Friends Week: Art at Breakfast – 30 Years of Cockpit Arts Craft Business Incubation
Friday 20 May 2016 8.30 - 10am
Sir Hugh Casson Room, The Keeper’s House, Royal Academy of Arts
£20 (including breakfast). Booking required, Friends only.
Friends of the RA book first
This Friends Week, our Art at Breakfast series invites you to gain insight into the intersections between art and business incubation while enjoying a fresh buffet breakfast. On Friday, hear from Cockpit Arts on business incubation for designer-makers, and creative start ups.
We are delighted to welcome Cockpit Arts to our second annual Friends Week, as part of our Art at Breakfast series revealing the relationships between art and business in different sectors.
Cockpit Arts is the UK’s only craft business incubator, providing workspace, promotional opportunities and business coaching to artists, makers and producers. This event will tell the story of the successful transformation of Cockpit Arts from solely a workplace centre to the trailblazers they are today. The team, alongside a selection of designer-makers, will discuss how their innovative business model and unique business incubation offer supports independent designer-makers to become more successful.
We will be joined at this event by carréducker, a shoe-making school and creator of fine men’s footwear; Jane Adam, crafter of unique jewellery with foundations in woodworking and metalworking; and Catarina Riccabona, an award-winning textile designer and weaver.
Cockpit is currently celebrating its milestone 30th anniversary, and are thrilled to share their stories and advice with the Friends of the RA. This event will be of particular interest to RA Friends running their own creative enterprises, or those with an interest in social enterprise.
A breakfast buffet is included in the price of your ticket. Booking is essential for this event; if you wish to bring a guest please book one ticket for each person.
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