Artist Intensive
Gain the skills to bring a seed idea or creative concept to life. Develop your craft. Connect with mentors and peers.
Artist Intensive
Facilitated by Dramaturg & Arts Programmer Mark Pritchard
Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 March 2025
Geelong Arts Centre Studios
10-12 artists will be selected from applications
Artists to be accommodated locally within central Geelong. Accommodation arrangements and payment will be organised by Geelong Arts Centre.
Who is the Artist Intensive for?
- Independent/self-producing artists creating their own work, such as performers, directors, choreographers, playwrights or other creatives
- Artists with some experience creating their own work
- Those with the desire to develop their craft and expand their creative network
- Artists looking to develop their producing, pitching and creative skills to take their work and practice from the page to the stage, and beyond Geelong
About the Artist Intensive
- Facilitated and guided by Naarm based Dramaturg & Arts Programmer Mark Pritchard
- The intensive will allow artists the time and space to develop their concept during creative and professional skills workshops, and to connect with industry leaders, presenters and professional artists, including Joel Bray and Dan Giovannoni
- Artists apply by pitching a new seed idea to develop across the three day intensive
- The intensive will culminate in a pitching session in front of industry leaders and presenters followed by a round table discussion and feedback
Artist Intensive Program Overview
Creative skills workshops such as;
• Script writing and dramaturgy
• Movement and devising skills
• Embedding design into creation of new work
Producing skills workshops such as;
• Pitching and marketing
• Budgeting and grant writing
• Making a work tour-ready
Networking and development;
• Mentoring sessions and studio access
• Group dinners and networking time