Turning your art into a business

Are you wanting to turn your art practice into a full-time business? Making the decision to go pro is an exciting and rewarding venture, but it can also be daunting. Here are seven steps to follow to help set yourself up for success.

Useful timestamps:
00:22 – Know thy business self
01:06 – Do your market research
01:41 – The legal nuts and bolts
02:27 – Devise a business plan
03:25 – Find a place for your business
04:21 – Get a good accountant
04:40 – Get business savvy

Artists Essentials Toolkit is a co-production of ArtsHub and Creative Victoria.

Presented by Kerry Kennell, Torres Strait Islander (Ugar/Erub) and Director of Same Way Nation – an Indigenous owned and managed boutique consultancy based in Melbourne.

Music: Eternally Alone by Poppongene, released by Our Golden Friend.

Contains public domain footage from The Relaxed Wife (1957), Office Courtesy: Meeting the Public (1952). And images courtesy Abbotsford Convent and Collingwood Yards.

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which this content was created. We pay our respects to Elders, past and present and future.