Course Title: Arts Business Level 2

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 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

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 & Video
Week 2                Social History of the Artist / After Art School/ Setting up a Studio
Week 3                The Gallery System and Types of Galleries
Week 4                Exhibition Proposals/ Writing a CV
Week 5                Photographing your work
Week 6                Legal Identity / Contracts
Week 7                Copyright / Moral Rights
Week 8                Visual Arts Organisations / Grants and Other Awards
Week 9                Commissions / The Artist Today
Week 10             Taxation
Week 11             The Artist Gallery Relationship
Week 12             Promotion of Your Work
Week 13             Speaker : Gallery Director
Week 14             Artist
Week 15             Assignment Tutorials
Week 16             Assignment Tutorials
Week 17             Assessment
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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