Course Title: Engage in the business of creative practice

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6128 Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts

Course Title: Engage in the business of creative practice

Portfolio: DSC Portfolio Office

Nominal Hours: 70

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

VART6311C

City Campus

TAFE

340T Art

Face-to-Face

Term1 2015,
VE 2016,
Term1 2016

Course Contact: Jennifer Cabraja and Fay Reynolds

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4472

Course Contact Email: visualarts@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

In this course you will develop skills and knowledge required to adopt a professional approach to creative practice, including engaging in the business aspects of working as a creative practitioner.

Independent creative practitioners sometimes work as employees in small and large organisations. Depending on the particular creative practice, they often operate as sole practitioners, in artist cooperatives, or as freelance or contract workers. Regardless of the business model, all practitioners earning income from their practice must engage with the professional business requirements for a sustainable creative practice.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

CUVPRP603A Engage in the business of creative practice

Elements:

1. Adopt professional work practices

2. Evaluate different business practices

3. Address financial aspects of creative practice

4. Analyse the rights and obligations of creative practitioners

5. Evaluate professional opportunities


Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate your competency in the above elements.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment for this course is on going throughout the semester. Your knowledge and understanding of course content is assessed through completion of a body of work that demonstrates concept development, understanding of materials and adhering to the guidelines of working in a studio.