The Sustained Creative
A monthly meetup for creative professionals
Being a creative and building a professional life has always been challenging. Now though, in a time where the rate of change - economic, cultural, political and technological - is staggering. these challenges can feel overwhelming.
The Sustained Creative is a brand-new gathering for emerging and established artists, actors, writers, filmmakers, designers, makers, musicians, producers, sculptors, photographers and anyone building a life around creative work.
A Life That Works
Creative work can be meaningful and deeply human. It can also be precarious, underfunded, isolating and difficult to hold together, especially against an economic backdrop that often fails to recognise the value of creative labour.
The Sustained Creative meetup exists precisely to address to this reality.
This monthly event offers up a space for conversation, connection and practical support. The aim is simple: to help creative professionals meet, share what's happening in their working lives and build the kind of community that makes creative work more sustainable, more energising and more motivating.
this is not just a networking evening, though meeting people is central to it. It is also a place to explore the pressures creative professionals carry, the resources they might need and the practical knowledge that helps them to continue to make, earn and flourish over time.
Who it is for
This gathering is open to creative professionals from all disciplines and at all stages of working life.
You might be:
a fine artist, sculptor or craftsperson
an actor, writer, performer or theatre-maker
a filmmaker, photographer or producer
a musician, designer or creative freelancer
someone running or developing a creative business
someone trying to make creative work viable alongside other responsibilities
You do not need to fit neatly into one category. If creative work is part of your professional life, you are welcome.
First session: work stress in the creative industries
The first Sustained Creative evening will include a short workshop on work stress in the creative industries.
We will look at why creative work can place particular pressure on people: unstable income, blurred boundaries, visibility, rejection, irregular hours, funding pressures, self-promotion and the constant need to generate new work.
The workshop will offer a simple framework for understanding stress and begin to identify the needs, resources and practical support that help creative professionals stay well and keep working.
When
First Tuesday of the month
6–9pm
Where
socialbar
15 High Street, Saxmundham
Drink and food available.
Booking
Sign up here
Or email: hello@visitsocialbar.com
