The Art Insider Seminars: Funding And Sponsership

This workshop is an introduction to funding and sponsorship.  We will look at opportunities, the application process, how to secure and how to successfuly manage.
Areas Covered:
• Identifying funding organisations
• Creating sponsorship opportunities
• Structuring successful bids
• How to manage relationships
• How to successfully manage and complete the process


The Art Insider is a forward-thinking company providing bespoke mentoring, group seminars and a comprehensive range of associated services for visual artists. They are a friendly team of practising visual arts specialists, dedicated to facilitating the professional development of artists and supporting the progression of studio practice.  They provide artists with the knowledge, skills and confidence to navigate more successfully within the fine art industry.

Art industry expert, Trudie Stephenson, founded The Art Insider in 2012. Trudie possesses more than 20 years professional experience as an exhibiting artist, director and project-manager of major exhibitions, curator and fine-art consultant. She has concurrently mentored both emerging and established artists for over 10 years.  This cumulative experience has engendered a thorough understanding of the nature of working as an artist and provided the expertise required to enable artists to develop and sustain their practice at a commercial level.

The Art Insider exists to bridge the gap between studio practice and successful commercial enterprise.