Career Advice
Makers Q&A: personal boundaries on social media
If you’re finding it difficult to manage your social media presence and personal boundaries, read on for some pro tips…
5 essential skills all arts managers need
Experienced arts professionals reveal the management skills they rely on most to succeed in their jobs.
Do we need more artists on boards?
Slowly, visual arts organisations have been including practicing artists on their boards and councils. What does that look like?
Internships: valuable work experience or glorified volunteering?Â
Before you go chasing an internship hoping for on-the-job training, there are many factors to consider.
Does passion really spring eternal?
What happens when the passion runs dry in your creative project, The Big Idea's Verity Johnson asks?
How portfolio careers can lead to happiness
Screenwriter, cartoonist and illustrator Megan Herbert used to be torn between artforms, but now embraces her portfolio career.
5 tips for pitching to the media
Rather than taking a blanket approach, making each of your pitches count results in a better chance at media coverage.
Flourishing in the arts is about meaning, mastery and mattering
Committing ourselves to the path of flourishing may sound like an impossible ask – but it's not.
Is your creative block really a log jam?
Verity Johnson wonders if your creative block is due to too much inspiration, not a lack of it.
Exploring the potentials of hybrid work
A breadth of research shows that hybrid work arrangements should take into account lessons from COVID rather than a blanket…