GROUNDWERK 8.1 // Goal Setting & Planning

How can we make plans for our creative work in a way that is effective, while being flexible to change? What are the differences between objectives, goals, and action steps? At this time of unknowns, when many plans have been sent spinning into orbit due to Covid-19, join us in regrouping and realigning our professional aims.

In this workshop, led by practicing artist, producer, and artist-coach Lexi Zelda Stevens, we will explore coaching and mentoring strategies that we can adopt to help us develop artistic careers. Using the Life Wheel exercise, we will look at prioritising needs within individual practices, and learn how to set goals in response to these areas of focus. Together, we will look at areas such as finance, networks and collaborators, and artist development.

There will also be time for individual questions. Attendees will be sent a Life Wheel exercise to complete in advance of the workshop. This workshop is free to attend and open to all but booking is necessary, as spaces are limited. For this online session, we will be using video calling platform Zoom. It is possible to take part with or without setting up an account, and we will send instructions for joining ahead of the day. Groundwerk is a monthly series of free practical workshops for artists and creatives wishing to gain the skills to support their practice. This workshop is supported by Arts Council England.