In addition to your costing for making work, another notion to consider when you are pricing your work is your own perceived value as an artist.

A good place to begin looking for information about how to set up your own business or enhance your freelance career is by contacting your local council or arts organisation.

Mentoring is: "a one-to-one, non-judgemental relationship in which an individual voluntarily gives time to support and encourage another.

This section of the website contains listings for a broad range of courses, workshops, seminars and one off events that may be of interest to visual artists.

Your personal and professional network, as the self promotion guide makes clear, is one of the most important elements in your career.

Artroute provides international intelligence on contemporary arts and crafts practices around the world, with both in-depth country guides and general arts listings for practitioners to begin building their own networks.

The Deadlines section of the website contains a plethora of opportunities for artists to develop their careers.