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Arts Programme: Global Talent

When: —
Venue: Birkbeck Main Building, Malet Street

No booking required

International experience can be an incredible asset to your career prospects; it shows employers you are confident, motivated and independent!

It can help you build a network of international contacts and gain in depth knowledge of other cultures.

This workshop will include Employer and Alumni-led delivery on overseas opportunities and experiences.

Speakers will include Irene Sartorio and Rory Brooks from LWAI, a recruitment agency dealing with recruitment in the arts sector both here and abroad, along with Birkbeck Alumna, Malwina Chudzinska.

Malwina Chudzinska is an emerging London based producer. In collaboration with Przymierska Morgan and The Cockpit she produced Crossing the Line for the Voila Europe – theatre festival in November 2018. She has also collaborated with the African jazz band, Scarletones, and co- produced a sold out jazz/gospel concert at Canada Water Theatre (July 2017). Malwina graduated from Birkbeck University in 2014 where she studied Theatre and English and worked in various roles across London (Gate Theatre, Leicester Square Theatre, Shakespeare's Globe & Unicorn Theatre.). Currently she works for the Royal College of Music, as their Box Office Supervisor.

Irene Sartorio was born in Italy in 1992 and she has travelled for most of her life, spending her early childhood in Congo and Nigeria. After attending an international high school in Cairo she moved back to Italy to pursue a BA in Fine Arts at the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan. During this time she also spent a semester as an international exchange student at The Pratt Institute of New York. Following her graduation she worked for two years as a Gallery Assistant at Kaufman Repetto, a contemporary art gallery in Milan. She moved to London in 2015 to complete a Master’s degree in Fine Arts at Central Saint Martins, here she had the opportunity to explore the London art scene and also participated in an international residency in Japan. Now she works at Lacey West Art, an art recruitment agency, as a Consultant and Administrator and continues her artistic practice in her spare time.

Rory P Brooks is originally from the UK and grew up in Tanzania, Uganda, and Ghana, before moving to London to finish high school. Having studied Fine Art at Central Saint Martins, he has worked with a number of London based institutions across the creative industries. He has worked in an operational capacity with Sunday, START, and Frieze art fairs, on exhibitions with The Wellcome Collection and The Design Museum, and as an administrator with graphic designers, publishers, and the University of the Arts London. A Researcher and Recruitment Consultant for Lacey West Art, he maintains an artistic and critical practice in his spare time.
 
This workshop is open to all students and will cover aspects relevant to both undergraduate and postgraduate students.

 


* Exclusive to Birkbeck Students*

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