Mentoring service

Do you need help with any of the following?

Approaching galleries
Publicity and marketing
Running art workshops
Pricing work
CVs and Artist Statements
Applications and selecting images
Portfolio critiques
- to name just a few…..

I have over 13 years experience as a maker, as well being a gallery director and curator for the past two. My career has given me many opportunities and insights into how the craft world works. I am now running 'brain-picking' sessions for makers who would like to develop or expand their creative practice and business’.

I have been running a successful craft business since graduating in 1999. I have experience of selling, both retail and wholesale, through exhibitions and craft fairs, nationally and internationally. I opened my own gallery and workshop space, Unit Twelve, in May 2010. In this time I have been running art workshops with various groups of different ages, abilities and backgrounds. I have a successful track record in both private and public commissions, with my work in 5 major gallery collections, and have also undertaken many artists in residencies.

My work has been featured in over 50 periodicals, including Vogue, Grand Designs and Elle Decoration to name just a few, and is featured daily on numerous blogs, as I have developed a massive viral web presence through social media.

If you would like to draw upon this wealth of experience I am offering a friendly informal mentoring service by which you can come to my gallery, Unit Twelve and ‘pick my brains’ over a cup of tea, on subjects you feel you may need help with in your own practice.

Please contact me directly if you would like to book a slot, priced at £30 per hour.
mobile: 07811 460494 or email: jcolliertextiles@yahoo.co.uk