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Good practice
for Artists
It's sometimes hard to decide what to go for and how to get your ideas down on paper, so we’ve selected some key resources to guide you. There’s downloadable advice on budgeting, costing your time, approaching galleries from artists and experts alongside The Code of Practice for the Visual Arts and Good exhibition practice.
Researching opportunities
Find out about the art world, who’s behind the regularly offered prizes and awards, plus a look at some key commissioning issues.
Prizes & awards
Free taster of subscriber-only material held in Prizes & awards section. Read on…
Introduction, a-n.co.uk March 2008, updated August 2011
Reaching your goals
Read the four principles that underpin good practice for all artists; get advice on selecting opportunities and negotiating a better pay rate and make a personalised development plan.
Code of Practice - Artists
A Code of Practice takes commonly-agreed principles of good practice and demonstrates why and how they should be applied. The Code of Practice for the Visual Arts, published by a-n The Artists Information Company, draws from the experiences of… Read on…
Code, a-n.co.uk October 2003. Updated 2006.
Assessing opportunities
A selection of artists and advisers identify the right questions to ask when sussing out the good opportunities from the mediocre and downright mendacious. Compiled by Susan Jones. Read on…
Guide, a-n.co.uk March 2007
Negotiating a better rate of pay
Getting paid a fair fee is not suggestive of a revolution. So why does it sometimes incur resistance, both from those who pay and from ourselves? This guide by Rod McIntosh introduces ideas towards getting paid what you want and indeed deserve. Read on…
Guide, a-n.co.uk January 2005
The artist's development toolkit
This toolkit enables artists and students to develop themselves and their practice. It provides self-reflective material suitable for any career stage and allows artists to review their position and explore ways of developing. Researched and… Read on…
Artist's toolkit, a-n.co.uk July 2004
Setting up
Check out what it takes to be self-employed, do your own marketing, use our nifty toolkit that even does the maths to pin down your day rate for projects and residencies and be inspired by the artists' blogs.
Self-employment
Free taster of subscriber-only material in the Self-employment section. Read on…
Introduction, a-n.co.uk April 2003
Marketing
Marice Cumber introduces key marketing concepts for artists and offers advice to help target your marketing effectively. Subscribers read on…
Guide, a-n.co.uk April 2003
The artist's fees toolkit
This toolkit takes artists step-by-step through a process to calculate an individual daily rate and prepare quotes for freelance work. Read on…
Artist's toolkit, a-n.co.uk December 2004
The art of blogging
To celebrate the launch of Artists talking, Jane Watt explores the development of Projects unedited, a-n’s open space for artists’ blogs. Read on…
Feature (resource), a-n.co.uk February 2008
Artists' profiles 2
Frances Lord pulls together themes and strands that emerge from sixteen newly-commissioned interviews, which reflect the sheer diversity of working practice within the applied arts. Subscribers read on…
Publication in html, a-n Collections June 2008
Be professional
You’ll be eligible for more work offered on this site if you have the right insurance cover, and get to network and exchange with like-minded artists if you’re a member of AIR and get involved with NAN.
Introduction to AIR Public and products insurance (PPL) to 31 Oct 2010
Outlining the free £5m AIR Public and products insurance for visual and applied artists with AIR membership 1 November 2009 - 31 October 2010. Read on…
Introduction single, a-n.co.uk October 2009
Reflections on networking – Introduction
Jane Watt on the first of two publications that give an overview of NAN activity to date. Subscribers read on…
Publication in html, a-n Collections March 2006
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