Artist Professional Development for Socially Engaged Practitioners, Commissioned by Heart of Glass | Image: Stephen King

Workshops

Making a budget

Making a budget

01/03/2023 -
01/03/2023
Balancing your finances and making sure you receive the money you need is fundamental to making your best work and sustaining your practice. In our next Figuring Out… online workshop we will be taking a deep dive into budgeting for arts projects, exhibitions and commissions. Led by independent curator and mentor, Mark Devereux you will […]
Marfa Abstraction XVIII, Gareth Kemp, 2020 (made as part of recent DYCP funded project, supported by Mark Devereux Projects)

Developing Your Creative Practice fund

29/03/2023 -
29/03/2023
We’re pleased to offer our next online workshop to support artists & creatives who are planning an application to Round 17 of Arts Council England’s Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) programme. Taking place on Wednesday 29 March (10-11:30am) and led by Mark Devereux, this workshop will address the core questions helping you create a strong […]
Fleeting Flights, David Bethell, 2019 | Image: Lee Baxter

Finding the right opportunity

19/07/2022 -
19/07/2022
Identifying the right opportunity is not always as easy as it sounds. As your career develops, opportunities will change and you will have the chance to be more selective. This online workshop will share tools and ideas to help understand what is available and if/how they relate to your practice. We will look at techniques […]
Playground workshop, Anna Horton Cremin, 2021. Image: Mark Devereux

Warm up the palms of your hands

13/05/2022 -
13/05/2022
We are pleased to invite you to a full-day workshop at Metal, Liverpool on Friday 13 May. Led by artists Anna Horton Cremin, Emily Warner and writer Julia Calver, you will be invited to participate in creative exercises exploring our connection to the environment. Tuning in and listening to our bodies and place in the […]
Making a strong application, from start to submit

Making a strong application, from start to submit

09/10/2021 -
09/10/2021
As one of the core funders for individual artists, Arts Council England grants can unlock and create important developmental opportunities to help you take your practice and ideas to the next level. Led by mentor and arts fundraising specialist Mark Devereux, this in-person workshop will breakdown Arts Council England’s requirements, Lets Create Strategy 2020-30 and […]
National Lottery Projects Grants (ACE)

National Lottery Projects Grants (ACE)

27/04/2021 -
27/04/2021
We’re pleased to offer our next online workshop to support artists & groups who are planning an application to Arts Council England’s National Lottery Projects Grants under £15k funding programme. Split over two evenings, Mark Devereux will share his extensive knowledge and experience building and writing successful applications over the last 12-years. As one of […]
Making a strong application, from start to submit | Image: Gordon Dalton

Making a strong application, from start to submit

01/08/2019 -
01/08/2019
Mark Devereux Projects are pleased to be working with Creative Factory to deliver practical fundraising advice and information. This free one-day workshop focuses on three core stages of writing applications: planning your project, finding the right opportunity and making a strong application. The session will focus on skills, techniques and information to help participants write […]
Artist Professional Development for Socially Engaged Practitioners, Commissioned by Heart of Glass | Image: Stephen King

Finding the right opportunity & mentoring sessions

14/11/2019 -
14/11/2019
Coinciding with Charlie Franklin’s solo exhibition, Over Ground Uneven at Vane, Mark Devereux Projects are pleased announce two new artist development opportunities taking place on Thursday 14 November 2019.
Always something moves, Sophie Lee, 2019 | Image: courtesy of the artist

Always Something Moves

26/03/2019 -
28/05/2019
Join artist and writer Julia Calver to consider writing as an artistic output in three workshops taking place at Manchester Art Gallery this spring. Each session will support participants in building new language and skills within creative writing to develop current and future artworks. The workshops have been designed around specific themes and will consider […]
Gvendareyjar 20-08-16, Sophie Lee, 2016 | Image: Sophie Lee

Make Place Talks Programme

07/12/2016 -
05/04/2017
Make Place is a talks programme exploring domestic space and identity at Salford Museum and Art Gallery. Featuring renowned academics and artists from across the UK, the programme will contextualise Mark Devereux Projects represented artist Sophie Lee’s own artistic research into domesticity, which has included visiting the Gvendareyjar islands in Iceland to studying Salford Museum […]
Backlit Gallery & Studios team | Image courtesy: Backlit

Critical dialogue & talks programme

04/12/2014 -
13/12/2014
Mark Devereux Projects launched a new programme of critical dialogue and talks in Manchester in September 2014. Each month we invited curators, gallery directors, leading artists and other industry professionals to the city to lead a variety of different events, talks and one-to-one advice sessions for artists around the region.