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Mentoring and strategic support for visual artists working with socially engaged practices.

I help you develop your ideas, strengthen your applications, and move your practice forward with clarity.

How I can support you:

1. 1:1 Mentoring
Develop your practice or a funding application, get feedback, plan next steps

2. Access Support (ACE & others)
Support for artists who require access needs to apply for funding or opportunities.

3. Group Sessions
Learn alongside others in structured sessions

1:1 Mentoring

Individual sessions designed to support you in developing your practice, refining your ideas, and moving forward with clarity.

Whether you are working on a specific project, preparing a funding application, or feeling unsure about your next steps, these sessions offer focused, practical support tailored to your needs.

What we can work on

  • developing and structuring a project
  • clarifying your direction and priorities
  • reviewing funding applications (ACE and others)
  • identifying opportunities and next steps
  • strengthening your overall practice

What you will gain

  • clearer direction and focus
  • practical feedback tailored to your work
  • concrete next steps you can act on
  • greater confidence in your decisions

How it works

Each session is a one-to-one conversation, held online in a supportive and confidential space.

Duration: 50 minutes
Format: Online
Fee: £40

👉 Email me to book a session

Thank you so much Cristiana, for your help on my community-based project and comments on my website today – it was very useful! I have changed my website based on your comments, and this has meant a great improvement.
Catherine

Access Support (ACE & others)

Support for artists who require access needs to apply for funding or opportunities.

I can support you in requesting and obtaining Access Support, and guide you through the process of preparing and submitting your application.

How I can help

  • identifying and articulating your access needs
  • supporting Access Support requests (Arts Council England and others)
  • helping you organise the support required to complete your application
  • guiding you through the application process step by step
  • reviewing and strengthening your application before submission

Examples of access needs

  • Deaf
  • Disabled
  • Learning disabled  
  • Neurodivergent
  • Experiencing poor physical or mental health

👉 Get in touch to discuss your access needs and how I can support

Group Sessions

Group sessions offer a supportive space to learn, reflect, and develop your practice alongside other artists.

They are informal, practical, and focused on sharing tools, strategies, and insights that you can apply directly to your work.

I’m currently offering the following sessions:

DIY Residencies: presentation & workshop
Workshop on artist-led and self-organised residencies

Making a Buck Without Selling Out
A six-week online course on artists’ professional practice

Fundraising for Muralist artists
Sessions of fundraising for aspiring Muralists at the London School of Muralism

The session really inspired me. I learned how to combine my methodology with working with different groups. It also gave me the chance to reflect on what I want to do as a next project. I feel like I went from being really unspecific at the beginning of the session to then feeling like I had a plan! I learned tips on how to connect a more with funding opportunities and how to express my ideas to a funder in order to show the ways in which it will benefit others in the process.
Barnie