I wrote a blog back in June in which I tried to distil some of the wonderful advice about graduation that I’d been given by colleagues and peers. I found their advice and support very helpful, sometimes just hearing how other people coped with the transition can be very reassuring, and people a bit further along have excellent advice to offer and knowledge to share.
With this in mind, we here at Stills have been working to put together an afternoon event for recent graduates to facilitate this knowledge exchange and perhaps give people the opportunity to start to make their own support network.
In fact, the second bit of advice on my list was ‘create (or keep) a peer group’. A group of people who can give you support, share work and opportunities, collaborate with, pass work between and just keep everyone involved in contact with photography.
CONNECT FOR Photography Graduates will be an afternoon of short talks all about how our speakers found graduation and how they went on to build the career that they have now. We have invited speakers from art, commercial and heritage sectors to share their experiences in what we’re hoping will be a nice, relaxed, informal, inspiring and hopeful afternoon.
The event will be free, but you will need a ticket, and bookings will open at 10am on 10 September. Join the event page on Facebook to be notified when tickets go on sale.
Are you a photography or art graduate who has established yourself in a career, or set up a business, who would be interested in speaking at future CONNECT FOR events? Get in touch with me at projects@stills.org and let me know what you would like to give a talk about.
Nic Rue - Project Assistant
