What is QAMn?
QAMn
is a not for profit orginisation that aims to provide artists and smaller community arts orginisations with access to marketing and publicity advice, facilitation of grant funding workshops, marketing opportunities, media and event management training.The overarching strategy of QAMn is to market "the arts" and the long-term opportunities in provides in enhancing the quality of life for all Queenslanders.
Artists often find it difficult to market themselves and source the various grants and funding opportunities available to them. More often than not, artists are working in other areas of employment to support their creative output. Ultimately, successful marketing of artist's skills will provide artists' sustainability.
The first stage in the development of QAMn was to establish a website and a weekly newsletter. All information on the website is available free of charge and provides employment and income information, event listings, art links and details of funding and grant opportunities. Each month, a local artist is featured who not only receives exposure on the website and in the newsletters, but they also receive advice on marketing themselves and their work, publicity and event management assistance.
Arts companies, groups, orginisations and artists often don't have the resources to employ full-time marketing, sponsorship and public relations professionals. They also often need advice and assistance in how to "market" their talents and meet the "right people" to achieve their creative vision, provide financial assistance and/or employment in the arts.
Being an artist is a unique talent; be it a musician, dancer, visual artist or writer and requires a unique marketing vision and the assistance from a marketing network specialising in the promoting creative industries - QAMn.
Queensland Arts Marketing Network is a resource and network for all artists. All workshops, employment information, grant funding sessions and general advice is free.
QAMn receives financial support from 4 main sources:
QAMn's goals:
è to provide artists with free marketing, publicity, media and event management advice.
è to provide a resource facilities to artists to access free performance, rehearsal and
exhibition spaces.
è to provide a free job and employment opportunities service.
è to create a central contact and resource facility for employers, consumers and corporate
sponsors.
è to co-ordinate free workshops, information sessions and networking functions for artists,
communities, groups, orginisations.
è to provide access for artists to free promotion via QAMn newsletters and website.
è to facilitate funding and financial support for artists from both the private and public
sources.
QAMn is a central marketing and advocacy resource for ALL artists, artsworkers and orginisations in Queensland.
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