Understanding Artists Fees and Wages - a NAVA presentation in Coffs Harbour
Fees and Wages workshop hosted by NAVA and Arts Mid North Coast in Coffs Harbour, 10am-11:30am AEDT, Saturday 20 January 2024.
About Event
Knowing your worth as an artist is important. With rising costs of living, equipping yourself with the knowledge to be able to price and value your time appropriately is key to sustaining creative practice and work.
In this workshop, NAVA will walk through the minimum standards for artist fees and wages in the new Code of Practice for Visual Arts, Craft and Design (the Code). This resource, endorsed by the Australian Government as part of National Cultural Policy - Revive: a place for every story, a story for every place, sets out equitable, ethical and self-reflective standards for the professional Australian contemporary arts sector.
Participants will walk away understanding how the Code can be used as both a map and self-advocacy tool to advocate for fair pay and working conditions.
This is a free workshop presented by Emma Pham (NAVA) and Coffs Harbour artist Jeremy Sheehan.
About Arts Mid North Coast
Arts Mid North Coast is the peak regional arts and cultural development organisation for the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales. We service the five local government areas of Port Macquarie-Hastings, Kempsey, Nambucca Valley, Bellingen and Coffs Harbour on the traditional lands of the Biripi, Dunghutti and Gumbaynggirr Nations.
We are an independent not for profit organisation supported by Create NSW and Mid North Coast Local Governments and are part of a network of 15 Regional Arts Development Organisations (RADOs) in NSW.
As the peak arts organisation for our region, we support and collaborate with government, communities, organisations, business and individuals to build capacity and create opportunities for the arts and creative industries.
Our vision is to grow the Mid North Coast as a vibrant and diverse region that embraces the creation, understanding and appreciation of the arts in fostering economic, community, cultural and environmental opportunities and benefits.
Time
10am-11:30am
Location
Learning Lab, Level 2, Harry Bailey Memorial Library, Yarrila Place, Coffs Harbour NSW, Australia
Image Credit
Above illustration by Claudia Chinyere Akole © 2022
ID: An illustration of a woman in orange overalls holding enlarged cash in her left hand and pointing upwards with her right. A hand almost the size of her figure is holding onto the cash from the left. Four thought bubbles surround the right side of her figure, containing a calculator, transport vehicle, paint brushes and a clock. This image sits against a fuchsia pink background.
Image: Emma Pham, NSW Professional Development Coordinator (NAVA), co-presenting 'Understanding Artist Fees and Wages' to artists and arts workers, Yarilla Place, Coffs Harbour, 20 January 2024. Photo by James Lander.
[ID: Photo of Emma Pham presenting a workshop in front of a projection screen to artists and arts workers sitting on chairs in a conference room. The screen features the Code of Practice website home page and the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) logo.]
Image: Artist and educator Jeremy Sheehan, co-presenting 'Understanding Artist Fees and Wages' to artists and arts workers, Yarilla Place, Coffs Harbour, 20 January 2024. Photo by James Lander.
[ID: Photo of Jeremy Sheehan presenting a workshop in front of a projection screen to artists and arts workers sitting on chairs in a conference room. The screen features a drawing of a shifter with Code of Practice written on it. Underneath it says The Code is a valuable tool to help you negotiate fair pay, advocate for yourself and price your labour.]
Image: Emma Pham and Donnalyn Xu, NSW Professional Development Coordinators (NAVA), and artist and educator Jeremy Sheehan facilitating a group activity as part of 'Understanding Artist Fees and Wages' to artists and arts workers, Yarilla Place, Coffs Harbour, 20 January 2024. Photo by James Lander.
[ID: Photo of a room of people sitting on chairs and talking to each other. On the projector screen it says Group Activity.]
This project is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.
NAVA acknowledges and pays respects to the rightful custodians of the many First Nations Lands upon which this online event will be streamed and received. We recognise all Custodians of Country throughout all lands, waters and territories. We pay our respects to the Elders and Ancestors. Sovereignty was never ceded.
