Make Shift is a space for 18-30 year old creatives to come together in the Pervasive Media Studio at Watershed on the first Tuesday evening of each month. This is an opportunity to meet other creatives in the city, use one of our hot desk spaces, seek advice on your creative project or next steps in your career in a welcoming environment.

Each month we’ll have a guest from the Pervasive Media Studio who works professionally in the creative industries who will speak about their work and can give advice. Guest speakers will be experts in their field, from VR film makers to finance professionals.

As part of September's Make Shift, artist Lucy J Turner will share thoughts about visual storytelling.

Lucy is a Bristol based artist, digital illustrator, activist and creator. She has worked on projects with Rife Magazine, Watershed, Creative Youth Network, Rising Arts Agency, Arnolfini, Black minds Matter UK, 91 Ways, Shelby X Studios and Rockett St George.

Lucy will explore the importance of visual storytelling and how it pervades the world around us. She will share her approach to developing creative work and invite you to participate in a fun / informative visual storytelling activity.

Benefits

• Find out about Watershed, the Pervasive Media Studio and what we offer to South West based creatives
• A chilled space where you can hot-desk for an evening
• Meeting spaces to speak about creative projects
• Talks from experts on anything from finding funds for your project to how to do your tax return

You are welcome to arrive from 17:30. The hosted element of the event will start at 18:00 and finish at 19:30. Thereafter, you are invited to continue conversations or use our hot desks to do your own work in the Pervasive Media Studio until 21:00. Don't worry if you can't make it for the beginning of the session or stay for the whole session.

Keeping Each Other Safe

If you are joining us in person, here is some useful information on what we expect from you and what you can expect from us.

We ask you to please do the following:

• Where possible, take a lateral flow test before attending the event.
• Wear a mask when moving around the building, unless you are exempt. You are welcome to take it off when seated and if you are eating or drinking.
• Wash your hands regularly and/or use the hand sanitiser provided.
• Avoid shaking hands with other attendees.
• Socially distance at the event, wherever possible.
• Do not attend if you have any Covid symptoms or have been advised to self-isolate.

To help keep staff and visitors safe, Watershed staff will do the following:

• Make sure that the venue is well-ventilated (the space can get cold, so we suggest wearing a jumper or coat).
• Clean equipment between uses.
• Manage the capacity to make sure spaces do not get too crowded.

About Pervasive Media Studio

The Pervasive Media Studio hosts an international community of over 100 artists, companies, technologists, and academics exploring experience design and creative technology. We are a space for risk taking and early ideas; for the kind of projects and questions that inhabit the meeting points of art, technology, and society.

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