Choreography of Parenting

a choreography of parenting with The Work Room

A morning of gentle sharing and connecting for artists & arts workers navigating parenting.

How do we shift between creative practice and caring responsibilities?

This is a morning for arts workers with caring responsibilities to connect with others with similar experiences, sharing the challenges, frustrations, and joys.  It will be a safe environment to talk about the struggles of balancing creative work with caring.

We will share learning from A Choreography of Parenting – a resource pack created by a group of independent artists through The Work Room. This project brought together a peer group to support each other in moving back into active artistic practice while navigating the ongoing choreography of parenting. We will also be joined by Parents in the Performing Arts (PiPA), who will share from their research, support and campaigning to empower parents and carers to stay creative, connected and in their careers while caring.

This event is for freelance artists and cultural workers balancing creative careers with parenting or caring responsibilities, and for those who work alongside them – programmers, producers, and arts organisations seeking to better support parent artists.

Booking and support to attend:

This event is free to attend but booking is essential.

The Work Room has bursaries available to freelance arts workers based in the Highlands to attend this event. Financial support can be towards childcare, travel and your own time. To request a bursary, please email hello@theworkroom.org.uk with your request and with Choreography of Parenting Tron in the subject line.

You are also welcome to bring babes in arms.

Access:

BSL can be provided ‘on demand’. Please let Work Room know if you will require this by the 27 March. If there is anything else that would make attending easier please email hello@theworkroom.org.uk

This event is support by Creative Scotland as part of the Radical Care action research project.