mentoring

Mentoring from Ellie Shipman

I offer 1:1 or group mentoring and workshop facilitation to support artists, researchers and anyone looking to develop their creative practice, share research in visual ways or who is interested in working creatively with communities. This is held either online or in person in Bristol. 

I offer DYCP application support for Arts Council England's Developing Your Creative Practice, and have mentored artists on MA Curation placements, through CreativeShift's CreateEmerge programme for arts in health projects as well as individual practitioners. I have also trained researchers in creative public engagement and workshop facilitation skills.

My approach is open, honest, and generous whilst making space for friendly critique, asking vital questions and being strategic about your creative practice.

Get in touch to have an initial 20 minute chat for free. 

'Your attitude and approach to work is inspiring, how you communicate and connect is really insightful and the creativity, ideas and engagement really is exciting, magical in fact. So thank you.'
Artist mentee

'Working with Ellie is always a great experience. She is intuitive and great at making researchers feel comfortable trying new creative methods for engaging with publics about their work. Ellie finds the right balance of creative activities that aren’t intimidating to get started with, but that also get people thinking about things deeply from different angles. Ellie facilitates workshops with humour and care and creates a supportive environment for people to share ideas.'

Ellie Hart, Public Engagement Associate, University of Bristol

'Ellie's creativity and enthusiasm transformed a discussion of our research findings into an engaging and stimulating event with local partners, out of which new and exciting research ideas have emerged.' 
Dr Ailsa Cameron, University of Bristol