away to university and not everyone wants to - so what is available here on your doorstep?
The Junction’s first arts and creative industries career fair on 19 March 2005 helped lay out the range of opportunities available. Attenders were able to find out about the courses in the region and have a chat with professionals working in the arts about how they got started and what the job is really like.
Dancers, club promoter’s, software designer's, script writer’s, theatre director’s, press agents, graphic designers, web designers, actors, musicians, theatre technicians, arts administrators, marketeers, film maker, music producer, DJ, tour manager, dance producers, publishers, visual artists – these were just a few of the professionals attenders could talk to. The region's colleges and universities, funders and arts agencies were also be on hand to lead attenders through the available options.
The following organisations and individuals were available on the day. Where the names are in bold, click to hear advice on how to enter their field of work:
Cambridge Regional College
Anglia Polytechnic University
West Suffolk College
Norwich School of Art and Design
University of East Anglia
Bodyworks
Big Lottery Fund
Connexions
Arts Council England
Princes Partners - Publishers
Creative Touch - Social Enterprise working in the Creative Industries
CamArt - Creative Software
Escape Artists - Theatre Company
Theatre Resource - Disability Arts and Social Inclusion
Strawberry Fair - Festival Co-ordinators
Kettles Yard Gallery
Fitzwilliam Museum - Margaret Greeves
Britten Sinfonia - Kathryn Rowland
PR Manager (English Heritage)
Dance Artist - Diccon Hogger
Arts Projects Manager - Vicky Barker
Visual Artist - Catherine Watling
Graphic Designer - Nick Welsh
Web Designer - Nick Welsh
Venue Technical - Robin Townley
Venue Programming - Cat Moore
Arts Marketing - Nick Thompson
Film Maker - Sarah Gibson
Classical Music Agent - Sarah Bruce
Dance Artist - Tom Dale
Dance Manager/Producer - Raj Pardesi
Music Producer/MC – Inja
Music Producer - Sparkii
Journalist/ PR - Justin Coleman
Theatre Director - Paul Bourne
Scriptwriter, Producer - Sally Abbott
Cameraman - Phil Gaze
MC/Producer/Promoter/Record Label Owner - Inja
Photographer - Claire Borley
Richard Brown- Head of Music at The Junction
For more information about The Junction's work encouraging young people to engage with the arts, contact cath@junction.co.uk
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