PROGRESS REPORT & BRIEF SUMMARY
Pathways to Arts and Cultural Employment was actively implemented in Taranaki with the establishment of a PACE Office,
in the new Real TART Gallery premises in the old Masters building on Egmont Street, New Plymouth in April 2006.
A variety of amazingly talented people have been referred onto the program including, musicians,
painters, writers, photographers, weavers, designers and other mixed media artists.
Some clients have found full time or part time work or moved into self-employment, some transferred to other regions for
increased work opportunities, (or to seek fame and fortune), others chose not to complete the program for a variety of
reasons.
Liaison with various organizations such as Venture Taranaki, IRD, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth District
Council, WITT and Puke Ariki have and will result in information sharing and the presentation of seminars and workshops
which are dedicated to the professional development of the arts industry within our region.
The outcome being to help people to take what they do seriously and validate it as a career choice in order to reach their
full potential in their chosen profession, or face the realities that a portfolio career with many income streams is
often the way to create a sustainable career in the arts.
WHAT IS ‘PACE’ ANYWAY?
PACE is a Work and Income initiative, the Taranaki Arts Community Trust (TACT) has been contracted to provide this
program in Taranaki, although help through our program is not exclusive to Work & Income clients. PACE is a capacity
building program which aims to assist those who are willing and able to pursue a career in the arts and creative
industries to move towards sustainable employment and self-sufficiency. By enabling cultural workers to identify
‘art’ as their first career choice should they need to register with Work and Income, artists do not go onto a
separate benefit, but are ‘flagged’ for the PACE membership group. People are generally on the program for a
period of 12 months or less, are still governed by their benefit obligations and still retain their Work & Income
Case Manager.
The following are areas to enhance Artists professional practice skills that advice, information and workshops are
developed to cover: - Career Planning, PACE and Job Seeker Agreements , Income Reporting for PACE, Arts Business
Development , Book-keeping, Artists and Tax, Fundraising and Sponsorship, Media and Publicity, Portfolio Development,
Commission Work, Teaching and Retail, Contracts and Copyright.
For Artists registered with Work and Income wanting to join the PACE program they will need to be referred to the PACE
Office at the Real TART Gallery by their Work and Income Case Manager.
For Artists not registered with Work and Income, but who require help on any of the above, please contact Joanne Wilkes
at the PACE Office for a consultation or to register interest in future business / professional development work shops.
VENTURE TARANAKI & TRADE AND ENTERPRISE PRESENT: Business SmArt , a business growth program for the creative sector.
Due to the success of the last 6 module high
impact program run last year, hosted by Venture Taranaki, with facilitator Craig Rust of Business Innovators, another
Business Smart series, 8 module this time, including one full day, is planned.
Spaces are strictly limited, applications close on the 10th April. Course commences on 24th April and runs over seven
weeks (Tuesdays 1 - 4pm)
This is more than a business course, it is challenging and motivating experience which will help you identify exactly where
you want your creative business to go and how you want to get there!
REGISTER NOW!
For more information or to obtain an application form
Call Eliana at Venture Taranaki on (06) 759 5166, www.develop.org.nz
The Arts develop the artistic and aesthetic dimensions of the human experience. They contribute to our intellectual
ability and to our cultural and spiritual understandings. They are an essential element of daily living and of
lifelong learning.
(The Arts in the New Zealand Curriculum 2000)
Venture Taranaki has released its Enterprise Training Program Schedule February 2007 - June 2007, which provides many
different business courses, usually formatted in 3 hour modules. These courses are fee free; the cost is your time.
Open to everyone the criteria is you must be trading (if you have a painting on exhibit for sale - you are trading!)
Pick up a schedule from Venture Taranaki today and become a master of your own destiny! |