The Code of Practice for the Professional Australian Visual Arts, Craft and Design Sector is the national best practice standard for the sector.
Published by NAVA, it provides a set of practical and ethical guidelines for the conduct of business between visual and craft artists and their galleries, agents, retailers, buyers, sponsors, commissioners and the managers of residencies and workshops and competitions, prizes and awards.
Published 2009, 161 pages. ISBN 978-0-9803906-6-7.
Chapter 1: Commercial Galleries - Exhibiting, Selling and Collecting Art, Craft and Design
Chapter 2: Best Practice for Artists and Publicly Funded Galleries
Chapter 3: Commissioning
Chapter 4: Residencies and Workshops
Chapter 5: Competitions, Prizes, Awards and Fundraising Exhibitions
Chapter 6: Fees and Wages
Chapter 7: Copyright, Moral Rights, Resale Royalty, Equal Opportunity, Restrictions on Freedom of Expression
Chapter 8: Tax, Insurance, Occupational Health and Safety