Checklists and Guides

  • Artist-Gallery Checklist
    This checklist covers many of the issues which need to be considered and decided onby artists and galleries when negotiating their exhibition arrangements.
  • Business Partnership Checklist
    This resource includes information on parnerships, including key issues to be considered within a partnership agreement, and a checklist for business partnerships.
  • Displaying Visual Art on the Internet
    The purpose of these Guidelines is to codify the best practice for the reproduction and communication of Visual Art via digital distribution methods in Australia, whether such reproduction or communication is for commercial purposes or otherwise.
  • Live Music Performance: Booking Gigs
    This checklist is a guide to the key issues that performing musicians should be aware of and should consider when organising gigs.
  • Music Management Checklist
    This checklist outlines issues which musicians and bands need to consider before entering into a management agreement. It is recommended for use in negotiations, before artist and manager sign a written agreement.
  • Music Publishing Checklist
    This checklist outlines the basic concepts of music publishing agreements. Music publishing is one of the most complex areas of the music industry. Music publishers are an integral part of the contemporary music industry. They act as an interface between songwriters or composers and the rest of the music industry. A music publisher operates by first acquiring the copyright in a musical work from the songwriter. The publisher will then encourage others to use those works in a variety of ways. in return for permission to use the work, the end user (eg. a record company) will pay royalties to the publisher. A percentage of these royalties will then be paid back to the writer. Publishing contracts should not be confused with recording contracts.
  • Music Recording Agreements Guide
    This checklist outlines the basic concepts of a recording agreement. It explains the different types of recording contracts and briefly states the formalities of forming and negotiating a deal with a record company. The checklist also has a glossary of common terms which will help you understand what is being offered in a recording deal.
  • Organising a Festival
    This information sheet and checklist provides an overview of some of the most important issues you will need to consider and can be used as the basis for putting together a business plan or your own checklist to be used when putting together the festival.
  • Short Film Competitions - Producer's Guide
    This checklist outlines the main legal issues a short filmmaker or produce should consider when making their short film. It is recommended for use short filmmakers who are entering their films into a short film competition.
  • Sponsorship Agreements Guide
    This checklist explains that at some stage an artist or arts organisation may need to seek sponsorship from a commercial organisation. The checklist outlines the different forms of sponsorship and what should be included in a sponsorship agreement. Corporate sponsorship is assuming an increasingly important role in the arts, partly due to the limitations of public funding and also as a result of a growing awareness in the business community that a company's profile can be enhanced through its association with a cultural event or activity.