Clinic+ is Outburst’s open door online clinic for queer artists, writers and creative workers to get support, advice or signposting from our team on a specific issue relating to your work.
We have 16 available half hour meetings (from 28 possible time slots) each month* where you can chat to the gang and get some informal support. That can be practical information, like something you’re stuck on with a funding application, or with making a budget, applying for touring opportunities, or finding peer connections. Or it can be creative support, like feedback on script character development or signposting to research materials on a specific area. If we can’t help directly, we’ll try to signpost you to someone who can.
Please note that Clinic + isn’t a space for running ideas past the team for festival submissions or pitching your work for programming. Follow the link to the Open Call for all the information you need on how to submit work for consideration.
To keep it equitable for everyone submitting work, we don’t offer individual meetings to discuss potential festival submissions.
What we offer through Clinic+ is an informal, open, non-judgemental meeting for a chat about a specific issue or area of your queer work or practice. See it like going to the doctor with a specific ailment rather than for a full check up, i.e. specific issues only rather than help with your overall artistic development or practice. The clinics are also a great way for us to build a better understanding of what queer artists and makers need, so we can advocate for that in our wider work.
Clinic+ slots are currently available each week on Monday and Wednesday mornings and Thursday afternoons.
To request the booking link, please email us at hello@outburstarts.com, briefly introducing your practice and what specifically you would like some support with. If we cand send a simple solution or suggestion via email we’ll do that, otherwise we’ll send you the link to our bookings calendar for a chat and let you know if we’d like any other materials from you before we meet so we can make the best use of our session. It will automatically generate a calendar invitation and a Zoom link for us to meet.
We offer booking for one month at a time only, not all slots listed may be available by the time you book so you may need to consider flexible dates.
* Due to lower team availability duing the busy festival period of October/ November, we offer fewer slots at this time of year.
