Tuesday 5th May | 5.30–7.30pm | Building 41, Cowes | Free
Following the recent round of 1:1 sessions with artist support specialist Alys Scott-Hawkins, we received far more applications than we had places available. To make sure more people can benefit from Alys’s experience, we’re offering this small group session for IW Creative Network members.
This informal session will focus on how to prioritise your creative work when life pulls in multiple directions. Many creatives are balancing their practice alongside other commitments – family, work, health, funding applications, commissions and everyday responsibilities. This session will offer practical tools and discussion to help you step back, clarify what matters most, and find ways to move forward with greater focus and confidence.
The session will explore:
- prioritising your creative work alongside other commitments
- managing competing demands on your time
- finding realistic ways to sustain your practice
- creating space for focus and momentum in your work.
Alys Scott-Hawkins is an artist support specialist who works with artists and creatives to help overcome barriers, develop projects and navigate funding opportunities.
She regularly works with IW Creative Network members, delivering 1:1 mentoring sessions, Group Crit sessions in partnership with Quay Arts, advice on project development, funding applications and career direction.
Alys is also a member of the Artist Council for a-n, the UK’s largest membership organisation for visual artists, and previously led the Artist Development programme at ‘a space’ arts in Southampton, where she built strong networks across the South Coast arts sector.
This session is for:
- IW Creative Network members who feel pulled in multiple directions with their creative work
- are trying to balance practice with other commitments
- want to regain focus, direction and momentum.
This is not a lecture, but a facilitated conversation and reflective session designed to help you think clearly about your next steps.
Places are limited to 10 participants to keep the session supportive and conversational.
To book your place, email: georgia@creativeisland.org
121 Sessions As part of the IW Creative Network’s talent development programme, members can now apply for a 2-hour 121 Creative Advisory Session with artist mentor Alys Scott Hawkins. These sessions offer tailored guidance to help you develop your portfolio, strengthen funding applications, or find new direction in your practice. To find out more and apply, please click the link below:
https://iwcreativenetwork.com/apply-now-round-1-of-121-creative-advice-sessions-2026-online-with-alys-scott-hawkins/
