Course Title: Arts Business Level 2
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2009
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
Phillip Allan
Email : e61299@ems.rmit.edu.au
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
Lecture and discussion, guest speakers with Powerpoint presentations and DVDs
Teaching Schedule
Week 1 Introduction / Social History of the Artist / After Art School
Week 2 ’Original Schtick’ Documentary
Week 3 Exhibition Proposals and Writing a CV
Week 4 Photographing your work
Week 5 Setting up a Studio / What is a Professional Artist
Week 6 Legal Identity / Contracts
Week 7 Copyright / Moral Rights
Week 8 Taxation
Week 9 The Artist Today
Week 10 Visual Arts Organisations
Week 11 Galleries / Commissions
Week 12 The Artist Gallery Relationship
Week 13 Speaker
Week 14 Grants and Other Awards
Week 15 Promotion of your work
Week 16 Art forgeries
Week 17 Submission of Assignments
Week 18 Assessment
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
References:
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/index.htm
Arts Hub Australia www.artshub.com.au/au/default.asp
Artsinfo www.artsinfo.net.au
Arts Law Centre of Aust. www.artslaw.com.au
Australia Council www.australiacouncil.gov.au/
Australian Business Arts Foundation,The www.abaf.org.au
Australian Commercial Galleries Assoc. www.acga.com.au/
Australian Copyright Council www.copyright.org.au/
Craft Australia www.craftaustralia.com.au
NAVA
(National Association for the Visual Arts) www.visualarts.net.au/
Viscopy www.viscopy.com
Overview of Assessment
Research on exhibition spaces in Melbourne catering for emerging artists
Assessment Tasks
Arts Business Practice L2 : Artist Run Spaces assignment
Arts Business Practice L3 : Writing an Exhibition Proposal
Assessment Matrix
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