Factory Academy Course

Foundations In: Business X Creativity

23 Sep - 13 Dec 2024

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Date
23 Sep - 13 Dec 2024
Tickets

This course is three days a week

Monday (in person): 10am – 3.30pm

Tuesday (online): 10–11.30am

Friday (in person): 10am – 12pm

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Accessibility features available for this event: Wheelchair Access

Are you a practicing art professional, musician, freelancer or creative looking to power up your creative business?

Factory Academy and Alisha Kadri present a new part-time course that will introduce you to the fundamental entrepreneurial skills needed to make your practice work for you! 

What will I learn?

Over 12 weeks you will develop an entrepreneurial mindset and learn the essentials of:

  • Defining and connecting with your audience
  • Diversifying income streams
  • Brand activation
  • Pitching
  • Intellectual Property
  • Managing your finances and tax


This brand-new course is designed to empower creatives and artists from a range of disciplines by providing learning content that will stimulate entrepreneurialism. Your learning will combine expert advice with real-world examples and practical exercises. You will be provided with multiple perspectives on a range of topics through the inclusion of industry speakers, guest artists and mentoring sessions.

Over the 12 weeks you will work to apply and test your newly acquired skills in order to develop a blueprint for a business plan to activate your next steps towards a successful career as a practicing creative.

About Alisha Kadri

Alisha is a change-maker, consultant and connector with over 10 years of experience creating purpose-led programmes for global brands and organisations. She is passionate about driving transformational change across the creative industries by championing the voices of marginalised groups across her work. She is currently Co-Chair of Castlefield Gallery and trustee of Impermanence dance company.

Who can apply?

  • Creatives, artists, freelancers, and professionals working in the arts, culture, and creative industries 
  • Individuals or businesses looking to improve, grow and develop new approaches to their business model that will ignite long-term success
  • Greater Manchester residents aged 19+ who are currently unemployed or working part-time and earning under £20,888

Foundations in: Business x Creativity is designed to empower creatives and artists from a range of disciplines by providing learning content that will stimulate entrepreneurialism. We understand that people from a Global Majority background, those who have disabilities, are gender non-conforming or may otherwise face societal prejudices are more likely to have to overcome barriers in the workplace and beyond, therefore we are particularly keen for this course to give opportunities to those people.

FAQs

This course is free to attend.

Key dates

Applications open: Monday 19 August

Applications close: Friday 20 September

Course dates: Monday 23 September to Friday 13 December 2024

How to apply

Applications open on 19 August. Click the link below for more information.

Got any questions? Contact us by email at factory_academy@factoryinternational.org.

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