Starting up a company when you're an artist can be tricky business, but a scheme to assist creative people in East England do just that is producing some credible success stories.
13 Sep 2002
Michelle Draper
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Starting up a company when you’re an artist can be tricky business, but a scheme in East England to assist creative people do just this is producing some success stories.
‘Business is a funny thing to get into when you are a creative – you think, ‘I’m going to go and start a business,’ and you are an artist or designer. What you are not is a business man.’
Michelle lived and worked in Rome and London as a freelance feature writer for two and a half years before returning to Australia to take up the position of Head Writer for Arts Hub UK. She was inspired by thousands of years of history and art in Rome, and by London's pubs. Michelle holds a BA in Journalism from RMIT University, and also writes for Arts Hub Australia.