Workshops

Professional Development for artists, creatives, arts administrators, changemakers and freelancers.

Workshops can be developed and tailored to your group’s needs, or you can join a public program.

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Upcoming Workshops, kindly hosted by the City of Mandurah and open to the public:

Values in Creative Practice
Saturday 22 August  •  9:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Eventbrite

Communications for Creatives
Friday, October 23  •  2 PM – 5 PM | Eventbrite

Visual Storytelling
Saturday 24 October  •  9:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Eventbrite

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20+ Years Supporting the Creative Sector

With decades of experience as a freelancer and photographer, I’ve seen the unique challenges creatives face. In today’s digital, marketing-driven world, I’ve adapted my services to support artists, designers, freelancers, and small businesses.

I’m passionate about helping the creative sector grow by offering both practical skills and capacity-building workshops. My offerings celebrate creative learning in an inclusive environment and are always responsive to changing sector standards.

Each workshop can be customised to meet your group’s specific needs and goals.

Workshops

This series of professional development sessions can be delivered as standalone workshops or together as a cohesive program. All killer no filler.

Communications for Creatives

In this practical session, you’ll design a sustainable and enjoyable strategy for all of your digital communications, conveying your unique perspective every step of the way.

Skip the algorithm hacks and connect directly with your people. This workshop is tailored for arts, design and culture professionals who are ready to build a clear framework to cultivate their connections online and IRL.

You’ll leave with a Message Map and/or Content Calendar so that you can share your voice clearly on any platform with your clients, colleagues and broader community.

This session is available for in person workshops only.

Photograph Your Artwork

A 1.5-hour illustrated lecture with downloadable resources, offering practical tools for photographing your artwork for awards, websites, and social media using your phone or camera.This session walks creatives through a step by step guide to photographing paintings, works on paper, objects including ceramics, textiles and exhibition installations. Easily paired with Communications for Creatives and Visual Storytelling for Creative Practice.

This slide show can be delivered online or in person.

Leadership for Creatives

Is it possible to lead as a freelancer or creative practice of one? Definitely. This session shakes up mainstream ‘leadership’ ideas and is suitable for anyone in the creative industries who doesn’t see themselves as the traditional picture of a  ‘leader’. Discover your unique leadership strengths, the keys to active listening and a peer coaching framework that can be used across creative projects and collaborations. You’ll leave understanding how to lead with your values and inner compass. Use your existing resources, relationships and skills to drive change and make a lasting impact in your community. You’ll leave this uplifting session with a sense of agency and inspiration.

Values in Creative Practice

How do you design your creative practice aligned with your values? IN this deep dive session, you will clarify your values and learn to lead with them every day.

This insightful workshop is for arts, design and culture professionals who want to deepen their understanding of the key drivers inside the business and creative practice.

You’ll leave with a solid foundation to build or expand your creative practice upon – and you’ll have a lens through which to make decisions about future collaborations and upcoming projects. Navigating external and internal transitions with a compass like this can be career defining. We’ll also learn how weaving values-based language into your communications can help you build a professional reputation that is authentic and clear.

This session is available for in-person workshops only.

Visual Storytelling for Creative Practices

In this session, you’ll learn a clear, actionable framework to tell the story of your creative practice.. Understanding the keys to visual rhythm and the psychology of imagery engagement will help you communicate through your website, social media and more. 
 
You’ll gain a deeper understanding of how to craft compelling visual narratives about your work, helping you build an engaged audience around your creative practice. 
You’ll learn an implementable storytelling framework through a slide show and hands-on photography skills. 
 
This workshop is suitable for creatives using their phones or a camera – and is suitable to all levels, from beginners to confident photographers. 

Testimonials

Bo is incredibly knowledgeable with a no-jargon style. She’s so approachable and generous to offer her experience in such a distilled way. Her workshop was fast-moving but the key concepts were explained really well. Highly recommend!

Bo’s feedback was extremely valuable. She understood my point of difference immediately and gave targets and advice for exactly where I was stuck. Bo is a great, natural facilitator.

Bo was amazingly informative in such a short space of time – she covered everything I needed!

Bo is knowledgeable, a clear communicator, an experienced photographer, and an excellent teacher.

Bo focused on clear principles of capturing artwork and telling my story – it’s also been great for my studio practice to consider my creative process more deeply.

Bo was down to earth, incredibly skilful and current.

Clear, concise, articulate – Bo shows, as well as shares, her wealth of knowledge.

Bo explained everything in simple language with the basic steps explained clearly. She helped me realise that I don’t have to do things the way others are doing it – I’ve got my own way and I feel confident about my plan now.

Bo was approachable and friendly – she welcomed my unique business challenges into the workshop which was invaluable for me.

Bo offered new insights and brought me back to my core values – which I had lost sight of over the last few years of working in remote communities. Now I can support my own creative practice too, which in turn, means I support other artists more wholeheartedly.

Bo’s workshop broke down the seemingly complex challenges of Instagram content creation into simple, digestible processes. I can see the bigger picture of who I am trying to connect with and why – instead of just wondering what to post every week.

I was flapping in the wind with my social media and needed some guidance and structure – now I feel set with an endless supply of ideas to share!

Bo is knowledgeable, a legend, very down to earth and has artists/creatives pegged. She understands our industry inside out.

Bo is amazing, she has an incredible understanding of running creative businesses, explaining and encouraging us in a positive way. I’ve left inspired!

Bo was fantastic because she really listens, tries to understand, is very approachable and is super inclusive.

Nick McKinlay