Earning a living as an arts graduate can be daunting. If that full time design job does not appeal here are ten suggestions as to how to make money :
- Sell your work online, in shops or galleries
- Take a pitch at a local makers market
- Sell at exhibitions and pitch for public and private commissions
- Run workshops such as ceramist Finola Maynard’s, successful Pop Up Pottery
- Assist in the studios of more established artists
- Take on contracts from other larger businesses
- Teach or lecture at art colleges
- Enter art competitions/challenges with a prize fund
- Apply for grants – Unltd, local government funds, Arts Council are all good places to start especially if there is a social enterprise element to your business
- Work part time – a flexible part time job such as bar work can be essential to survival in those early years.