Hothouse

Hothouse provides up to 40 emerging makers (those defined as being within two years of setting up a practice) with a programme of focussed, intensive business skills and creative development, complimented with 1:1 support over a six month period.

Hothouse aims
-To develop a national scheme profiling and supporting up to 40 of the most promising new makers each year

-To develop a programme that places business acumen and creative development on an equal footing

-To provide opportunities for emerging makers to test directions and develop options to inform the growth of their practice

-To add Crafts Council value and support to the programmes of other CPD agencies

-To profile models of practice and career routes to aspiring makers.

-To share good models of practice

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  Who is this for?

  -Emerging makers, those about to set up a practice or within the first two years of doing so
  
  -Open to any discipline; based in any region and from any educational background or training, both formal or informal

• What does it comprise?

  -Up to 40 makers per annum across the UK, delivered in cohorts of 10
  
  -Working with up to four regional CPD agencies or other relevant organisations
  
  -Focussed support for a selected group over an intensive three month period
  
  - The programme comprises: group sessions on developing business skills, market knowledge and creativity; networking events which bring participants together as a national group; support from a peer buddy from a past cohort; 1:1 sessions with a specialist mentor from the sector.
  
  Download further information and a list of Hothouse supported makers
  
  Details of current Hothouse opportunities, application guidelines and forms are posted in the Opportunities section of the Craft Directory here.

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