Database Advice Page
Read this if you're looking for an artist to run a workshop...

The County Council recommends that if you are intending to offer work to an artist, especially if it is with younger children or people with special needs, then you should work only with artists with a professional approach, about whom you can find out as much as possible and who have been through the disclosure process via the Central Records Bureau. You should also contact one or more of the artist’s referees. This is done by contacting the artist and obtaining from them the name and number of one of their referees. You would then contact the referee directly to ask them about the suitability etc of the artist.

You may discover an artist on the Database who has exactly the skills for which you are looking, but who has none of the recommended experience etc. Or you may talk to an artist who, for whatever reason, is not able to give you the name of a referee. In all cases, if you are satisfied and wish to offer the artist work, you are perfectly entitled to do so, but Lincolnshire County Council does not recommend it.

Please also note that the database has been designed for individual artists, not for companies and organisations. Details of Lincolnshire companies, arts agencies and arts organisations operating in and around Lincolnshire can be found in the webbed feet section of this website and the County Council would strongly encourage you to contact the relevant members of the professional arts community for further advice. This is particularly the case if you are planning a large-scale project.

The Artists Database is a new and exciting initiative for Lincolnshire. Please let us know if you find any errors, experience any technical difficulties or if you have any suggestions. The database is updated regularly and will be overhauled once a year.

Thank you for reading this …… now go, get yourself an artist