Making a living from your craft means learning, understanding and embracing the flow of money in and out of your practice.

Financial literacy and concepts like ‘cashflow’ are necessities for creative practitioners and arts workers who want to take their passion to a professional level. Cashflow for Creatives is a short workshop designed by creative practitioners to help other artists understand and embrace the rollercoaster of income and expenses that comes with working in the arts. It’s a safe space where every question is welcome, and the mysteries of money will become a little clearer.

You will learn the following, with a special focus on arts practice and creative industries:

The ‘famine and the feast’ – weathering the ups and downs of creative income.
The flow of money out – understanding and making realistic budgets.
The basics of forecasting, and how to develop a ‘crystal ball’ for income.
The flow of money In – understanding income and how to create regularity.
Practical steps to getting financially organised.

Cashflow for Creatives is a relaxed and interactive workshop that guides participants with practical tools and steps tailor made for the arts (not mysterious accounting formulas).

What do I get?
All participants of this workshop receive a curated selection of materials, resources, and guides that includes:

Templates for budgets and other accounting requirements.
Resources to understand how to calculate the cost benefit of your work.
Examples of different kinds of financial statements.
Guidance on how to figure out what clients and customers should pay.
Tips on where to go for more help.

Plus you’ll also get…

Lifetime access to a Dropbox folder jam-packed with additional resources and helpful links.
Access to additional free webinars to supplement the material covered in the workshop.
Information on how to access further one-to-one business advice, mentoring and support from one of our creative industries business specialist advisors.

What is CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS?
We're a social enterprise dedicated to educating creative people and arts organisations about business skills. We help by sharing practical knowledge in a fun and irreverent way, and everything we do is designed to help creatives to feel more confident and comfortable about the entrepreneurial aspects of their creative practice.

Accessibility: if you have any access requirements, please email education@creativeplusbusiness.com

Cost: Registration is AU$50 + GST. No Booking Fee is charged for registrations to our workshops.

This workshop will take place on Zoom and is open to anyone in Australia or internationally. Not confident using Zoom? Download our handy Zoom users guide here.

You will receive a link to the workshop in an email from Creative Plus Business prior to the workshop.