Career Advice

What to do when you feel behind
Comparison, setbacks, expectations and pressures can lead to feeling behind in your arts career. Here's how to sidestep the race…

So you want my arts job: Picture Book Illustrator
Artist Van T Rudd tells ArtsHub about creating images that capture the imagination, and his influences including Beyoncé, Black Lives…

Is your art a hobby or a business (from the archives)
Three ways to know whether you are really in the arts business or just kidding yourself about your hobby.

Cultivating resilience in the face of chaos (from the archives)
Connectedness, self-care, a playful outlook and finding meaning in difficult experiences can help you bounce back from setbacks.

Breaking out of a creative rut
If you work in the arts, at some point you’re bound to experience the dreaded rut. Kathryn Burnett has some…

Welcoming a newbie to the office (from the archives)
Giving new recruits a login and showing them where the toilets are is not enough to make them productive employees.

'Keeping it real' on social media
With over 80,000 followers, internationally-renowned New Zealand artist Mr G (AKA Graham Hoete) knows a thing or two about social…

Join the self-publishing revolution
No publisher? No problem, says one of New Zealand’s most prolific and profitable authors.

9 techniques for generating game changing ideas (from the archives)
From group drawing to dissident behaviour, stealing innovation to tricking the brain into being creative, Nicole Velik of The Ideas…

Thinking China – how to market to shifting tourism needs
The Chinese-speaking market is perhaps the greatest untapped audience for the arts. Charmaine Wong of Think China Australia tells us…