Join us for a short workshop on Zoom for NE-based photographers, led by Susanne Burns to explore your values, what drives you and what your assets are. There will also be a chance to find out more about the SHIFTS Professional Development Bursary Programme and ask questions with Amanda Ritson from NEPN.
Please book by emailing amanda.ritson@sunderland.ac.uk indicating which session you would like to attend and any access requirements you have. We will confirm your place via email. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Susanne Burns is a senior arts leader, freelance management consultant and trainer with more than 30 years of senior management experience in the cultural sector. Her work has encompassed dance, theatre, music and the visual arts.
She has carried out major research programmes including the national research on musical progression for Arts Council England and the earlier Dance Mapping work for ACE. She was the Project Director for Art Works – a special initiative led of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and currently works as an evaluation consultant for the Foundation.
She has extensive experience of working in Higher Education as she was Head of Management at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts from 1994 -2001 and continues to work in HE across the UK as well as providing training, coaching and action learning facilitation. She is a Churchill Fellow 2017 and travelled across the USA and Australia looking at how artists are supported in their freelance careers. She has a doctorate from Middlesex University and is a Trustee of Amberside Trust.
Programmed in conjunction with the SHIFTS Professional Development Bursary Programme.