Career Advice

Tips for engaging an independent producer (from the archives)
Independent artists sometimes have only a vague sense of how working with a producer might benefit them - or even…

A cure for toxic positivity
What does a positive workplace look like? Beyond the motivational posters, lunchtime yoga, we spoke to two experts about toxic…

Building a career in comedy
Four comedians talk to ArtsHub about the challenges and triumphs of building a career in this competitive industry.

How to grow a small to medium arts organisation
Artspace proves that taking the longer road pays off, literally, when growing a small arts organisation.

So you want my arts job: Fringe Festival Director
Kerri Glasscock discusses the skills required to helm NSW’s largest independent arts festival.

Exit interview: Gallerist Brenda May
After nearly 40-years in the gallery biz, across five different iterations and spaces, Sydney gallerist Brenda May calls it a…

27 things I learned starting a new art business
How to turn old learnings from portfolio careers into new gains, when starting a studio-based business.

So you want my arts job: Lighting designer
To work well as a lighting designer you need to be able to pick up on the emotional cues of…

Artists turn animators
Turning 'stone age animation' into new contemporary narratives thanks to COVID upskilling.

Starter’s guide to fashion contracts
ArtsHub summarises the key takeaways of the latest webinar by Arts Law Centre and Indigenous Fashion Projects on establishing best…