Don’t miss out on this unique day of inspiration and advice about creative industry careers!
Creative Access is excited to announce Making It: Creative Futures Festival in collaboration with Tate.
Event date: 12 April 2025 at 11.00–18.00
Join us for a day filled with career talks, hands-on workshops, and one-to-one mentoring with industry pros across the art world, TV & film, journalism, publishing, theatre and beyond. There’ll be live DJs, art installations, networking, and the chance to check out Tate Britain’s permanent art collection.
Get top tips from creative professionals, have your CV or portfolio looked at by experts, level up your networking game and much more. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to take the next step in your career in the creative industries, this event is for you…
The whole day is free to attend but some sessions will be ticketed. Click the Apply button to read the full programme and book your place at ticketed sessions.
Sessions include:
Talks
Mentoring
CV Surgeries
Workshops
Ignite your creativity with Ideas Lab, a vibrant space for early-career artists and musicians to connect, skill-share, collaborate, and create
Ideas Lab invites you to share your creative ideas and exchange your creative skills in a supportive environment. Whether you're looking to refine your craft, dream up your next big project, or find fresh inspiration, Ideas Lab is the place to make it happen. Come as you are, bring your ideas, and leave with new skills, resources, and connections to fuel your artistic journey.
Facilitated by Creative Futures producer and performance artist, Eli Lewis.
Tuesday 27 May, 6pm - 8pm
The Courts, Bridewell St, Bristol BS1 2QD
Ticket: FREE!
Join live artist and producer Kit Hall for this free workshop exploring how rest, care and community can support you when times get tough as a creative freelancer
This workshop invites you to think about what you need as an artist to do your best work, and shares how you can reshape your communication, collaboration and work so you can hold yourself and others with more care within your practice.
Soft Slow Power will explore:
Tuesday 20 May, 6pm - 7:30pm
The Courts, Bridewell St, Bristol BS1 2QD
Ticket: FREE!
Find networking a bit fake and awkward? Want to connect with arts organisations, but not sure how? Join award-winning performance artist and producer Eli Lewis for Making Connections.
This workshop offers early-career artists and musicians new ways of connecting with arts organisations that feel less forced and more human. Making Connections offers a guide to developing your own way to confidently rep yourself and your work, as well as tips on how to grow partnerships with arts organisations and collaborators.
Plus, it’s all in a relaxed, supportive environment where you can come together with other artists to share ideas.
Tuesday 13 May, 6pm - 8pm
The Courts, Bridewell St, Bristol BS1 2QD
Ticket: FREE!
Advance backstage call!
From August / September 2025 onwards.
Looking towards 2026, we are looking for people to come on board who are interested in joining our team as costumers with interest in being involved with us long-term. In the second half of 2025 we will be costuming Jekyll & Hyde, then 2026, starts with the costjme drama The Scarlet Pimpernel, based on the classic adventure novel by Baroness Orczy. Ideally we would have two or three people involved with us, so that no one person ends up swamped. Training can be provided if application early.
This is a lively, friendly and ambitious touring theatre team based in Devon, though costuming work can be solely based in Brixham.
Costume work with our productions involves:
More info on our crewing/behind the scenes positions on our website.
Drop us a line to arrange a discussion!
This would start at the end of the summer (August/September 2025)
Want to apply for arts funding but not sure where to begin? Join experienced arts fundraiser, Graziella Terracciano for this free, practical fundraising workshop that will walk you through how to write a successful arts funding application.
This workshop will share advice on:
For creatives from all disciplines who are seeking arts funding.
Graziella Terracciano (she/her) has 15+ years of fundraising and producing experience raising funds for dance, opera, theatre, music, visual arts and architecture. She is currently Funding & Impact Manager at Creative Youth Network.
Need some support finding your footing as a creative freelancer? Join award winning artist / producer Millie Wood-Downie and co-founder of The Project People as she shares her toolbox of tried and tested freelancing skills during this relaxed, 90min workshop. Creative Freelancing 101 will offer you info on:
About Millie Wood-Downie
Millie Wood-Downie (she-her) is a queer, award-winning artist/producer and co-founder of The Project People. Created in 2023, The Project People are on a mission to share our flexible, transparent and mindful approach to producing creative projects. A process we have fused through our combined 17 years of experience producing everything from theatre, drag, cabaret, festivals, workshops and events.
This course will provide you with the opportunity to explore, develop and test your creativity within a qualification structure which is stimulating, demanding and supportive. It will offer you an excellent opportunity to develop all-round and transferable skills in all aspect of the make-up industry.
You will explore SFX, Prosthetics, Stage Make-Up and Hair, Period Make-Up and Hair, Body Art, Fashion and Fantasy. Alongside these specialisms you will also work on both small and large scale productions throughout the year, such as musicals and plays to design and realise the make-up and hair designs.
This will support your experience and expertise when planning and executing your Final Major Project, where you take on ownership and responsibility of managing the success of a collaborative performance.
The aim of this fund is to support individual artists and organisations who have experienced barriers to accessing our funding. Creative Steps aims to address this by supporting artists and organisations throughout their journey, helping them with their professional, business and organisational development.
We believe it is crucial to support these individuals and organisations because it is a priority for us to increase the diversity of work being created, funded and celebrated in Wales.
Creative Steps for Individuals is focused on supporting your professional development. It is not about supporting the creation of new work or the delivery of an artistic or creative project. We want artists to identify exactly what they need to progress and professionalise their artistry, and to remain open to exploring different ways of doing this with us.
We recognise that everybody’s needs are different and that professional development varies from individual to individual. However, these are some of the things that your proposal could include:
You can also include the following:
Do you have an interest in working with Theatrical Wardrobe Costumes? Are you ready to join the behind the scenes team of smooth running dressing during performances/rehearsals? Then a career in costume performance could be for you...
This year we will be offering a Costume Performance apprenticeship. The role is on a fixed-term contract for 2 years, full-time (42.5 hours per week) and based at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
The apprenticeship will be split between the Costume Performance workroom at the ROH and Chichester College where you will work towards a Level 3 Costume Technician - Stage and Screen Apprenticeship Standard.
