About the program
Digital Transformation for the Creative Industries is an online short course designed specifically for artists and arts and creative workers it is best suited for those with a beginner or intermediate understanding of the digital space as it relates to the creative industries.
Developed and delivered in collaboration with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), this six-week course will give you an insight into key digital concepts, modes of digital practice, emergent technologies and also introduce ideas around digital strategy and business model innovation.
As a leading Australian university and a top-ranked university in Australia, UTS is home to industry-connected educators and researchers who are leaders in their creative fields, and passionate about organisational and individual skills development and uplift.
Curated by arts and cultural practitioners, Digital Transformation for the Creative Industries is specifically designed for artists and creative practitioners, arts administrators, managers, and directors working, whether independent, or from organisations large or small who want to begin to understand digital practice and strategy.
You will join a cohort of industry peers and colleagues working in different artforms across Australia to understand, explore and shape your thinking around digital. Key topics include:
- Understanding key digital concepts
- Digital practices for the arts
- Digital transformation strategy
- Digital leadership
- Digital business models
- Demystifying emerging technologies.
This six-week course requires a commitment of up to four hours a week, and is a combination of facilitated sessions, online group learning and self-directed activities that can be directly applied to your existing work and practice.
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This course is for artists and creative practitioners, arts administrators, managers, and directors working in organisations or independently in the arts and creative industry. Participants will work in a range of artforms around Australia.
- Participants must be over 18 years of age.
- Participants must be based within Australia to partake in the first round. Positions will be open to international artists and arts workers from the second round onwards.
The Australia Council encourages applications from people who identify as First Nations, from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability and people living in regional and remote areas.
This course is digitally accessible and follows the AAA standards. Please get in touch if you have any specific access requirements.
Applications for subsidised positions in the first three cohorts closed on Tuesday 2 August.
Applications for subsidised positions in the first three cohorts closed on Tuesday 7 February, 3pm (AEST).
The course will run for six weeks, beginning with an introductory session the week prior to commencement. Five cohorts of participants will be accepted in the March – June 2023 sessions:
- 13 March – 21 April 2023
- 8 May – 16 June 2023
Positions in the first three rounds of the Digital Transformation for the Creative Industries course are subsidised as part of the Digital Culture Program.
Tiered subsidies are available to support access for a diversity of participants:
- Independent artists/practitioner – A $600 subsidy is available. Participants will be required to pay $75
- Small to medium arts organisations – $300 subsidy available for representatives from. Participants will be required to pay $375
- Large organisations/institutions – The overall course fee of $675 (ex GST) applies
If your subsidy application is unsuccessful, you can choose to pay the course fee in full. The overall course fee is $675 (ex GST).
Subsidised positions are limited. Subsidy applications will be assessed to ensure an equitable spread of participants across artform, location and priority areas.
If your application is successful, we will contact you with payment and onboarding information.
Frequently asked questions
This course is designed to support arts and creative practitioners to embrace a digital mindset and to enable digital innovation within the sector.
The course is delivered in partnership with University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and will draw on expert knowledge and experience to build the digital literacy and capacity of the creative industries.
Through the ‘Digital Transformation for Creative Industries’ course, participants will:
- Gain the knowledge and ability to assess the digital strengths and priorities of their practice or organisation.
- Identify and implement digital practices, workflows and platforms to gain efficiencies and digital workflows.
- Be able to develop, mobilise and implement a relevant and customised organisation-wide digital strategy.
- Be able to apply adaptive architecture principles to enable digital innovation and transformation.
The course will be facilitated by leading creatives and academics from the UTS team, with a range of guest speakers and facilitators from across artforms and across Australia.
This course is for artists and creative practitioners, arts administrators, managers, and directors working in organisations or independently in the arts and creative industry. Participants will work in a range of artforms around Australia.
best suited for those with a beginner or intermediate understanding of the digital space as it relates to the creative industries. There is not a requirement for an existing high-level of technological skills or understanding to undertake the course. The course will focus on digital mindsets, literacy and strategic development.
The course is six weeks and requires up to four hours of your time each week.
The course includes self-directed reading, activities and online content as well as one hour of group learning and discussion with a facilitator every week.
The course is delivered on UTS online learning platform Canvas. Details of how to access, use and navigate the platform will be provided on enrolment.
For any questions or further information about the Digital Culture Program please email digitalarts@creative.gov.au or call 02 9215 9036.