Funded by a-n Artist Bursary 2021 TIME, SPACE, MONEY

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My aim was to create a Contract of Self Care as a free, downloadable resource to support a best practice model for artists who have a social practice as well as participating members of the public involved in their projects. Also to explore ways of working as a social practice artist that is sustainable for artists with physical and mental health disabilities. Developing a Contract of Self Care to support artists in avoiding Burnout.

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A free Pdf of the Contract of Self Care can be downloaded below. This resource is freely available for individual use. However, if you wish to incorporate it into commercial projects, funded programmes, or funding applications, please contact me first for permission. Please also consider employing me to present or run my workshop or talk around the resource as part of your project.

 

Workshops and Talks

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Workshop title: From Burnout to Best Practice: A Contract of Self Care

 

Motivated by my own experience of burnout during the pandemic and the shared experiences of fellow artists, I received the a-n Artist Bursary to develop the Contract of Self Care. This workshop explores the thinking behind the resource with practical prompts and questions around physical, mental, emotional, financial and values-based wellbeing that form the heart of the contract. Participants are encouraged to reflect on why modelling self-care matters not just for individual artists, but as a means of creating a cultural shift that places the care of people, communities and the planet at the centre of creative practice. Participants are encouraged to see the resource as a springboard — a starting point for developing their own Contract of Self Care.

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Talk - An Introduction to the Contract of Self Care with a Q&A session. 

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      The Contract of Self Care is now hosted as an Artist Resource by the following organisations:

AXIS WEB - talk recording available for professional members

VASW (Visual Arts South West)

DAO (Disability Arts Online)

AHSW (Arts & Health South West)

SAN (Social Art Network)

Curatorspace 

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