The VI: Enterprise program offers young people, under the age of 25 years, a safe and central space to pursue creative or professional ventures. There are a whole range of options available for building knowledge, skills and confidence through workshops, networks, mentors, advisors and industry support.
Council’s VI: Enterprise is committed to strengthening pathways and partnerships to other co-working, creative spaces to support young people’s projects and ideas. This program sits in a unique part of the start-up and enterprise ecosystem. It is a free and neutral program for young people with emerging ideas looking to develop confidence and knowledge that delivers on Council’s 2031 Vision for a Smart and Prosperous City.
Applying a range of opportunities and resources from Council, private partnerships and community organisations VI: Enterprise engages young people to facilitate, showcase and produce a range of events, workshops, and experiences around Brisbane.
The VI: Enterprise program is designed with three levels of engagement: Enterprise Attendees, Enterprising Young People, and Enterprise Tenants. This provides an opportunity for young people to identify the most suitable pathway for them, allowing support to emerging, grassroots participants as well as those young people that are more established. The levels of engagement are all connected and flexible in their delivery, allowing appropriate pathways across various platforms for young people to engage with.
Enterprise Attendees might pop along to some of our workshops or events run in partnership with other organisations such as EVA (Emerging Visual Artists) Workshops, QMusic Industry Connect or generationYOU Inspire.
Enterprising Young People are individuals, groups or Collectives such as KISVIS or Copy & Destroy, who want to grow their skills and confidence through utilising Visible Ink staff knowledge, skill-shots, training, and paid experience. While these young people may not need an “office space” as such, they are a part of VI: Enterprise.
Enterprise Tenants receive the additional support of having access to a hot desk space. The offices located in the Visible Ink Youth Hub are a collaborative co-working environment, where Tenants are grouped with like-minded companies or individuals, be they creative, professional, or social enterprise. Before becoming a tenant space is offered on a negotiated timeframe with a signed contract outlining Visible Ink’s Enterprise expectations and tenants obligations. Each contract is developed based on the young person/company and how they can best give back by raising the profile of young people in Brisbane.
To be considered for a place in the VI:Enterprise program, young people need to be:
- 25 years of age and under
- Have a clear idea of the venture
- Be committed in working with others to grow ideas
- Be interested in changing Brisbane for the better
- Complete the enterprise application and meet with Visible Ink staff
We currently have capacity to support young people in Music & Production, Creative Arts and The Basics of stepping into the world of start-ups.
It's what you make of it - Some Youth Led Initiatives
Sober Bob
Sober Bob – sometimes known as Anne – is a young Brisbane creative, dabbling in various forms of design and independent media circulation. She runs her own design business, built off the back of a history of freelancing in IT.
Maeve Baker
An animator, illustrator and human girl, Maeve spends her time creating and communicating visually. She loves getting her hands dirty experimenting with new mediums and collaborating with others. http://maevebkr.com/
Hot Chicks with Big Brains
Hot Chicks with Big Brains started out late 2014 as a rather niche, online-only interview series and is now a bi-annual print publication that is moving to quarterly in 2018. The publication primarily facilitates and publishes conversations with, about, and between women that focus on work. It also includes a Featured Artist as well as photo-essays, art work and body-positive photo-shoots. http://hotchickswithbigbrains.com/
One Woman Project
The One Woman Project is a youth-lead, registered non-for-profit organisation focused upon education about and advocacy promoting gender equality. https://www.onewomanproject.org/
Ibis
Artists run collective who put together a small press zine, embracing creativity and everyday observations of Brisbane life.
Developing Artist In Residence
The Developing Artist in Residence (DAIR) program is a year-long opportunity available for a young and emerging artist to gain support and knowledge within visual arts to develop their practice, gain experiences and build confidence as a practitioner in Brisbane’s creative economy. This program sits within Visible Ink’s Enterprise programming.
The VI: Enterprise program offers young people, under the age of 25 years, a safe and central space to pursue creative or professional ventures. There are a whole range of options available for building knowledge, skills and confidence through workshops, networks, mentors, advisors and industry support. Applying a range of opportunities and resources from Council, private partnerships and community organisations VI: Enterprise engages young people to facilitate, showcase and produce a range of events, workshops, and experiences around Brisbane.
In the past the Visible Ink DAIR participants have run multiple workshop series to teach others various arts skills, curated exhibitions of their work and other young artists from around Brisbane, as well as creating commissioned works for Council for a variety of events including Valley Fiesta and projections on the William Jolly Bridge.
You can find out more about our current DAIR – Skyler – or check back in with us in January when applications re-open for DAIR 2019.
Want to document an awesome project or capture your performance on film but don’t have the gear you need to do it… Just use ours! Visible Ink has a range of equipment to support young people to start their own business ventures and creative projects. Our swag of goodies is available to hire for a week at a time, all you have to do to check out the availability is send us an email or use this form and we’ll book some gear for you!
We currently have the following resources available:
- Yamaha PA Stage system
- Portable/Battery PA system
- DJ Deck
- Microphones and stands
- LED Lighting system
- Studio Lighting kit
- Spotlight and stands
- Projectors
- DSLR Cameras with a variety of lenses
- Tripods
- GoPro Video Cameras (with optional helmet)
- JVC Video Camera
- Fuji Digital Stills Cameras
- White screen backdrop with frame
- Green screen backdrop with frame
Not for hire, but can be used during opening hours:
- Lino printing resources
- Black Magic 4K Camera (see staff about booking this)
- Free WiFi and computer workstations with 10Mb upload capacity
- Photocopier, printer and scanner
- A3 Lightbox for artwork
- Badge maker
Visible Ink has three badge makers that you’re welcome to use during our opening hours. If you’re planning a large scale project, you’ll need to supply your own badge parts. Our machines can produce three sizes – 25mm, 35mm, 57mm – for your projects. Parts can be ordered online, for an Australian supplier check Badge-A-Minit (they have all the sizes available for our machines).
- 3D Printer
Visible Ink has a 3D printer available for you to develop your concepts, although please be aware you need to email first and confirm a time with staff so we can give training around programs and printing.
Media Studio
This Studio features professional audio and graphic design tools including:
- iMac with Pro Tools 12 and Garage Band
- Focusrite 2i2 Interface, Rode NT2A Microphone, KRK Rockit 8 Monitors
- Adobe Premier and Creative Suite for Graphic Design and Film editing
This studio must be booked ahead of time and you must attend an induction before you can use this equipment, please see the Spaces booking form for more details
During opening hours young people can come into the space to have a tour, utilise the Maker Space, Copy & Destroy Zine Library and Arts Hub. All our rooms are available to be booked between 7am and 10pm, seven days a week. Bookings for Rooms and Equipment are taken through online booking forms, but if you have any questions feel free to have a chat with us.
REHEARSAL SPACE: A 50 metre square multi-purpose space that has a timber floor, full length curtains, floor to ceiling mirrors for rehearsals. The room is also fully air-conditioned with access to a projector, screen, sound system and free WiFi. Suitable to seat up to 65 people with a small stage.
MULTI SPACE: A dual purpose rehearsal and meeting space with timber floors, a mirrored wall and good natural light (or complete darkness via blinds). This room can seat 20 people at foldaway tables and also has a projector, sound system, whiteboard and free WiFi access.
MEETING ROOM: Suitable for small group meetings or activities, fits 8 comfortably but could take as many as 12. This room has a whiteboard and WiFi access.
MEDIA STUDIO:
The Visible Ink Music and Media Studio is a free facility providing access to professional equipment and software for people with a basic knowledge of recording and audio production. You must attend an Induction Session before booking this studio, these monthly sessions occur on the last Thursday of the Month between 6:00pm-7:00pm.
To book your Induction click here, tell us what you want to use the space for and we will reply with an invitation to the next Induction Session.
This Studio features professional audio and graphic design tools including:
- iMac with Pro Tools 12 and Garage Band
- Focusrite 2i2 Interface, Rode NT2A Microphone, KRK Rockit 8 Monitors
- Adobe Premier and Creative Suite for Graphic Design and Film editing
ARTS HUB: Stocked with visual arts supplies from paint to pastel to plaster, this space is available during Visible Ink’s opening hours for you to come along and be creative. Anything made in the space is yours to take home, and it’s all free. We also host an Arts Collective – check out their Facebook page for upcoming events, workshops or meet-ups.
MAKER SPACE: Visible Ink provides free internet, computers and printing services for young people during our opening hours. We have a lot of young and emerging bands, zinesters and groups working on festivals, events and rallies that hang out in the Maker Space. It’s a great place to connect with other creatives and get inspired.
BREAKOUT SPACE/KITCHEN: We have an awesome lounge and kitchen area to chill out and relax in with free tea, coffee and milo. It is stocked with crockery and utensils, we just ask that you clean up your mess and throw your stuff in the dishwasher.
COURTYARD: Our outdoor area is a nice place to relax, have some lunch and catch the breeze.
COPY & DESTROY ZINE LIBRARY: The zine library showcases our collection of zines, from current and past zine makers. We also have an archive of zines spanning the past decade, if you wanna have a blast from the past. Come in and have a browse!
If you’ve got something to say or show, chances are you’ll need a way to get the word out. Visible Ink has facilities for limited run printing in colour and black & white.
Visible Ink is here to support young people to get their projects up, so if you’re publicising an event with posters or pamphlets, publishing a small press zine or putting a design onto a badge for your bands merch table, we can help get the ideas onto paper.
We’re obviously not running a print shop, so limitations apply (small runs of 50 colour A4 sized sheets or 25 colour A3), but we give you the opportunity to experiment with your design and get print-ready to take to commercial printer.
You can also access computers with design and publishing software, or even get into some traditional print making with our lino cut and screen-printing equipment.
