Her talk will use her own professional and personal experience to advise what to pack for the journey as artist, who to have as fellow travellers, where to take shortcuts, what maps to use, how to manage the ups and downs, and what to do if you feel stuck. Fundamentally her talk will show how to make an impact at every place you visit even they don’t understand the place you are coming from.

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What to pack for the journey of artist
by Dolly Sen

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Artist
Exhibitions

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Filmmaker
With commissions from

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Writer of over 10 Books

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Performer

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Digital Work

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Spanking Reality’s Arse

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30

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My one piece of advice
Go out and get it, don’t wait
for it to come to you.

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The Map

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Questions to ask yourself
Why are you an artist?
Who is your audience?
What is interesting to them? What do they
need? Why is it interesting to them?
 What have they not seen or heard before?
What are your competitors doing? And how
can you be different?
What is unique about you?
Is it about my creativity or is it about my ego?

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Know what drives you
 Recognition – a desire to be known or visible
 Power – a desire to succeed, to influence others, to make a
difference
 Hedonism – the pursuit of fun, excitement, pleasure and good
times.
 Altruism – a desire to help others, betterment of the world
 Affiliation – needs and enjoys frequent and close contact with
other people, needs social interaction

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First steps
 Research who are the people to know
 Set up a blog/website/social marketing site
 Your local creative arts network/organisation
 Artist statement
 Develop a body of work
 Collaborate
 Set Goals
 Get your work out there

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Goal Setting

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Is this how you see networking?

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Walt Disney’s Creative Strategy

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Fellow travellers
Fellow artists
Organisations like Creative Future
Someone techy
Social Media aware people
Bloggers

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How to Manage the Ups & Downs

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Shortcuts

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Feeling Stuck?
 First ask: what is causing it?
 Is it because life is difficult?
 Is it to do with routine?
 Do you over commit?
 Has the work stopped being fun or fulfilling?
 Is it self-doubt?
 Is it perfectionism?
 Is it stress?

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Practicalites – Blogging
Slowly I noticed
something
happening:
People started
contacting me about
my blog
Opportunities
began popping up
because of it
And that I was
gaining a
readership, people
began to know who I
was in the arts
world.

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Let your website/blog/networking
show people:
Your portfolio
Your style and the way you work
Your communication skills
Your passion
Your experience
Your commitment to your work
What is unique about you
A little different to this one!

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A picture of my dog

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Discussion and Q&A
Over to you

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Let there be light!
Me screwing a
light bulb into
the sky.
The world
needs more
light!

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My Details
Dolly Sen
dollysen70@hotmail.com
http://www.dollysen.com
http://www.dollysentraining.com