Creative Business Plus

Curious about turning your creative practice into a fully-fledged small business?

This fun and friendly workshop will cover all the essentials you need to get the basics of creative business right, and avoid some of the most common pitfalls that artists can experience when entering the world of self-employment and freelancing.

How to Start and Run a Creative Business was designed by creative practitioners for absolute beginners, and it’s a friendly safe space where every question is a good question, and the mysteries of business will become a little clearer.

You will learn all the following, with a special focus on arts practice and creative industries:

• Setting goals and making a plan for your start-up journey
• The Basics of Business including ABNs, structures, business names and licences
• The legal steps to registering your Business
• The Planning Process in general, and how to understand the different types
• The importance of breaking down what ‘time success’ and priorities mean for you
• The difference between deadlines and goals, and how to make that work in your favour
• Getting ready for managing the money
• Preparing for marketing and promotion
• Where to go for more help

What do I get? All participants of this workshop also receive:

• Lifetime access to a Dropbox folder jam-packed with additional resources and helpful links.
• A practical Workbook to assist with the interactive elements of the workshops.
• Access to additional free webinars to supplement the material covered in the workshop.
• The possibility of further one-to-one business advice, mentoring and support from one of our creative industries business specialist advisors. We have a whole team ready to help!

Who is presenting?

The Creative Plus Business facilitators are unique – all creative professionals from a wide range of arts practices who also have training and experience in the world of business and facilitation. All our workshops have been developed inhouse and delivered by different presenters to ensure they are consistently practical, educational, entertaining, fun – and suitable for creative learning styles. Your facilitator for this workshop will be confirmed when you book.

RSVP: Please let us know if you can join us by reserving a spot (places are limited) and share with your colleagues, select the TIME and VENUE you can attend.

Morning session Forster Civic Centre

Afternoon session Manning Regional Art Gallery in Taree

PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK THE LOCATION for your chosen time and places are limited so if you can not attend please let us know. This is an in demand seminar funded by the Metal Manufacturers Arts Grant, made possible by the Friends of the Manning Regional Art Gallery

9:30am - 12:30pm Forster Civic Centre

2:00pm - 5:00pm Manning Regional Art Gallery

We look forward to embarking on this journey of professional connection on Worimi and Biripi Country, brought to you by TLE Electrical and Manning Regional Art Gallery.

Host or Publisher Manning Regional Art Gallery