Rules, rights and duties. How does the work context look like for an artist? What does it mean to become a professional?
Phase(s)
Pre-Production, Production
Subject
Legal and administrative matters, Project management
Target groups
Artists, Creative and Cultural Professions, Trainers/Coaches
Sectors
for all sectors, photography, visual and graphic arts, music, webdesign, dance, media, performing arts
Level of experience
for all levels, Beginners, Intermediary, Experienced
Prerequisites
It is useful for participants who start their own business.
Description
Basic overview of the fundamentals that have to be taken into consideration when organising and managing an artistic activity: Legal forms (contracts, worker's status), fiscal situations (social security, VAT, etc.) , insurances, copyright/authorship, privacy.
Content
- Definition of arts professionals, in particular in performing arts
- Being employed as a performing artists; contract, minimum salaries, social security
- Freelance artists; various types of taxation; how to make an invoice
- SIAE (Italian authors' and publishers' association)
- How to organise your performance / project
Method
Presentation by the trainer as an expert of that field. Practical exercise using a fictive or real project as an example.
Objectives
Capacity to understand rules, rights and duties of an arts professional.
Results
Participants should be able to understand the legal/fiscal basics of arts profession.
Resources
- Slide show, flipchart, internet connection, laptop, video projector.
- Participants are welcome (and encouraged) to bring personal laptop computers with them.
Evaluations
Questionnaire to be filled out by the participants (given and collected at the end of the session)
Support material
Slide show, flipchart, internet connection, laptop, video projector. Participants are welcome (and encouraged) to bring personal laptop computers with them.
Other related recommended resources
evaluation available
Duration
6 h
Participants
8 to 15
Course language(s)
Français, Italiano, English
Past track experience
since 2013
Trainer
Marika Errigo, Giulio Stumpo
Organisation
Centro di Creazione e CulturaContact
Marina BistolfiTested
under the project
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