Flying Arts Alliance

Art for Life

Build Your Arts Business with Alex Stalling

30sep01octBuild Your Arts Business with Alex StallingArtist Intensive

Time

September 30 (Saturday) 10:00 am - October 1 (Sunday) 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time

Location

TAFE Southbank Campus

Building E, Room 3:20

Event Details

10am – 4pm Saturday 30th September and Sunday 1st October 2023

Join visual artist, designer, and business entrepreneur, Alex Stalling for a two-day artist intensive that will provide the essentials to get your art business up and running. The intensive will give insight into the arts industry, to help you identify appropriate contexts for your business, to set long-term goals and objectives and develop operational and promotional strategies.

You will learn practical skills to streamline and develop your business, including:

  • Developing a business plan
  • Marketing and promotional tips
  • Product and service development
  • Budgets and pricing
  • Finding your audience and network
  • Balancing art practice with business essentials

 

Please Bring

Flying arts recommends having note taking materials on hand. Any resources will be shared online prior to the workshop. Please bring questions that you may have for Alex Stalling.

Venue

TAFE Southbank Campus, Building E, Room 3.20.

Building E can be access via the Educational Pathway, between Ernest Street and Tribune Street.

Campus Map

This intensive will be held at TAFE Southbank Campus. The campus is a 15-minute walk from the Brisbane CBD and is adjacent to the Queensland Art Gallery, the Gallery of Modern Art, the State Library, the Queensland Museum, the Queensland Performing Arts Centre and the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Flying Arts encourage the use of sustainable transport, including cycling, walking and public transport. Plan your journey through Translink.

Additional Information

Your facilitator: Alex Stalling is an Australian visual artist & cultural practitioner currently based in Toowoomba Queensland. Exploring representational self-portraits through automatic painting, motifs and linework.

Her career includes a professional arts practice, exhibitions, public art, committees, community activations, professional development & mentoring, gallery services, digital content creation, maker & product designer, event coordinator and business entrepreneur.

She is the founder of Tinker (2018-present), Co-founder of Made Creative Space Toowoomba (2011-2013), founder Attic Art Space (2009-2010) and has managed and facilitate numerous community art & cultural events across the Darling Downs.

Born in Mount Isa Queensland Alex has a strong connection to land, community, flora, fauna and connection. Through her practice Alex loves to find ways to include people in the creative process often working with community projects, tactile object production or items of play and creation.