Workshop: THE BUSINESS OF ART

Diversifying Your Income

Workshops (8 April 2026, 5.30pm - 8.00pm)
How can you build a creative career that actually pays? This practical workshop explores how diversifying your income can help you grow a more sustainable, resilient creative business - without losing sight of what you love to make.

Join us in the midst of the Resonance - an exhibition showcasing and selling work by contemporary artists - for an in-person talk with Jo Myles, followed by a private curator’s tour of the exhibition.


Diversifying your income streams can be a powerful way to stabilise your finances while staying close to your creative practice. Drawing on real-world experience, Jo Myles (Director of Sussex Contemporary) will share how building multiple revenue streams - often using the skills, materials, and knowledge you already have - can transform a creative business into something more reliable and sustainable.


Together, we’ll explore how the changing world of work is reshaping the way artists and creatives earn. With fewer full-time roles and increasing reliance on freelance work, developing an adaptable approach to income is becoming essential. This session will offer practical insights, open discussion, and space to share ideas - helping you navigate financial uncertainty while maintaining creative freedom.


Whether you’re an established artist, just starting out, or simply curious about moving towards a more creative life, this is a welcoming and informative space to learn, connect, and consider what might be possible.

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Doors & bar open at 5.30pm for a 6pm start.

Tickets £20

This event includes a 1.5-hour talk followed by a private curator’s walk around the exhibition.

Fabrica
40 Duke Street, Brighton
BN1 1AG
For more information about visiting us please see our Plan Your Visit page.

“Diversifying my income and not just relying on my printmaking has been crucial in changing my business and making it something I could live off”

Jo Myles

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