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Education & Workshops

Toi Ōtautahi 1st Wednesdays Arts Workshops – 2025

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On the first Wednesday of every month, Toi Ōtautahi will host free arts development workshops for artists and arts organisations.

The workshops will cover a range of topics from funding, tax, writing budgets, contract negotiation, business skills, and more.

Make a standing booking in your diary now:

First Wednesday of every month

5pm – 7pm

Toi Auaha, 5 Worcester Boulevard

Free to attend

 

Upcoming Workshops:

Wednesday 05 February

Topic: 2025 Council Arts Funding – Creative Communities, Strengthening Communities, Events and Festivals.

Hear from Christchurch City Council Arts Advisors about Council funding options for 2025, and important updates to the online application portal. Bring your project funding questions.

Free to attend.

Wednesday 05 March

Topic: Budgets – ways to write them, what to include, why they matter.

Learn more about what’s involved in writing a budget for an arts or creative project or arts organisation. This session will cover details such as fees and payment, reconciling in-kind support, accurately reflecting time and relationships, scale-able budgets, unknown items, and how to make sure your budget best reflects your project or needs. Bring your budgeting questions.

 

Wednesday 02 April

Contract Negotiation and Intellectual Property

Topic: Keen to improve your skills in reading and writing contracts, negotiating fees, and protecting your Intellectual Property? Lawyer and Partner at Lane Neave, Anna Ryan, will lead a workshop on contract negotiation and intellectual property, covering important contract details for art projects and equipping you with real life contract negotiation skills that uphold relationships.

About Anna:

Anna Ryan is a Partner at Lane Neave. She specialises in corporate and commercial law and leads Lane Neave’s competition law team. She routinely advises on the Commerce Act, Fair Trading Act and all aspects of competition and consumer law. Anna is also the principal contact for Lane Neave’s intellectual property practice and acts on a wide range of trade mark, copyright and other intellectual property matters. Anna holds a Masters Degree from the University of Melbourne in Competition and Consumer

Protection Law, and Chairs the Advisory Board of the Competition Law and Policy Institute of New Zealand. In 2023, Anna was recognised as an Elite Woman in NZ Lawyer’s annual rankings, and shortlisted for Antitrust/Competition Lawyer of the Year at the 2023 APAC Women in Business Law Awards.

Wednesday 07 May

Creative Business Development: taxes and more with Anthony Rohan, Fairground Accounting

Topic: Learn about the business fundamentals of running a creative practice (sole trader), pick up new tips and trick, and ask all your burning tax questions in a supportive and non-judgemental environment. This workshop will be led by local accountant, Anthony Rohan from Fairground Accounting and will be a combination of a presentation and a Q&A sections.

About Anthony:

Anthony (Antz) is the Ōtautahi director of Fairground Accounting, a purpose-driven company supporting not-for-profits, charities, creative businesses, and impact enterprises to make their mark on the world. Antz is focused, optimistic and a little alternative. He enjoys a nice Belgium beer, DJing or most weekends he’s volunteering with Civil Defence rescue. Just as much as Antz enjoys doing the above, he gets energised from seeing the impactful things his clients do through the ventures they set up. If Antz could change the working world, he would like to see tax returns automated so accountants have more time to focus on advising their clients rather than compliance. He’d also like to see everyone receive a living wage. If you prefer to work in jeans, hoodie and sneakers, Antz can 100% relate to you!

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