About
Wach'Art Peer Support Groups
What's happening
We’re inviting artists and collaborators to join six peer groups. Each offers a different way to contribute, learn from others and develop projects.
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Illustration, design & merchandise
For illustrators, designers, makers and people with a talent for lettering. Develop event illustrations, prints, A-boards, signs, vouchers and objects visitors might want to take home.
Curation
For established practitioners, artists with exhibition experience and those ready to develop research-led projects. Explore exhibition ideas, public engagement and callouts, helping shape proposals before decisions are made.
Events
For people who enjoy bringing others together. Imagine gatherings, performances and cultural events, and work out how to make them engaging for audiences and worthwhile for the artists and teams delivering them.
Workshops
For artists and practitioners interested in sharing their practice. Develop activities inspired by artwork, exhibitions or particular skills, with clear delivery arrangements and enough time to promote them well.
Digital & outreach
For storytellers, photographers, content creators and people who enjoy connecting with others. Help us communicate our work, reach audiences and develop relationships with community and cultural partners.
Artist promotion & skills matching
For those interested in helping artists find their next opportunity. Get to know each person’s practice, ambitions and skills, support how they present their work, and connect them with relevant exhibitions, commissions, workshops and collaborations.
How it will work
We’ll begin with regular gatherings at The Vault and Mid Street Lab, sometimes around an exhibition. Smaller groups will then meet to develop specific ideas.
The first two meetings will give you time to meet others, explore where you fit and decide whether you want to help take a project forward. Together, we’ll identify priorities, responsibilities and opportunities, including work that could generate income sooner.
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Joining a conversation does not commit you to delivering a project. When someone is asked to undertake creative or organisational work, we’ll agree the role, scope, budget and fee before it begins.
Planning will move forward with those who choose to take part. You can join later as a project member, working within the direction already agreed.
What we’re building towards
These groups will help shape live projects, products, exhibitions and events, while informing Wach’Art’s artist-development programme for 2027.
The aim is practical: stronger relationships, shared knowledge, clearer routes to paid work and more opportunities for artists to benefit from what they create.
Find your group
You can express interest in more than one group. Tell us a little about your practice or experience, what you’d enjoy contributing and your availability. We’ll follow up with meeting details and the next steps.
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Participation is the new patronage. Help shape what comes next.
