AA2A’s Creative Futures online seminars bring experts and artists together to explore the skills you need to succeed. Exploring themes including starting your own business and managing finances to understanding selling and marketing, these interactive sessions give you the chance to ask questions and dive deep into what matters most.

Booking for the 2026-27 seminar series will open soon. Times, dates and themes as follows:

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Seminar #1 Tue 2nd March 2027 - 1.00-2.00

Creative Careers - starting out: 

First steps after graduation including essentials like understanding self-employment, finding workspace, making sales and marketing your work 

Panellists tbc

Seminar #2 Tue 9th March 2027 - 1.00-1.30

Creative Careers - building your practice: 

Finding artist opportunities

Panellists tbc

Seminar #3 Tue 16th March 2027 - 1.00-1.30 

Creative Careers - earning an income: 

Finding paid work inside and outside of the creative industries 

Panellists tbc

Seminar #4 Tue 23rd March 2027 - 1.00-1.30

Creative Careers - building connections:

Finding collaborators, communities and audiences online

Panellists tbc

If you are a student at a current AA2A host university/college and would like access to the recordings of any of our previous seminars, fill out this short form. Topics include:

• Am I an artist yet? Networking, collaboration and work/life balance for arts students & graduates
• How do I sell my work when I’m not a salesperson? Marketing, personal brand and online sales?
• How do I manage projects when life is so hectic? Funding your creative projects and project management
• Do I need to be good at maths to run my own business? Setting up a creative business
• You already think like an artist. Now think like a business.
• Working for other people: what type of jobs are out there, where to find them and how to stand out
• Working for yourself: self-employment, setting up a small business, collaborations - how and why
• What kind of opportunities are out there for artists: residencies, commissions, exhibitions, fellowships, further study and more
• Talking about yourself and selling your work: social media, websites, sales platforms and building your brand