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Our Art Technician training sessions are designed to support best practices in the presentation, handling and installation of artworks and artefacts – from painting and sculpture to film and digital art, this training provides the skills to work across the arts and cultural sector.

We are running training days next year with the Building Craft College in London and need some feedback before we put it out to the world. You can find the survey HERE

This is what we will be offering as four individual one-day sessions or all 4 sessions for a discount:

ART HANDLING: Understand the importance of planning, understanding artistic mediums, appropriate equipment and how to handle artworks and objects safely and securely in accordance with H&S regulations focusing on Manual Handling, understanding artistic mediums and their handling considerations, moving art and artefacts, etc. 

PACKING ART & ARTEFACTS: Identify the appropriate materials to use to safely and securely pack art and objects for…

Coventry University and ArtTechSpace Ltd have created an Art Technician training course to address the art technical skills shortage in the West Midlands area, which has been running for 2 years now with good results.

Coventry University in partnership with ArtTechSpace would like to run a similar programme in the West Midlands but focusing on up-skilling those already working as technicians and 'train the trainers'. We would like to gauge the need for this with some information and feedback from technicians already working in the West Midlands.

The aim of the training would be to provide a high standard of professional training to support continued and increased employment in the arts and cultural sector. Our Art Technician training sessions and programs are designed to support best practice in the presentation, handling, installation and storage of artworks and artefacts in the gallery/museum setting.

We would appreciate if you could complete this…