If you want some advice on the go, these fact sheets are your answer. From budgeting to getting a job in the arts, these fact sheets are updated and added to regularly. If you want personalised help, you can book a consultation or career pathways session.

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Fact sheets and tips

• Career planning template – how to make a plan for yourself and your career
• Advice for preparing a budget
• The art of being business-like – a guide to setting up your business as an artist
• The art of moving forward – how to get out of a professional rut
• Top 10 tips for tutors – tips for tutors from the people you’re tutoring
• Top 10 tips for young artists – tips for working in the arts industry, being professional, and making it as an artist
• 10 quick grant writing tips – basic tips on how to get started on writing a winning grant
• Time management for creative people – an essential working guide
• How to sheet for an invoice – a basic guide to creating a basic invoice

Other places to look

• Arts Queensland Creative Business Toolbox – a toolbox designed to provide you with information and resources to develop, manage and grow your creative business – no matter what stage you are at
• Australian Business Art Foundation – a great resource for artists who run their own business
• Queensland Arts Council – Artsyakka – a website full of free practical resources for arts and community practitioners
• Artist Career – business information and advice for visual art, craft and design practitioners
• Arts Law Centre of Australia – information and sample documents on legal matters
• Lateral Action – blog of how-to guides, including ‘How to get over creative blocks’
• OurCommunity.com.au – a website full of resources, fact sheets, newsletters, books and training opportunities to help community groups improve their fundraising abilities and become healthier and more viable
• Propel Youth Arts WA – a fellow peak body for youth arts with some good fact sheets and resources