Are you a musician or artist currently navigating your career and funding structures? Join us for MIXER, an information-sharing and networking event that brings together artists working across sound and music with representatives from some of the UK’s most prominent arts and culture funding bodies.
MIXER interrogates how funders and institutions can better resource musicians working across disciplines, industries and cultural silos – helping to reimagine a grassroots music ecosystem that is diverse and community-centred.
Programme
The event kicks off with a panel talk with funders from PRS Foundation, Arts Council England and Youth Music alongside funded artists Gaika, Hinako Omori, and Diasporas Now’s RIEKO (Rieko Whitfield). Together they will share practical advice on how to pitch successful projects. Following the panel, attendees will take part in breakout sessions where they are encouraged to prepare and present short ‘elevator pitches’ for their own projects, receiving real-time feedback from the panel speakers.
The evening conclude with a DJ set from Michael Diamond of the Youth Music NextGen Community, creating space for informal networking and conversation.
Diasporas Now x PRS Foundation: MIXER is part of ICA Speaking Futures x Diasporas Now – co-programmed by the ICA’s collective-in-residence, live art platform Diasporas Now.