Overview
In this unit, you will learn relevant legal and financial obligations for running an arts business. You will unpack the processes and procedures involved in developing a grant application that will make you competitive in the arts business. To enhance your arts business, you will develop an electronic portfolio that best represents you and your art.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2019
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student feedback
Ensure content is relevant to students in all BCA majors, including dancers.
Have some lectures delivered by a dance lecturer so that personal examples given came from each of the arts.
Feedback from Student feedback
Bring business plan and grant writing lecturers earlier in the course
Look at rearranging the lecture order in the next offering of the unit.
- Investigate relevant legal and financial obligations as they apply to the operation of an arts business
- Develop a personal electronic portfolio of work that represents you as an artist
- Analyse arts funding processes within Australian and international contexts.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
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1 | 2 | 3 | |
1 - Portfolio - 50% | |||
2 - Written Assessment - 50% |
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
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1 | 2 | 3 | |
1 - Communication | |||
2 - Problem Solving | |||
3 - Critical Thinking | |||
4 - Information Literacy | |||
5 - Team Work | |||
6 - Information Technology Competence | |||
7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||
8 - Ethical practice | |||
9 - Social Innovation | |||
10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures |
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
1 - Portfolio - 50% | ||||||||||
2 - Written Assessment - 50% |
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
Additional Textbook Information
no
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
k.crone@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Overview of unit and talking our business.
This week we will be looking at unit of work over the next 12 weeks, as well as basic business terms.
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Press kits and self advertising
What do we need to sell ourselves in our individual disciplines?
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The power of social media and the internet
How can we utilise technology to do a great deal of work for us?
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Proposals contracts and fee structures
How much can I sell myself for without selling my soul? What are the legal and financial requirements to be able to successfully implement a professional business model.
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Finding markets and support
Who can I market my wares to and who can I seek out for support?
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Being on payroll or being a contractor
What are the benefits of working for an employer or working for yourself?
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Minding your own business
MYOB and accounting tips.
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Investing in your career
How can you continue to invest in your career?
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Gigs are good - tips for touring
The importance of putting yourself out there so that your audience has a chance to grow.
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Grant writing
What makes a great grant application? What is required to submit a regional arts development fund (RADF) grant application? Philanthropic opportunities, crowd funding and international funding.
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Planning for the future
Setting realistic goals and building on your existing network of artists. Be that squeaky wheel.
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Keeping up to date
Keeping up to date not only with your personal finances and show kits, but with your network and industry at large.
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1 Portfolio
Students are to produce a press kit portfolio (EPK) of either themselves OR for a group with which they are associated.This may be in the form of a website or a set of documents saved in pdf form.The EPK will include
- Information such as individual or group statistics
- Biography of shows/events/clients the artist/s has performed and worked for.
- High quality images of the artist/s in various guises and situations
- Audio and or video of the artist/s performing.
The EPK should be no more than 1000 words in length. This includes all citations from previous clients as well as statistical and biographical evidence of the artist/s.. Images, and video footage are incredibly powerful tools in selling your wares. Keep this in mind as you are putting your EPK together.
Week 8 Friday (10 May 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 10 Friday (24 May 2019)
Language in written documents (Spelling and Grammar) 20%
Appropriate and focused information 20%
Quality of images 30%
Audio/Video quality 30%
- Develop a personal electronic portfolio of work that represents you as an artist
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Information Technology Competence
2 Written Assessment
You will implement an arts based business that you will then utilise to develop a grant application for funding support. The business will follow all of the legal and financial requirements of a professional practice. You will
- create a name for the business
- investigate Pty Ltd, Trust and NFP (not for profit) as the business model, then choose the one that best suits your needs
- look at the online application for an ABN - then create a hypothetical number for your business to use.
You will then be expected to investigate the grants that your hypothetical company could apply for. You must consider investigating Arts Queensland Grants, but you might also want to consider national and international grants. You will be able to discuss this with your lecturers and then decide the best funding/grants for your particular hypothetical business.
You will then hypothetically apply for a grant. You will be expected to supply all documentation that the grant application requires. This is what you will submit as your assessment, a grant application for a hypothetical arts business. The length will be determined by the grant that you are applying for. This can be presented as a pdf or word document.
NB:There is no specific word count, this will be determined by the requirements of the funding application.
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Week 12 Friday (7 June 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Exam Week Friday (21 June 2019)
Language in written documents and correct referencing (Spelling and Grammar) 30%
Appropriate supporting documents for the of the specific grant/funding application 40%
A completed funding application 40%
- Investigate relevant legal and financial obligations as they apply to the operation of an arts business
- Analyse arts funding processes within Australian and international contexts.
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.