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Making a living by teaching your skills
5 years ago

Making a living by teaching your skills

One way to make a living in the arts is to teach other people how to do what you do. Find out how startup Enrichme are helping artists do just that. | Sponsored by enrichme

Author:  Sam Grover
Tips for engaging an independent producer
5 years ago

Tips for engaging an independent producer

Independent artists sometimes have only a vague sense of how working with a producer might benefit them - or even what a producer does.

Author:  The Big Idea Editor
Got a great idea and don’t know how to start writing?
5 years ago

Got a great idea and don’t know how to start writing?

Ace screenwriter, script advisor and educator Kathryn Burnett schools you up on nailing your script.

Author:  The Big Idea Editor
How creatives deal with not knowing what they’re doing
5 years ago

How creatives deal with not knowing what they’re doing

From the outside looking in, it can seem like others possess the secrets to a flourishing career in the arts. Madelein Dore digs deeper, revealing that no one really knows what they're doing.

Author:  James Littlewood
Follow the money: taking care of business.
5 years ago

Follow the money: taking care of business.

If you're an artist, you probably need to think more like a business. Sam Grover explain why.

Author:  Sam Grover
Nadia Reid: the benefits of mentoring
5 years ago

Nadia Reid: the benefits of mentoring

The Big Idea is big on mentoring. And so - it turns out - is the folk diva of Dunedin, who takes the time to mentor, and to be mentored. She explains it all to Sam Grover.

Author:  Sam Grover
Like me? Like me! Social media planning for artists
5 years ago

Like me? Like me! Social media planning for artists

Altitude Media plan and execute top notch social media, so you don’t have to. But if you do, then get it right. Social media maven Bayley Corfield breaks it down for us | sponsored by Altitude Media

Author:  Bayley Corfield - Altitude Media
Hustle! The slings and arrows of a jobbing actor
5 years ago

Hustle! The slings and arrows of a jobbing actor

Bruce Hopkins on the dramatic art of survival

Author:  Sam Grover
Follow the Money: number-crunching, savings and taxes for artists
5 years ago

Follow the Money: number-crunching, savings and taxes for artists

How tax planning can cure your life | Sponsored by Hnry

Author:  Sam Grover
How Artists Can Add Value To Business
5 years ago

How Artists Can Add Value To Business

Art & business dude Brian Steele shows us a world of opportunity beyond traditional funding channels.

Author:  The Big Idea Editor
The Art of Wellness
5 years ago

The Art of Wellness

With so many benefits for the mind, spirit, and art itself, creativity has the power to heal us and improve our overall mental wellness on a large scale.

Author:  The Big Idea Editor
7 Things You Need To Know About Self-Publishing
5 years ago

7 Things You Need To Know About Self-Publishing

Steff Green is a full time, self-publishing novelist, shipping stories by the terabyte. We asked her how it’s done, and she briefly emerged from under her pile of cats to tell us.

Author:  Steff Green