PRACTICE 101
PRACTICE 101 is an Arts Northern Rivers professional development series delivered across the region and online in 2023. The series is designed for artists and art-workers at any career stage looking for additional support in their creative career paths.
Free workshops and information sessions are available across a range of topics including:
Project Planning – how to develop & deliver creative projects
Profile Basics – artist statements bios & how to frame your work for different audiences
Marketing – self-promotion, hype & how to position your work
Arts Law – copyright & artists contracts
Arts Law – First Nations artists’ legal support
Public Art – commissioning processes for art in public space & site-specific work
Grants Writing – arts funding and support for creative projects
Working with Galleries – exhibiting your work in and outside of the regions
Care & Ethics – how to make work with principles of care, inclusivity, safety & wellbeing
Moving in Web3.0 – NFTs & what not to do
Insurance – providers and policy options for legal liability for creatives
Data Culture – collecting the right information & evaluating your projects
Performing Arts Commissioning – how to get your work programmed
Branding by Marguerite Moloney
PRACTICE 101 professional development series has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
Upcoming Sessions
Mid-Career Intensive
Join Arts Northern Rivers for a professional development workshop facilitated by internationally
acclaimed artist, Karla Dickens.
Thu 26 Oct, 10-2pm
Ewingsdale Hall
Past Sessions
Working with Galleries
Facilitated by Grafton Regional Director, Sarah Gurich, this session designed for early-career visual artists will detail how to self-profile and present your work for exhibitions.
Tuesday 12 Sep, 10am-12pm
Tweed Regional Gallery
First Nations Arts Law
Facilitated by Arts Law and Artists in the Black, this session will talk about what rights First Nations artists, creators and cultural practitioners have and how to protect them.
Wed 30 Aug, 10-12
YWCA Australia, Goonellabah
Public Art
Facilitated by Deborah McCormick (NZ), this session positions public art as an essential building block for a thriving community.
Saturday 1 July, 10am-1pm
Elevator ARI
Data Culture
This session is an introduction to evaluation practice in the arts with researcher Tandi Palmer Williams from Patternmakers.
Tuesday 30 May 10-11:30am
Online via Zoom
Profile Basics
The session will provide support with writing an artist statement, biography and CV and is for all art forms facilitated by Paul Shields.
Wednesday 5 April 3-5pm
Grafton Regional Gallery
Project Planning
The session will present an array of basic fundamental tools to help understand the complexity and fascinating phenomenon of creative project planning.
Thursday 30 March 10am-12pm
Murwillumbah Civic and Cultural Centre
resources
Resources from the above sessions will be listed here when available.
