For the people whose business is art.
Arts is one of the sixteen Clusters inside the Australian Resource Centre. Twelve specialist Hubs covering operators of Australian arts businesses — visual artists, performing artists, galleries, venues, production companies, music industry operators, festivals, arts education, arts funding, music production, arts administration, and arts tech. This Cluster is for Members whose core business is making, performing, presenting, or supporting art — and the specialists who serve the sector. Pick the Hub that matches what you do. The Pillar at the top of each Hub is where the conversation starts.
Each Hub focuses on one part of running an arts business — visual and performing artist practices, galleries, venues, production companies, music industry operators, festivals, arts education, arts funding, music production, arts admin, and arts tech. Inside every Hub, twelve Spokes that take you from where you are to a specialist who can help. The Pillar at the top of each Hub is where the conversation starts.
Run a visual arts practice as the business it actually is.
Painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers, and visual artists running their practice as a sustainable business. Most visual artists were trained in art school but not in business. This Hub is for Members running visual arts practices and the specialists who help them.
Explore HubPerformers who run their careers like serious operators.
Musicians, actors, dancers, and performing artists running solo or ensemble practices. Performing arts careers are non-linear, multi-stream, and demanding to manage. This Hub is for Members performing as their primary business and the specialists who help them.
Explore HubGalleries run as the businesses they need to be.
Commercial galleries, artist-run initiatives, alternative spaces, and the businesses presenting visual art to the market. The Australian gallery sector is small, fragile, and central to artist careers. This Hub is for Members running galleries and exhibition spaces.
Explore HubVenues run with both art and accounting in view.
Independent theatres, music venues, performing arts centres, and the businesses presenting live performance. Australian venues are squeezed between rising costs and audience volatility. This Hub is for Members running performance venues.
Explore HubProduction companies that produce work and stay solvent.
Independent theatre companies, dance companies, opera and music ensembles, and the production businesses creating performing arts work in Australia. Production companies live grant-cycle to grant-cycle. This Hub is for Members running arts production companies.
Coming soonThe businesses behind the artists — labels, managers, promoters.
Independent record labels, artist management businesses, music promoters, booking agencies, and the operators behind Australian music careers. Music industry operations is a small-business sector with high stakes. This Hub is for Members operating music industry businesses.
Coming soonFestivals that survive past the next renewal.
Music festivals, arts festivals, multi-arts events, and the production organisations behind major Australian arts events. Festivals are operationally complex and financially fragile. This Hub is for Members running festival and arts event organisations.
Coming soonTeaching art as a real business with real margins.
Independent art teachers, music schools, dance studios, drama studios, and the arts education businesses operating outside the formal education system. Arts education is small-business work with strong economics when run properly.
Coming soonThe specialists who keep arts funding flowing.
Arts grant writers, arts development consultants, philanthropy specialists, and the consulting practices supporting arts organisations to access funding and develop their operations. Arts funding is competitive and time-consuming.
Coming soonStudios, producers, engineers — the businesses that make the records.
Recording studios, independent producers, audio engineers, and the businesses producing Australian music. Music production is a craft business with real economics. This Hub is for Members running music production businesses.
Coming soonThe administrators who keep the arts running.
Arts general managers, executive directors, arts administrators, and the operational layer that determines whether arts organisations function or stagger. Arts admin is under-recognised and under-resourced.
Coming soonTech that helps the arts reach audiences and earn revenue.
Arts ticketing platforms, digital art distribution, NFT and digital arts businesses, audience CRM platforms, and the technology businesses serving the arts sector.
Coming soonIf you make, perform, present, or support art as your business — practising artists treating their practice as a business, plus arts organisations, venues, production companies, festivals, arts education businesses, music industry operators, arts admin, and the specialists serving the sector — this is your Cluster. Members buying art as collectors or attending events as audience are not the audience for this Cluster. Crossover with the Media Cluster (content creators, performing arts adjacency in television and streaming) is expected — Facilitator routing handles overlap in flow.
One call, twenty minutes. Tell us what you make, perform, present, or support inside the arts and what you are trying to do next. We will route you to the right Hub, the right Pillar, and the right specialist.
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