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Are you someone who has a creative idea (or lots of them!) and would like to learn how to bring that idea to life?

CREATE! 2025 is a free course for those who are based in Dorset and BCP (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) that would like to learn how artistic events are created from start to finish. With workshops led by experienced professionals, the course will cover topics such as:

• What makes a great event?
• Building a network
• How do community-led projects work?
• Financing a creative idea
• Where can events happen?
• Marketing and audience identification
• What is risk management?

Participants on the course will have an opportunity to prepare a pitch document for a creative idea that they have which b-side, Activate Performing Arts (producers of Inside Out Dorset) and Arts by the Sea will provide feedback and pointers on. At the end of the course, you can choose to use this pitch document to bid for a pot of funding from the partner organisations that could help seed-fund your idea.

Held in January at different spaces across Dorset, all participants will take part in the workshop sessions together, where there will be opportunities for connection with each other and spaces to see different types of artistic work that support your time both on the course and after.

What you will get from the course:

• All travel and food expenses during the course.
• A clearer understanding of how artistic events can be made
• An opportunity to pitch for a pot of money to help make your creative idea a reality
• Networking sessions during and after the course
• Direct access to arts professionals
• Aid and Resources signposted directly to you.
• Direct engagement with art/performance in your region

This is a course for those of any age (18+) who may have some experience in creating their own creative events, those who are wanting to step into the artistic industry but don’t know how, and also those who have no idea how any of the creative world works but thinks they have a great idea they’d like to make a reality.

HOW TO APPLY:

If all of the above sounds good to you, and you’d like to get involved in CREATE! 2025, then take a look at the Applicant Information Pack and fill out the application form!

APPLICATION FORM: https://forms.gle/mJcs3yh6TicUnhoR9

If you would like to submit a video application instead (max 3 mins), then please do so and send it onto archie@b-side.org.uk

The main thing we’d like to learn is why you would like to have a place on the course, your creative idea and a little bit about you as a person.

Key things to think about:

-A creative idea you’d potentially like to get off the ground at some point in the future.

-What interests you about the course?

-The access support we can offer you if you are offered a place on the course.

Ensure that you read the Applicant Contract in the Information Pack, so that you’re able to tick the box that states you agree to the Terms and Conditions of taking part in the course. We will ask for a signed version of this if you’re offered a place on the course.

Any questions? Get in touch with Archie, archie@b-side.org.uk

ACCESS:
Inclusion is at the heart of Arts by the Sea.
Arts by the Sea is on a journey to consider access at the inception of each event, to discover the creative potential of accessible practice, and find new ways to reach, work with, and offer opportunities to everyone. This is no exception with CREATE! 2025, and each project partner is invested in curating an accessible course that can be catered to your individual needs.

Please feel free to contact our access lead Leigh Hayler leigh.hayler@bcpcouncil.gov.uk to discuss your access needs, we will do all we can to help and please feel free to give us feedback so we can improve.