Welcome to the 20 December edition of the Bristol Creatives E-bulletin. If you have any comments, or suggestions for future editions please email sally@bristolcreatives.co.uk.

2008 ARTSMATRIX TRAINING SEMINARS

Making the most of your website
23 January - Watershed Media Centre, Bristol - £15

Most artists, groups and organisations have some form of representation on the internet whether it is a complex, content-managed site or a few pages hosted on a third party site. But are these sites working the way they should for you or your organisation? To find out more about this course visit http://bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/991

Presentation Skills
23 January - Bristol - £25

Brush up your presentation skills and learn how to plan and prepare better presentations. This course also covers group facilitation, dealing with difficult people/situations and selling yourself. Visit bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/992 to find out more about this course.

Movement and the Single Screen
27-29 January - Bristol - Dance - £80

This practical workshop investigates movement and performance within the context of single-screen video practice and is led by artist filmmaker Miranda Pennell. To find out more visit bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/993

Creating more business
31 January - Bristol - £25

How do you generate more sales and develop new markets for your product or service when you're busy running a small creative business? For more information about this course visit bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/994

Investment; Financing your career in music
Thursday 14 February 08, Colston Hall, Bristol - £15

A one-day seminar and intensive workshop to provide specialist knowledge on aspects of income from within the music industry, and on accessing income from outside the industry, for established professional and semi-professional musicians, sole-proprietors and SME's working in music. For more information visit bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/995

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

Workspace Available

A large, light and airy work space to let at the Coach House in Upper York Street, which could be suitable for a creative business or businesses to share. To find out more visit bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/997

Jewellery studio space share available

Are you a silversmith or jewellery maker who would benefit from using a studio that is set up for jewellery? To find out more visit bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/996

Bristol Short Story Prize

The Bristol Review of Books is delighted to announce the inaugural Bristol Short Story Prize. The competition is open to writers of all ages and all nationalities. To find out more visit bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/968

Bristol Drawing School is now open for bookings

Bristol Drawing School is a new space in Bristol dedicated to drawing and offers a range of activities from informal life classes to fully tutored courses and workshops. For more information visit bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/952

Moving Image Festival - Call for expressions of interest

As part of the next Southbank Bristol Arts Trail which will take place on 10 and 11 May 2008, the Southville Centre would like to put on a Moving Image Festival. They would like to hear from anyone working with moving image including animation, short films, advertising, experimental/art films, historical and documentary films. For more information visit bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/927

Bristol Creatives Members Privileges

Don't forget that your free membership of Bristol Creatives entitles you to post your own articles and announcements in News, details of forthcoming events, courses, gigs and exhibitions in the Event Calendar and list your business in the new Creative Directory. Just visit www.bristolcreatives.co.uk and log in and select 'create content' under your name on the right hand side of the screen, then choose from one of the following options:

forum topic - to create a new topic for discussion in the Forum
local event - to create an event to appear on the Event Calendar
member directory listing - to list your business in the Creative Directory
story - to create an article for News

Email sally@bristolcreatives.co.uk if you have any problems logging in.

Please forward this E-bulletin to anyone who might be interested and suggest they join Bristol Creatives so that they can benefit from the free membership facilities mentioned above and can subscribe to future Bristol Creatives E-bulletins.

Best Wishes

Sally Reay
Bristol Creatives Project Manager