Navigator
The Navigator core group is:
- A+, a partnership strategy that pools the best of a-n The Artists Information Company and Artquest’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) remit
- engage
- Foundation for Community Dance (FCD)
- National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE)
- Sound Sense.
...who as a group reach 24,600 music, dance, literary and visual artists working in participatory settings across the UK.
What is it?
A strategic pathfinder to network knowledge about national occupational standards, codes of conduct, research, professional development and routes to professional practice across art forms.
Working with artist employers, government, Higher Education and training providers across the UK, the programme will add value to what the partners already achieve in delivering support for artists and aims to support more of a collective voice for participatory artists across art form.
How will Navigator achieve this?
The programme is in three phases:
- Phase 1 - 2011: Mapping research on already existing standards, codes of conduct, and quality assurance frameworks across art form. Consultation to develop relevant research and output for phases 2 and 3 to support artists working in participatory settings where they need it most
- Phase 2 - 2012: Comparisons of methodologies and pedagogies in different settings, and UK wide research on what is needed for improvement on progression routes for artists
- Phase 3 - 2013/14: Conference and sharing of research findings, putting in place systems for shared CPD resource across partner organisations and continued legacy of shared professional framework for participatory artist.
“We will use our national networks to help navigate more people to inspiring examples of practice and research, which will include the work of our fellow Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) pathfinders as well as the findings that arise from our own public research and professional development programmes. The significance of this project is the space it gives us to clarify the new and shifting landscapes of workforce and professional development for participatory arts practice. The Navigator Pathfinder aims to be an effective advocate that works across art form in support of professional development for participatory artists across the UK.”
Lead contact: Lisa Craddock, Programme Manager, Professional Development, Foundation for Community Dance lisa@communitydance.org.uk
How is Navigator funded?
Navigator is funded by ArtWorks: Developing Practice in Participatory Settings.
‘ArtWorks: Developing Practice in Participatory Settings’ is a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Special Initiative with support and funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, Creativity Culture & Education (supported by Arts Council England) and the Cultural Leadership Programme.
ArtWorks is a workforce development scheme that seeks to meet the needs of artists at different stages in their careers, from the aspiring young artist embarking on training, to experienced practitioners who wish to progress their output. It is seeking to build on good practice to enhance the existing development infrastructure.
Five pathfinders have been funded to deliver ArtWorks and each pathfinder programme comprises a cluster of different organisations - artists, arts organisations, employers, training providers - working together in partnership.
For more details on all of the pathfinders that were supported by ArtWorks Read more >>