News

 > Digital > Features

99.8%: The Attrition Rate of Artists in Australia

We’re all born artists but only 0.2% of all Australians will make it their life. Somewhere along the way the rest of us made a choice.
8 May 2012
Paul Isbel
[This is archived content and may not display in the originally intended format.]

Writing and Publishing

Share Icon
Unlock Padlock Icon

Unlock this content?

Access this content and more

Join Now Login
Paul Isbel
About the Author
Paul Isbel is a former ArtsHub contributor and a publicist for the Australasian Arts and Antiques Dealers Association. Most recently he was a course designer for an entry-level vocational training program for the arts sector.

Related News

Reviews News Features All Arts Theatre Music Sponsored Dance Museums Career Advice
More
Sanctuary. On the left is a full body author shot of a white man in black standing on a forest path with his hands in his pockets. On the right is the book cover of a dusty outback road heading into off towards the horizon.
Reviews

Book review: Sanctuary, Garry Disher

A gripping story of an unconventional thief who longs for normality.

Erich Mayer
The full Sydney Symphony Orchestra in concert, as viewed from the dress circle of a concert hall.
Sponsored

Transforming pain into passion: the inspiring power of great music

Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s May and June concerts feature an inspiring mix of works as well as fascinating fusions of classical…

Richard Watts
A young white woman in a tartan skirt and music band T shirt is at the back of the stage, which has draped material hanging around it. Closer to the camera with his back to us is a white balding middle aged man sitting in a chair and looking at the girl. The Exact Dimensions of Hell.
Reviews

Theatre review: The Exact Dimensions of Hell, fortyfivedownstairs

Predatory and sexual violence against a minor is played out through witchcraft tropes.

Kate Mulqueen
A fair-haired woman in a long grey cardigan over black clothes stands with arms outstretched on centre stage. She is framed by two actors with their backs to the camera, red-haired woman on the left and a brown-haired man on the right.
Sponsored

How live performance bring HSC texts to vivid, unforgettable life

Actor Mark Barry returns to his alma mater, the Actors Centre Australia (ACA) to act in Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’…

Richard Watts
An elderly white female artist wearing bold red rimmed glasses in her ceramics studio.
Features

How art trails are building pipelines of new gallery audiences

Artists’ open house art trails are often very popular events in their own right. But they are also a big…

Jo Pickup
User Icon
Forgot password?
User Icon
Back to Login