Creative Impact webinar: Artist payment standards

A free expert-led discussion providing artists, creative practitioners and arts workers with practical guidance on meeting good practice standards, Tuesday 22 July, 1-2pm AEST, online.

Image credit: Erased by Idil Abdullahi 2012, 12 digital prints on metallic paper, Firstdraft, Photo by Robert Hookey/City of Sydney

ID: A person is standing on a ladder, while another person is beside them measuring an artwork that is being installed on the walls of a gallery.

About this event

Join this free online session to learn about the industry standards and equitable pay structures across creative disciplines that ensure artists receive fair remuneration for their work.

Led by Emma Pham, NSW professional development coordinator at the National Association for Visual Arts (NAVA), the session explores:

  • how to use the Code of Practice for Visual Arts, Craft and Design payments standards section
  • useful tips on shaping all artist-related costs in your budget while supporting artists at various stages of their careers.
  • how to advocate for your worth as an artist/artworker and quote to industry standard

You’ll also hear from Sarah Rose, associate curator and executive assistant at Artspace, about how they have used this code in practice.

A reference guide for how to use the Code of Practice for Visual Arts, Craft and Design payments standards section developed in partnership with NAVA is provided for participants.

Registration is essential. A Zoom link will be emailed to you before the webinar.

Presented by the City of Sydney in partnership with NAVA.

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Accessibility

We aim to produce inclusive and accessible events. If you have any particular access or communication needs, please contact Teik Kim Pok, cultural projects coordinator on 0436 607 274 or tpok@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au. This event will be close captioned. 

Speakers

Emma Pham lives on unceded Dharug and Dharawal lands. Working with pixel art, digital illustration and animation, her practice engages in digital nostalgia as a playful mode to envision better futures. Emma is passionate about working alongside underrepresented communities to foster self-advocacy and self-determination in the arts. Emma's work has been exhibited at Powerhouse Museum and Pari, featured in digital publications, and she was the winner of the Voiceworks Fan Art competition in 2021.

Sarah Rose is a Gadigal/Sydney based curator and arts worker. They have collaborated closely with artists to produce more than 20 group and solo exhibitions and were identified as a curator to look out for in the Art Collector Magazine’s ‘50 Things Collectors Should Know’ January to March 2023 issue. They are currently associate curator and executive assistant at Artspace, coordinator of Contemporary Arts Organisations Australia and co-founder and project coordinator for More Than Reproduction. Previously, they held positions at the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) and 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, and pay respect to First Nations communities' Ancestors and Elders. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Creative Impact webinar: Artist payment standards