Professional Documents
Culture Documents
[Also see: Training and Education: ‘Finding a course, job and career advice']
ArtQuest
ArtQuest is a comprehensive online resource for artists and craftspeople. It has thousands of
pages to help you find information and advice for developing your work in London.
www.artquest.org.uk
The Knowledge Bank is an online resource for artists and researchers in contemporary art prac-
tices to help find ways of making a living and promoting and developing their professional
practice. Some select articles and publications require online subscription starting at £6 for one
month trail to a year.
www.a-n.co.uk/knowledge_bank
Artsadmin
Toynbee Studios
28 Commercial Street
London E1 6AB
+44 (0) 20 7247 5102
Textphone +44 (0) 20 7247 5182
www.artsadmin.co.uk/home/
BBC: Introducing
Provides advice and tips for music-makers and people starting out in the industry, from record-
ing to playing live and finding the right deal.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/introducing
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The Live Art Advisory Network (LAAN) is a partnership between Artsadmin, Live Art Develop-
ment Agency and New Work Network. LAAN draws together the distinct expertise of the three
organisations to offer a strategic package of professional development initiatives to London-
based artists throughout their careers.
www.thisisliveart.co.uk
Jelly
Jelly is a comprehensive blog for opportunities, studios and support for artists and groups and
exhibitions listings.
http://thejelly.wordpress.com/
Music Think Tank is a comprehensive blog and guide for the digital music industry with tips to
developing a strategy, promoting and making money.
www.musicthinktank.com
Musicians Union
The Musicians' Union’s website provides advice for performing, teaching and recording and in-
cludes templates, factsheets and checklists.
www.musiciansunion.org.uk
New Contemporaries
New Contemporaries is a programme for recent art graduates jointly supported by Bloomberg. It
gives people still at, or just out of, art school the opportunity to show their work in the context of
a professional art gallery.
www.newcontemporaries.org.uk
New Work Network (NWN) supports the development of new performance, live and interdisci-
plinary arts practices by nurturing arts practitioners through the creation of innovative profes-
sional development activities that focus on networking, exchange and collaboration across the
UK and internationally.
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www.newworknetwork.org.uk
www.musicindie.com
Vocalist.org.uk
www.vocalist.org.uk
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