Workshops + Training
Workshops and training sessions can be developed inline with the needs artists and organisations across:
- Developing products from artworks
- Creating textiles and fabrics
- Branding and marketing
- Digital Skills for creatives
- Finding and establishing supply chains
- Exhibition proposals
- Exhibition Curation
- Working with Galleries
Workshops currently available
Professional development
This range of workshops is designed to work with people currently working in the arts industry. Topics can be delivered alone or combined to create a workshop specific to your needs
- Developing public artworks
- Applying for grants
- Developing place making projects
- Engaging with creative workers
- Managing creative projects
- Strategic planning for arts organisations
- Arts as cultural tourism driver
- Creating commission opportunities for regional artists
- Developing workshops that connect arts and community
Self expression through art
Creativity is a powerful tool for self expression. This workshop leads participants in tools and practices to connect emotionally with artwork both as a way of creating abstract works and a means of self expression.
How to create intuitively
Ever felt stuck in recreating what you see visually? Would you like to create in a more relaxed organic way much like children do where you see and express the world from the inside out? This workshop helps break through the barriers to self expression and helps you to connect to intuition through art.
Painting flowers, botanicals and patterns
This fun relaxed workshop will teach you the skills you need to create abstract patterns based on nature. These patterns can be use to develop a range of products including fabrics, homewares and clothing.
Preparing an exhibition
Learn how to develop, apply for and deliver successful exhibitions. This includes sharing my skills on how best to work with galleries, developing exhibition rationales and creating bodies of work that fully explore your exhibition rationale.
Applying for arts grants
This workshop takes participants through the skills and tools to develop applications for grants. This includes developing projects the fit the grants criteria, meeting key performance indicators, key personnel , budgets, timelines, delivery and acquittal.
"Nicole was so knowledgeable, calm, and gave clear explanations. She is very attentive and has a sensitivity to the artist and their needs. I learned so much about fabrics and I'm excited to have created a range of beautiful robes featuring my art". Sue Mc Clean - Maryborough Artist
"Having individual mentoring sessions encouraged me to share my creative work commercially and create products. I also gained a lot of confidence in arts practice. This was the perfect project for me to take part in." Gayel McNair Hervey Bay Artist
"Recently I was a very lucky recipient of Fraser Coasts Council's RADF funded mentoring program for creative’s. I could never have imagined the amazing transformation my art practise has undergone. I am incredibly fortunate to have been part of Nicole’s vision, her incredible patience in sharing her knowledge, her generosity with her time, and her networking. The future looks very exciting indeed." Jo Williams Howard Artist
" Through out my arts career I have been mentored and supported by Nicole. She has opened up so many opportunities I didn't know existed and is truly generous and passionate about supporting creatives." Karen Roberts Brisbane Artist
Nicole is patient, understanding, highly experienced and empathetic to the specific needs of the creative individual. As a successful creative in her own right she understands first-hand the complexities creatives face in business, especially within more regional areas. Nicole has mentored me with exhibition development, growing my creative skillset and confidence as an artist, producing public art, facilitating workshops and events management. If you have Nicole by your side you can count yourself as one of the lucky ones." Leelee West - Leelee Creative