Creative Lab Syllabus
Level: Intermediate
Prerequisite: Illustrators and Illustrator-Authors with two or more published illustrated books or picture books who are ready to take their career to the next level.
Description: Once you are published, what’s next? This Creative Lab will help you re-evaluate your work, re-define your goals, explore other professional possibilities and plan a thriving and resilient career.
Objective:
Level Up Your Career
- Align your work and career goals with the current marketplace
- Build your personal brand to serve both short term and long term goals
- Cultivate career-expanding relationships with creative and business partners
- Find alternate income streams to help navigate the highs and lows of freelance life
- Understand the consequences of contract terms, advances and marketing plans
Break Through Creative and Mental Blocks
- Self-assess what makes you and your work unique
- Challenge yourself through experimentation, workshops, and play
- Find inspiration in unexpected placed and create your own opportunities
- Develop your support network
Make Your Challenges Work for You!
During the last part of this session, we will analyze a selection of participants’ work and their challenges, and offer ideas for their next step.
Pre-Conference Assignment - Complete the form found HERE and upload the following by Jan 15, 2024:
- A link to your website
- A one page pdf with 5 pieces of your strongest narrative work that aligns with your career goals
- A 75-word statement to describe the career block you're facing (no more than three issues please!)
At the end of the session, you will have a chance to start a post-conference toolbox to activate the next step of your career.
