Free workshop: Pricing for Indigenous Creatives

Pricing for Indigenous Creatives is a practical workshop hosted in in partnership with Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative covering the basics of understanding the marketplace when charging for creative products and services.

What should I charge? This question plagues creative practitioners and arts no matter what industry. Working out what to charge for creative products and services can be a colossal challenge. Where to even start? Join us for this free interactive workshop designed specifically for Aboriginal creative practitioners.

Pricing for Indigenous Creatives is a workshop covering the basics of figuring out the price point for creative work, including calculating costs and understanding the marketplace what to charge for creative products and services. Pricing for Indigenous Creatives is vital for any creative struggling to understand the value of their own work, and explores a variety of practical options for pricing, specifically designed for Aboriginal artists, makers and creatives.

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

• The beginnings of the process and working out how much everything costs. 

• Working out the unit cost measurement, and its place in the costing process. 

• The value of time, and how to measure effectively.

• Choosing the right pricing method for your products and services. 

• Understanding how to evaluate the marketplace with the right kind of research. 

• The psychology of pricing, and how it impacts on what you can charge for your work. 

What do I get? 

All participants receive:

• Lifetime access to a dedicated Dropbox folder full of additional resources and workbooks to help continue the learning after the workshop.

• Access to additional free webinars to supplement the material covered in the workshop.

• The possibility of further one-to-one business advice, mentoring and support from one of our creative industries business specialist advisors.

Who is presenting? 

Monica Davidson – Monica Davidson is an award-winning expert on the creative industries, who began her professional life as a freelance journalist, performer, and filmmaker. Monica has a Masters degree in Screen Arts and Business from AFTRS, and was appointed as Australia’s first Creative Industries Business Advisor in 2013. In 2016 Monica founded the social enterprise Creative Plus Business, an organisation dedicated to educating creatives about small business skills, financial literacy and marketing.

What’s Creative Plus Business? 

We’re a social enterprise based in Sydney dedicated to educating creative people and arts organisations about business skills. We help through 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. We believe that a bit of naughtiness, tempered with a kind heart and a big dose of professionalism, is the key to helping creative people understand the boring basics of business.

Accessibility: if you have any queries or access requirements, please email hello@creativeplusbusiness.com

Creative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect until June 2025.

Delivered by Creative Plus Business through Service NSW Business Connect.