Support for every stage of a creative life.
One-to-one mentoring, cultural competency consultancy, networking events and memberships — plus our agency and DIASPORA! festival.
Artistic and Creative Mentoring
We foster artists' growth and progress by enhancing their industry skills and knowledge, helping them secure funding and forge valuable connections. Through mentorship, we empower individuals to nurture their ideas. For individual artists facing economic hardship, contact us at hello@diverseartistsnetwork.com.
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Guidance on securing funds for your creative work, practice, or small community CIC, including assistance with DYCP (Developing Your Creative Practice) support and help navigating fundraising applications and understanding fundraising language.
Support for freelancers or those considering freelancing.
Support for personal and professional growth, assistance with Continuous Professional Development (CPD), overcoming artistic blocks, and dedicated support for maintaining mental health within the creative industry.
Guidance on effectively monitoring and evaluating your projects.
Assistance in getting programmed and being platformed in the industry.
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Grassroots Consultancy
We leverage extensive arts sector experience to help venues, organisations, and festivals implement inclusive strategies, integrate diversity into programming, and enhance representation across arts and culture. Reduced rates are available for economically disadvantaged individual artists upon request.
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Customised, human-centred approaches for connecting with underrepresented communities, and support developing meaningful grassroots partnerships and collaborations.
Strategic consultation for creating and executing EDI frameworks, and guidance on promoting inclusivity across your organisation.
Diverse programme curation assistance, methods for featuring artists from varied backgrounds, and fair compensation guidance for underrepresented creatives.
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Networking Events
We create spaces for diverse artists to connect with each other, organisations, venues and funders, to help ensure equal access to opportunities and make the arts accessible to everyone. Interested in partnering with us on another networking event? Reach out to hello@diverseartistsnetwork.com.
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A collaborative effort with Movema and Impermanence. This gathering serves as a platform to unite dancers from various genres across the city and beyond. Participants and community members alike come together in the evening to engage in a series of workshops and witness performances by both local and international dance practitioners.
If you're an artist, musician, manager, or promoter seeking to expand your network and explore fresh collaboration opportunities, "All Things Music" is tailored just for you. This event aims to acknowledge significant milestones and address vital issues surrounding diversity and representation within the music industry.
Unites theatre practitioners and enthusiasts to celebrate the diverse facets of this art form. The event also features captivating performances, thought-provoking panel discussions, and ample networking opportunities, fostering a vibrant and inclusive community within the theatre scene.
Serves as a vital bridge between artists, creatives, and the arts and cultural sector across the South West. It creates a platform for artists and organisations to engage with issues of Diversity & Inclusion in the Arts. This event is an opportunity to delve into discussions and explore potential solutions.
Grow with a membership
Join as an individual artist or an organisation. Members get reduced rates on mentoring and consultancy, priority access to events, and a place in the network. From little seeds, mighty canopies grow.
The starting point of the DAN growth journey — a membership tier for individual artists and creatives, and for individuals within a band or collective.
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The next stage of growth — the tier bands and artist collectives are encouraged to select, with a lead member liaising with the DAN team.
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A growing tier suited to small organisations, such as grassroots groups and social enterprises, putting down roots in the network.
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The fullest tier of the growth metaphor, suited to large organisations and corporates helping the whole network flourish.
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