Course Title: Arts Business Level 2
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2008
Course Code: BUSM5236
Course Title: Arts Business Level 2
School: 340T Art
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5048 - Diploma of Arts (Visual Arts)
Course Contact : Kellyann Geurts
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4472
Course Contact Email:kellyann.geurts@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 32
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Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to provide participants with the skills, knowledge and attitudes required to apply sound business practice within the legal responsibilities of a self employed art practitioner.
Arts Business Practice is a compulsory course within the second year of the program. The course provides a vocational focus on the arts industry and how a self employed visual artist relates to this industry.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
VBS648 Arts Business Level 2 |
Learning Outcomes
1. Set up, use and maintain an effective studio for art practice
2. Describe basic provisions of contract law and how artists are affected by contracts and contract law
3. Describe basic provisions of intellectual property and copyright
4. Describe the basic provisions for artists in our taxation system
Details of Learning Activities
Arts Business Level 2 provide students with research and business planning skills necessary to initiate and develop as a self-employed artist.
Course Delivery is in the form of :
• Lecture format
• Class discussions
• Individual tuition
Teaching Schedule
Talks and activities are based on the following topics:
1. Set up, use and maintain an effective studio for art practice
2. Describe basic provisions of contract law and how artists are affected by contracts and contract law
3. Describe basic provisions of intellectual property and copyright
4. Describe the basic provisions for artists in our taxation system
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Grant, Daniel ‘The Business of being an Artist
Simpson, Shane ‘The Visual Arts and the Law’
Stokes, James F. ‘Earning a Living in the Visual Arts & Crafts in Australia’.
Web Sights:
ARTsearch www.art-search.com.au
Arts Victoria www.arts.vic.gov.au
Arts Hub http://www.artshub.com.au/ahau1/default.asp
Artsinfo www.artsinfo.net.au
Arts Law Centre of Aust. www.artslaw.com.au
Australia Council www.ozco.gov.au
Australian Business Arts Foundation,The www.abaf.org.au
Australian Commercial Galleries Assoc. www.acga.com.au/ACGAindex.html
Australian Copyright Council www.copyright.org.au/
Craft Australia www.craftaustralia.com.au
Commonwealth Dept of Communications
NAVA
(National Association for the Visual Arts) www.visualarts.net.au/home
Viscopy http://www.viscopy.com
Overview of Assessment
Research on exhibition spaces in Melbourne catering for emerging artists
Assessment Tasks
Assessment requirements:
Research on exhibition spaces is submitted at the end of semester one
Assessment Matrix
| Week | Activity | Learning Outcome |
| 1 | Orientation | |
| 2 | Introduction Video Tape – ‘Original Schtick’ |
Identify issues related to an artist’s professional practice Documentary on a visiting artist to Melbourne and his self promotional behaviour |
| 3 | After Art School Setting up a studio Photographing your work |
Identifying issues with setting up a studio and running a studio space collaboratively with a group of artists Photographing and presentation of visual material for an exhibition proposal |
| 4 | Exhibition proposals Legal Representation |
Identify the issues in writing an exhibition proposal Identifying legal forms of interaction and representation |
| 5 | Legal Representation | Identifying legal forms of interaction and representation |
| 6 | Copyright Moral Rights |
Identifying major copyright issues Presenting the rights of the artist as the ‘owner’ of their own work |
| 7 | Visual Arts Organizations Grants and Other Awards Commissions |
Identifying government and private organizations who offer assistance to the visual arts |
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