ACAVA Talks autumn 2025
Our autumn ACAVA Talks programme is now live.
These professional development sessions are designed for creative practitioners looking to learn, reflect, and connect with trusted voices across the arts sector.
Through practical advice, honest conversations, and peer support, ACAVA Talks helps artists navigate the challenges of sustaining a creative practice. Sessions are online and in-person, covering topics from getting paid for your work to preserving your artistic legacy.
Join us for our autumn programme:
Getting paid for your published work
Part of ACAVA Talks: Join Chris Haynes from DACS on Thursday 11 September, to learn how artists, illustrators, and photographers can claim Payback royalties, meet deadlines, and maximise earnings from published work.
Preserving your artistic legacy
Part of ACAVA Talks: Join Annamieka Hopps from Artwork Archive on 25 September to learn practical strategies for documenting, protecting, and sharing your art so your creative legacy endures for generations.
Navigating practice, values and person
Part of ACAVA Talks: Join Jade Foster on Thursday 9 October to explore how artists can fluidly navigate values, identity, and justice across interpersonal, organisational, and systemic levels without compromising creative practice.