Develop Your Career: Making Art

Building a portfolio career

Sally Booth is a visual artist specialising in drawing and painting. Photo by: Tim Norris
Developing a portfolio career can provide a way to structure your work and maintain a steady income. Three visual artists describe the range of jobs they undertake to support their creative careers.

Renting an artist studio

Working as an artist can be isolating and moving into a dynamic studio group can offer much needed support. But what are the issues, costs and considerations of finding an artist space?

From artist to entrepreneur

Making the transition from being a student to establishing an arts practice, business, or career within the creative and cultural industries is a challenging but exciting journey.

How to get your art exhibited

There are many avenues for an artist to pursue in order to get work exhibited. Much depends on your career to-date, the nature of the work you make, and the area in which you live.

7 ways to promote yourself

Good promotion gets work seen, develops reputations and is key to establishing and advancing the practice of all artists.