Course detail

Self-management in the arts

FaVU-1FPMUAcad. year: 2022/2023

Self-management in art, as the title suggests, is about managing yourself in the art world. Being able to plan the production of your project, being able to find the necessary financial resources and then account for them in the system of compulsory insurance contributions and taxes. To know the possibilities of presenting your art project and to know how to present your project. The course also includes a section on personal finance. 

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Learners have an overview of the possibilities of presenting their creative work and how to finance it. They are able to set up their own project from the point of view of production, time and finance and are able to present their project. They will not get lost in the world of personal finance and the system of compulsory social and health insurance contributions and the tax system. As a result of the course they will produce their own art project. 

Prerequisites

Basic financial literacy, basic orientation in funding opportunities for creative work.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures, practical demonstrations of selected project applications and grant challenges, coaching. Practical exercises based on group work, discussions and consultations of ideas proposals.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The following conditions are laid down for granting the credit:
Attendance and active attendance at workshops requiring home preparation, handing in practical output.

Course curriculum

1/ The course starts with "blind coaching". This is a coaching technique that allows learners to clarify what their own art project is that they want to work on during the course.

2/ Producing one' own art project - time management techniques (goal specification, task prioritization, effective time management, etc.) to bring the project to life.

3/ Opportunities to present one' s own artwork/project. Commercial art market institutions, non-commercial institutions presenting art.

4/ Forms of earning in the field of art (trade, freelance versus employment, non-employment agreements, work contract) and their impact on the compulsory insurance and tax system.

5/ Methods of financing (public financing - grants, subsidies versus private financing - fundraising, crowdfunding)

6/ Project budget - costs, revenues. Pricing.

7/ Basics of personal finance financial literacy.

8/ Presentation skills or how to present your own project.

9/ Presenting one' s own projects.

 

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to provide tools for self-management in the field of fine arts - to manage one's artistic project from a production and financial point of view; to know what options one has for presenting one's work, what funding options are available and how to "sell" one's project. 

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Participation in lessons is mandatory (tolerated absence of 20%).

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Chmelařová Pavlína, Petýrková Lenka; Základy finanční gramotnosti, Praha 2022, ISBN 978-80-904974-8-1
Ivana Hospodářová; Prezentační dovednosti, Praha 2007, ISNB 978-80-903962-9-6

Recommended reading

Brian Tracy; Snězte tu žábu! Olomouc 2007 ISBN: 978-80-7554-099-7
ÚZ č. 1475 - Zdravotní pojištění 2022; Ostrava 2022, ISBN: 978-80-7488-514-3
Mgr. Tomáš Červinka; Zdravotní pojištění zaměstnavatelů, zaměstnanců a OSVČ 2022, Olomouc 2022, ISBN: 978-80-7554-360-8
ÚZ 1473 Sociální pojištění; Ostrava 2022, ISBN: 978-80-7488-512-9
ÚZ č. 1463 - Daně z příjmů, Evidence tržeb, 2022; Ostrava 2022, ISBN: 978-80-7488-502-0
Dotace z rozpočtu statutárního města Brna v oblasti kultury - Home. Document Moved [online]. Dostupné z: https://dotace-kultura.brno.cz/SitePages/Home.aspx
Základní informace | Kultura | Ministerstvo financí ČR - Fondy EHP a Norska. Ministerstvo financí ČR - Fondy EHP a Norska [online]. Copyright © 2013. Dostupné z: https://www.eeagrants.cz/cs/programy/kultura/zakladni-informace
Grants - Visegrad Fund - Visegrad Fund. Visegrad Fund [online]. Copyright © 2020 International Visegrad Fund. Dostupné z: https://www.visegradfund.org/apply/grants/

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme VUB Bachelor's

    branch VU-D , 1. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-D , 1. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-D , 1. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-VT , 1. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-VT , 1. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-VT , 1. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-VT , 1. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-VT , 1. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-VT , 1. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 1. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 1. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 1. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 1. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 1. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 1. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 1. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-D , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-D , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-D , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-VT , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-VT , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-VT , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-VT , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-VT , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-VT , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-D , 3. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-D , 3. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-D , 3. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-VT , 3. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-VT , 3. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-VT , 3. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-VT , 3. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-VT , 3. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-VT , 3. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 3. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 3. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 3. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 3. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 3. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 3. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 3. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-D , 4. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-D , 4. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-D , 4. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-VT , 4. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-VT , 4. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-VT , 4. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-VT , 4. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-VT , 4. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-VT , 4. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 4. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 4. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 4. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 4. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 4. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 4. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch VU-IDT , 4. year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer