I’m an artist, I don’t need to do workshops. Wrong.

Professional workshops can bolster your studio practice in surprising ways.
Woman in yellow shirt at potters wheel. Art workshops

As artists, makers and creatives, it is easy to get bunkered down by your own studio practice – caught between the eddies of life and delivering work. So the thought of taking time to do a creative workshop is a distant one – often considered as an expensive luxury.

But professional practice workshops can offer a key to extending your work to another level, not to mention a great refresher on techniques and gleaning tips from colleagues.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina