PODCAST [8] The role of freelancers in the arts and music sector – with Ruth Jones, youth arts specialist
In this episode, I’m talking about freelancing in the arts with Ruth Jones. Ruth is a youth arts specialist, trainer, and bass player – as well as being an experienced arts and music development manager currently working with Arts Awards and Wiltshire Music Connect.
You can listen now below, or on Spotify (search for the name) and iTunes.
What’s in this episode?
We talk about:
- how as a teenage single-parent living with new-age travellers, Ruth Jones became an arts project manager, and went on to running arts and social justice organisations
- why she feels that freelancers have an important role to play in the sector, and the value they bring
- the importance of focusing on your purpose, financial planning and charging properly for your time
- speaking truth to power
- how freelancers can evaluate and market their work
- whether there’s a need for more support, training, and mentoring for freelancers
- and we finish with a simple way that organisations can help to support freelancers
Links for this episode
Ruth’s Twitter account @RuthJ1
Creative Industries Federation – Creative Freelancers report
Arts Professional – How to survive as a freelancer
Guardian – What I wish I had known about freelancing in the arts
Transcript
Read the Music for Education and Wellbeing podcast [8] TRANSCRIPT
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The music for the podcast was created by Otis Hynds, a young person working with Noise Solution.
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