MENTORING / WORKSHOPS

VAS 2025 Visual Arts Studio

Facilitated by Artist Bea Last. via Upland_cic www.weareupland.com

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND…

This course is for young people from Dumfries & Galloway, who are aged 16-25 years. It will take place on Saturdays throughout Term 1 at Gracefield Arts Centre. Find more information and apply here:
https://www.weareupland.com/opportunities/visual-arts-studio-with-bea-last-2024

This is a FREE course but spaces are limited so you will need to book.

Upland Artist Bea Last will be running Visual Art Studio, an intensive short course for young people. These workshops may help to boost your portfolio for applying to Art School or just help you explore your creative practice!

Watch the short introduction video here….

https://www.weareupland.com/opportunities/visual-arts-studio-with-bea-last-2024

Each session will present a specific focus such as creative drawing, drawing to perform, sculptural forms, printmaking, sketchbooks and collage. Participants will also consider documentation, installation, sourcing materials and creating personal development projects.

MENTORING FOR DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY SCOTLAND 2025

As part of our professional development programme we are offering free mentoring sessions. These will be 1:1 sessions for Upland Members, allowing artists and makers to gain support and advice through a focused session with a fellow artist/maker who has suitable experience.

These sessions are aimed at members working in any discipline and may be at any stage in their career, from emerging to established. Mentoring and critiques are valuable at any stage in an artist or makers career and sometimes just having someone objective to discuss what you are working on can be advantageous in moving forward.

📆 Apply by 1 June.

Find out more: https://www.weareupland.com/opportunities/peer-mentoring-sessions

One to One online & In Person,Mentoring Sessions

are available with Bea . These are tailored to suit your needs and can be weekly / monthly / quarterly or an intense focused session to support you through imminent creative issues. Please contact me via email for further details and cost. Please note these sessions are affordable as they are aimed at fellow artists.

SPECIAL NEEDS
CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS
ELDERLY & VULNERABLE
ONE TO ONE SESSIONS
RECENT GRADUATES
PORTFOLIO PREPARATION
ARTIST STATEMENTS & APPLICATIONS
ADVICE & SIGNPOSTING
BEA HAS ADVANCED DISCLOSURE SCOTLAND AND IS PVG CERTIFIED

For further information email b.last@hotmail.co.uk

WHAT IS MENTORING?

Mentoring is different to teaching. It is led by the mentee . The Mentor is there to support you , to offer advice, to signpost and guide you. The Mentor is there to help in a non judgemental way and all held in confidence.

A Mentee may be a recent graduate looking for support in order to establish their creative practice or a more mature artist looking to pick up their career after having taken a break. Perhaps you are an artist seeking support with a project or an established artist looking for some peer mentoring.

HOW DO THE MENTORING SESSIONS WORK?

Mentoring sessions are available in a variety of ways and are flexible depending on your needs. From one off sessions through to regular meetings .They can be as frequent or infrequent as you desire and are guided by your wants and needs. An online session for example generally lasts and hour and includes preparatory and written feedback from myself. The frequency of the sessions is led by the client and consist of a one off session or regular sessions over the course of the year. For booking a group of sessions, four or more, please ask for discounted rates.

HOW I CAN HELP…..

As a mentor I can help support you through your practice. Artists statements, C.V’s and applications . Mentoring is supportive and will help in a non-judgmental way to guide you through any issues you may be having. This could be help with writing an artist statement but could also be used to help you move your creative practice forward. I can help support you with marketing, publicity and international sales through to creative mark making, sketchbooks and the creative process.. Sometimes a conversation may be all that is needed, to help focus and clarify the artists intentions or support with forthcoming exhibitions, project proposals and applications. I have over 30 years experience of working in the creative industries having studied at art school for over five years. From community arts practice, arts in healthcare, corporate and private sectors, applications as an artist and as a selection board panel member for CABN – Creative Scotland (amongst others) . From Commercial galleries to Public galleries, Artist collectives and Open Studios.

Peer mentoring for Upland members!

We are offering 1:1 peer mentoring sessions for Upland Members, allowing artists and makers to gain peer support through a focused session with a fellow artist who has suitable experience.
These sessions are aimed at members working in any discipline and may be at any stage in their career, from emerging to established.
You can find out more on our website: https://www.weareupland.com/opportunities

WATCH THIS SPACE FOR VASS 2024 – UPDATES ABOUT THIS YEARS COURSE COMING SOON…….

…The Visual Arts Summer Studio with Bea Last will run from 13th-29th July 2023 at @Gracefield Arts Centre. Spaces are limited, so book your place now! Book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/visual-art-summer-studio-tickets-559418254057

This is an intensive short course for young people that will cover various elements of the creative visual art process is open to all D&G based young people aged 16-25 years, and totally FREE!

‘Join artist Bea Last for a three week visual art summer studio – an intensive short course for young people that will cover various elements of the creative visual art process.This course is for young people from Dumfries and Galloway, aged 16-25 years. The course will take place over 9 days on the following dates: 13th – 15th July, 20th – 22nd July, and 27th – 29th July (Thurs-Sat over 3 weeks) 10:30am – 3pm (with a half hour lunch break) at Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries.This is a FREE opportunity but spaces are limited (12 spaces available.’ Upland For more information, and how to book tickets, follow the link: https://www.weareupland.com/opportunities/visual-arts-summer-studio-with-bea-last-2023Image: Bea Last’s Visual Arts Summer Studio 2022

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TESTIMONIALS FROM CURRENT & PREVIOUS MENTEES….

” I was mentored by Bea through CABN with a number of one-to-one meetings. Bea was a fantastic mentor. She was generous with her knowledge and experience whilst being encouraging. She really helped me to look at where I was and where I wanted to be with my own work. I would say being mentored by Bea was invaluable for me and has helped me to go further in my career as an Artist ” – AMY WINSTANLEY, ARTIST.

”Thanks to Upland I’ve been having some mentoring with @Bea Last Artist which has been fantastic. It’s really helped me focus and clarify my thoughts. One of the things Bea has helped me with is re-writing my artists statement, which I’ve been meaning to do for ages!” HELEN WALSH, DELICATES STICHES, ARTIST/MAKER

UpLAND creative process workshop 1&2nd July 2022 FREE Ages 30+

GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART

Bea Last previously facilitated the GSA Widening Participation Portfolio Preparation course held at GRACEFIELD ART CENTRE DUMFRIES. This course was designed to help those wishing to apply to art school allowing supportive time to explore and experiment with a focus on sketchbooks . Led by a Professional Creative Practioner

VAS. Visual Arts Studio For ages 16-30yrs. FREE.

Gracefield Arts Centre,Dumfries,Scotland .This course is aimed at those considering going to art school or are in need of getting a good portfolio together. We will look at the use of scetchbooks and contemporary art and artists. The emphasis is very much focused on the creative process.

This is a FREE portfolio preparation course aimed at 16-25 year olds based in Dumfries and Galloway Scotland,, who are seriously interested in art and may be considering applying to art school. Each Saturday from 23rd August through to 18th October. Remember this is a FREE course and places go fast, so book your spot now!

Join Bea Last for a tutorial on how to create your own collages! This video is part of Better Lives Partnership’s work with our resident artist Bea Last, to create an online Art Community which provides accessible videos to enable the exploration of different art practices. See the rest of our tutorials in our Art Community playlist. If you would like to join our Online Art Community you can join our dedicated Teams site and request an art pack to provide you with materials that will be used in the videos here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...