Training project for digital capacity building and project management for artists and cultural actors

This project consists of a series of 5 workshops on different topics, whose common thread will be to enable participants to benefit from a holistic approach when formalizing their artistic projects.

More and more artists, who are just starting out, or consolidated artists but coming from more informal ways of doing things, need to formalize their career or cultural projects, in order to become more professional, have access to more opportunities and to better communicate their work so that they gain visibility.

But to formalize a project, there is the need to be able to communicate the goals and development of the artistic project, it is necessary to be clear about who the audience is and what message needs to be passed through.

Technologies are making possible to gain a lot of visibility that was previously limited to the big names, but this visibility has for price to be accessible to all, there is competition and it is therefore necessary to understand the digital medium, its codes and to understand the often false restrictions imposed due to a lack of knowledge of the medium.

Together with the technical approach, these workshops have as objective the understanding of the impact of technology at different levels, and for that we will see how the body, gestures help to understand technology, how the body is used in the digital world.

This project consists of 5 workshops for artists, cultural actors and anyone involved in the cultural sector.

Thinking technology: reflection on technology from the body. (Moderators: Omar Sene + Carolina García – 3h)

This interactive workshop with participants is part of the “Thinking Technology” workshop series where we want to analyze the different layers of our current relationship with technology from the body language. We want to reflect collectively and critically on the role of technology in today’s world, to do this we will use body language, dance.

Creation of cultural projects (Trainer: Emile Thiaw -12h)
The ability to create projects is essential for cultural actors and their development in the cultural industry, allowing them to boost their artistic career. This workshop will teach how to create the structure of a cultural project and the basics of content writing.

Storytelling in online communication (Trainer: Carolina García -9h)
Whether it’s on social networks or in any other format, the most important thing to have visibility on the net is to be able to tell stories. In this workshop we will look at the different ways of communicating online, narrative, visual and media. We will give tips on how to use copyright in communication.

What do I need to create a website and why? (Trainer: Carolina García – 12 hours)
Internet presence is essential for the visibility of artists. This workshop will teach the basics of developing a professional website and what requirements are needed to put the site online (hosting, domains, etc).

Personal Development (Trainer: Emile Thiaw – 6h)
To make a career in the cultural sector, it is necessary that it is accompanied by a personal development of the artist, in this workshop we give some important keys in this regard.

We have done the first edition of the training at the Blaise Senghor Regional Cultural Center