Blog
Explore our blog for a selection of useful guides, articles of interest and our member’s profiles.
How to find your creative spark in your research?
Being creative in the way you approach your research can be an excellent tool to develop innovative ideas and approaches to your work. Creative research can apply and be used by anyone from academic work at university to businesses researching the next big idea.
4 artists who have turned plastic waste into impactful works of art
Plastic pollution is quickly becoming one of the most important environmental issues. Year on year we increasingly consume more plastic which gives rise to more and more plastic waste. To put this into perspective, half of all plastics ever produced were made in the past 15 years. We can attribute our increasing reliance on plastics to the rise of synthetic plastics in the latter half of the 20th century, since then they have become ubiquitous in our everyday life.
Reuben Powell at the Mall Galleries!
Our very own Reuben Powell’s work has been selected to be among the artworks exhibited, with his work ‘Oil Tanker I, Fawley Refinery’ as part of the Mall Galleries’ Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition. The exhibition runs from the 30th of September to the 10th of October (10:00am - 5:00pm).
How to Prioritise your Work
It’s a struggle we’ve all had, when your to-do list is longer than the hours in a day, learning how to prioritise your work is possible one of the most useful skills you can acquire. Why do we need to learn how to priorities work? With constant emails, demand for your time and juggling different projects, we can often become overwhelmed with the share number of tasks we need to complete. This can lead to us feeling stressed and overworked as we try to do everything.
Books to Help you Get Out of a Creative Rut
We’ve all been there when we hit a wall, where you just think “I’m out of ideas” or “I don’t feel inspired”! The pressure to constantly be creating something new can often compound leaving you in a rut. Therefore, some resources which can help kick-start these cogs moving again are always a welcome helping hand. Here are some of the books we think might help get you started again.
Loneliness and Freelancing
With a third of the workforce set to soon be spending the traditional third of their day spent alone, we’ve thought up some tricks to keep loneliness at bay.
MicroActs - artist film screenings create a space for personal stories and moving image manifestos at Hotel Elephant, London
MicroActs, artist film screenings, creates a space for personal stories and moving image manifestos at Hotel Elephant, London
6 tips for Successful Fundraising for Artists & Creative Entrepreneurs
Carolyn McDonlad shares her top 6 points to consider when starting out on your fundraising journey.
7 Top Tips for Surviving and Thriving after Art School - by Rosalind Davis
We had the pleasure of welcoming Rosalind back to Hotel Elephant last week to speak about how to survive after art school and maintain a practice long term.
5 Tips for using Email Marketing to boost your handmade and craft business - Sinead Koehler from Crafty Fox Market
Email marketing is an essential tool for engaging with your customers and growing your small business, but perhaps can get over looked when all your energy is focussed on developing your handmade products.