Sustaining & developing My Mature Art Practice with Noelle Mc Alinden

Tuesday 14th April: 11am – 12.30pm | Online

This webinar invites you to join Noelle McAlinden for an insightful exploration of the contemporary arts landscape. Drawing on a wealth of personal expertise and real-world case studies, Noelle will guide you through the nuances of building a resilient artistic profile. Beyond the studio, we will delve into the essential mechanics of a sustainable career: from the “practice makes progress” mindset to the art of archiving, networking, and marketing. Whether you are seeking to secure funding, navigate touring exhibitions, or forge lasting connections with arts managers and collaborators, this session is designed to transform your creative confidence into professional momentum.

Noelle Mc Alinden

Noelle Mc Alinden lives in Fermanagh and is a creative adviser, artist, curator, mentor, arts educationalist and adviser with the Education Authority of Northern Ireland. Noelle is Human Rights activist, working across Ireland, Britain and internationally within the  arts, educational, statutory, voluntary, youth and community sectors. A Patron of the Ulster Society of Women Artists, Noelle is also a board member of an extensive range of Arts and Cultural /Community Organisations including Void Gallery, Nerve Centre Derry, Beckett, Wilde & Fermanagh Live Arts Festivals, the Royal Ulster Academy and Arts Council of Northern Ireland. She was also a creative adviser to Derry ~ Londonderry BID first UK City of Culture 2013. She is the former Chair of Creative Youth Partnerships NI proactive in supporting & mentoring artists across NI, emerging in their professional practice and the current Vice Chair of Centre for Contemporary Arts Derry~Londonderry.

Noelle is the co-chair of the Northern Ireland Mental Health Arts Festival – challenging stigma about mental health, celebrating the pivotal role of creativity, self expression on mental health well being and is the producer and director of ‘The Art of Conversation with Noelle Mc Alinden’, an NVTV series of authentic conversations with fellow artists and creatives across art forms, celebrating and cataloguing their practice in unique Arts and Culture settings.

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