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means  art  

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•  What  do  you  want  to  do?    •  Where  do  you  want  to  work?    

Career  Trajectories  

New  Career  Trajectories  

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business  Conferences  

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Start  up  investment  

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Your  Art  business  

What  do  you  think  you  need  to  know  to  run  your  own  business?  

 

Ar-sts  as  sole  traders  

Your  Art  business  

•  Business  planning  •  Budge9ng  •  Marke9ng  •  Governance  •  Showmanship  and  investment  •  Industry  prac9ces  and  standards  (Code  of  Prac9ce)  

 

Your  Own  Business  

•  Copyright  and  moral  rights.      hUp://www.copyright.org.au/find-­‐an-­‐  answer/  

•  Resale  Royalty      hUp://www.resaleroyalty.org.au/  

•  Personal  Property  Security  Register      hUp://www.ppsr.gov.au/AsktheRegistrar/  FactSheets/Pages/default.aspx  

 

Protec-ng  your  business    

•  RESALE  ROYALTY    – Started  on  the  9th  of  June  2010  but  is  currently  under  review  and  at  risk  of  being  reversed.    

– commercial  resales  of  artworks  over  $1,000  (including  GST)  must  be  reported;  and    

–   a  5%  royalty  is  payable  on  some  resales.    – The  Australian  government  appointed  Copyright  Agency  as  the  administrator.    

Protec-ng  your  business    

•  PPSR  –  KEY  POINTS  –  if  you  have  a  commercial  consignment  arrangement  with  a  gallery  or  dealer  you  have  what  is  now  known  as  a  ‘security  interest’  in  that  art.  

– applies  to  commercial  consignments  where  an  ar9st  consigns  art  works  to  a  gallery  or  dealer  to  be  sold  and  where  both  par9es  trade  in  art  in  the  ordinary  course  of  business.    

Protec-ng  your  business    

Your  Art  business  

     hUps://visualarts.net.au/code-­‐of-­‐prac9ce/  

NAVA’s  Code  of  Prac-ce  

Your  Art  business  

•  Commerical  galleries  •  Working  with  public  funded  galleries  •  Commissioning  process  •  Residencies  and  workshops  •  Compe99ons,  awards  and  prizes  •  Fees  and  wages  •  Copyright  and  moral  rights  •  Tax,  Insurance,  OH&S  

NAVA’s  Code  of  Prac-ce  

Your  Art  business  

Key  areas  for  considera9on  •  Contracts  and  agreements  •  Fees  and  wages  •  Public  Art      

NAVA’s  Code  of  Prac-ce.  

Your  Art  business  

•  Addi9onal  resources    – visualarts.net.au  including  the  Code  of  Prac9ce  – NAVA  Grants    – Upcoming    

•  Studio  exchanges.    •  DIY  workshops  with  ARIs  

 

NAVA  Resources  

 How  Can  NAVA  help  with  Your  Career?  

 NAVA  Connect  

Your  Art  business  

Support  organisa9ons  •  Arts  Law  Centre  of  

Australia  •  Viscopy  Industry  news  •  ArtsHub    •  Crea9ve  Spaces  •  The  Loop    •  Crea9ve  Foyer    

Resource  organisa9ons  •  Copyright  Council  •  Na9onal  Crak  Ini9a9ve    Gov.  funding  agencies  •  Australia  Council  for  the  

Arts  •  Arts  NSW    

 

Other  support  organisa-ons  

Career  Trajectories  Grant  Opportuni-es  The  reali9es…..the winners: some statistics

From NAVA Program Applicants/Successful Numbers

•  Freedman Foundation 50/6

•  Australian Artist Grant 201/40

•  NSW Artist Grant 127/34

 

Grant Opportunities

Applying For Grants

When making an application for funding your aim is to optimise your chances of being successful.

There are 4 major parts in optimising your chances. They are:

•  having an idea or purpose that is seen to be worthy of funding

•  finding the appropriate funding agency(s)

•  preparing the best possible application and support material, and

•  being able to successfully acquit any funds received.

Applying for exhibitions, grants, etc….

TIPS:•  Research, research, research….then select.

•  Familiarise yourself with the application processes.

•  KNOW THE DEADLINES!

•  Look slick!

•  Get ready to talk about yourself.

You need a close match between your

needs and the agency’s objectives will need to be demonstrated.

Find a funding body that is right for you

Applying for grants

6. Budget

Grants, Residencies, Prizes….

Support  Material  

•  CV’s  •  Ar9st  Statements  

•  Short  Biographies  

•  Examples  of  your  work  

Ar-st  CV  •  A good CV should be:

-  Focused on your Art Practice

-  Organised into categories of information

-  Attractive, clear, concise and up to date

-  Able to be easily referred to

- Brief (no more than two A4 pages long)

 

 

Ar-st  CV  •  Top Tips For CVs

-  Use a consistent font, size, colour and style of formatting

-  Allow some space for visual breathing room

-  Don’t use bold, italics, underline and different size font all at once

-  Start with the most recent exhibitions and prizes etc and work back

-  Leave out activities that are more than 5 years old unless very relevant / impressive

- Edit back to the most impressive achievements and activities

Artist Statement

•  Paragraph 1. What is the project? What/how/when/where? 50 words

•  Paragraph 2. Aims: how will it consolidate past work and develop your future practice?

50 words •  Paragraph 3. Outcomes: how will it contribute to the art

field? This sets your work in a context and also shows originality.

50 words

Short Bio

•  Paragraph 1. Training, studies or research. Where did you study/work? Where do you now lecture/teach/work?

50 words

•  Paragraph 2. Your exhibition / performance history and major public or private collections.

50 words •  Paragraph 3. Any awards, scholarships or prizes, or have

you judged any? Have you had articles published? Workshops? Television/radio broadcasts?

50 words

Imagery

Supplying imagery

•  Check the format that imagery should be supplied in

•  Tell the story of your work and make it relevant to your application

•  Provide good quality imagery

•  Provide copies, not masters

•  Only provide the quantities asked for

•  Label the imagery as appropriate to the medium

• 

Successful Applications

Acquitting the Funds

Acquitting the funds received means providing a report to the funding agency after the project has been completed.

An acquittal would usually include: - a written report outlining what was achieved and whether it was successful - copies of any feedback received & media coverage - a budget breakdown showing how the money was spent.

Grants, Residencies, Prizes….

Grants:•  NAVA•  Arts NSW•  Australia Council•  Ian Potter Foundation

Residencies:•  Firstdraft•  Bundanon Trust•  Artspace•  Australia Council•  Asialink

•  Resartis •  Transartis

Prizes / Awards:•  SOYA – early career•  John Fries – early career•  NSW Visual Arts Fellowship –

early career.•  Blake Prize•  Moran Prize.•  Head On

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