DIY Educate is a new professional practice programme for artists run by artists.
SHOW & TELL
New programme of crits, tutorials & talks by artists and artist-independents. Generously supported by The Fenton Arts Trust.
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CREATIVE PRACTICE SEMINARS
Toolkits for artists: networking, blogging & tweeting, finance, marketing & writing proposals with leading artists & arts professionals.
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"DIY Educate answers a real and growing need. It provides a critical context in which practicing and emergent artists can gain valuable support and guidance - at a price that they can afford.
"This has come about because the state is no longer committed to mass higher education, particularly where the humanities and arts are concerned. The not-so-well-off are becoming excluded from HE.
"As those who choose to be artists are faced with a curious dilemma; a certificate in the form of a BA, cost - £32-36K or a subscription to DIYEducate, where they can get not only an affordable education when (and as) they need it, but be a part of an active professional, artist led group, which can provide tutorial guidance and advice, the opportunity to exhibit and a sense that they belong to a 'community of practice'.
"People will no longer study Fine Art full-time. DIYEducate addresses the changing economic circumstances. The educational ethos is different - tutorials are driven by empathy which is of itself a generous and creative action. It doesn't rely upon the 'atelier system' of approval and disapproval. A system that breeds dependance and control.
"DIY Educate puts diversity and practice at it's centre. DIYEducate acknowledges theory as an integral aspect of practice. DIYEducate embraces professionalism as a central aspect of contemporary practice; members have the opportunity to make, discourse, exhibit and curate. DIYEducate recognises the importance of skill and can also provide practical tuition."
Graham Crowley, artist and former Professor of Painting at the RCA
