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National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) brings together the many voices of the sector to improve fundamental conditions of work and practice.
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Check out NAVA’s Code of Practice for Visual Arts, Craft and Design 🔗
Click the link in our bio or search https://code.visualarts.net.au/ to learn more about good practice approaches to working relationships, ethical standards of access, and payment rates for artists and arts workers.
Don’t forget you can also sign up for NAVA’s Code training course - with tailored educational options for individuals and organisations.
Illustration by Claudia Chinyere Akole © 2024
ID: A colourful graphic line illustration of trees, an art gallery and people all engaging in work related to the arts.
15 Oct 2026
Become a NAVA Organisation Member today!
NAVA Organisation Membership provides three staff with access to educational and professional development resources, industry advice and opportunity listings.
Join as an Organisation Member this November and receive free enrolment in one of NAVA’s four Code of Practice online training courses of your choice, valued at $139.
Your Membership supports NAVA’s work to improve pay and working conditions, strengthen artists’ rights and keep NAVA’s Code freely available to everyone.
Check out NAVA’s Membership page on the website to learn more.
Image credit: Yarrenyty Arltere Artists with Rhonda Sharpe and Beth Ebatarinja.
ID: Animated handmade soft sculpture of two figures drinking tea with a bird against a white backdrop.
12 Nov 2026
Join NAVA and Firstdraft @firstdraft_ for a reading group We Are Here (Again), as part of Firstdraft’s 40th anniversary archive show. Facilitated by Levant Can Kaya @world_boo and Laura Luciana @laura1uciana from Season ARI @season___season participants will discuss texts from NAVA and Firstdraft’s 2011 collaborative symposium We Are Here (WAH). No preparation is required and the reading material will be provided on the day.
Register now via NAVA’s events page!
Where: Firstdraft - 13/17 Riley St Woolloomooloo NSW
When: 6-8pm. Feel free to arrive from 5pm onwards.
Image: NAVA x Firstdraft We Are Here (WAH) Symposium, photo by Brianna Munting, 2011.
ID: A photograph of people sitting together in a room. Bold yellow text laid over the image says “We Are Here (Again) 25 November 6–8pm”. The NAVA logo in the corner is in pink text, with ‘na’ on top of ‘va’ followed by “National Association for the Visual Arts”.
10 Nov 2026
Become a NAVA Premium Member today!
Access practical resources, industry advice and opportunities.
Your Membership also supports NAVA’s advocacy for better pay and working conditions, including the payment standards in NAVA’s Code.
Join as an annual Premium Member this November and receive free access to one NAVA’s Code online training course of your choice, valued at $139.
Annual Premium Membership costs $96. Offer ends 30 November 2026. See NAVA’s website for more details.
04 Nov 2026
The Australian Craft and Design Practitioner Survey, led by Australian Design Centre @australiandesigncentre in collaboration with the Australian Craft and Design Centres (ACDC) network, NAVA and Craft Australia @craft.australia gathered responses from 850 practitioners across the country.
The findings show that 68% of respondents received no artist fee for any exhibition in the past year.
“We cannot keep expecting visual artists and craft and design practitioners to contribute their time, expertise and labour without appropriate payment” - NAVA Executive Director Penelope Benton.
NAVA is calling for increased government investment and requirements for publicly funded organisations to pay practitioners in line with NAVA’s Code of Practice.
🔗 Link to Report in bio.
ID: Eight slides with infographics and statistics from the Report.
Slide 1: Cover of the Australian Craft and Design Practitioner Survey, featuring a photograph of five people weaving at the Australian Tapestry Workshop.
Slide 2: Survey of 850 practitioners across Australia. 65% metropolitan, 35% regional or remote. Most common disciplines include ceramics, textiles and jewellery.
Slide 3: 75% hold a bachelor's degree or above, and half work at least 25 hours a week in their practice.
Slide 4: One in three have practised for over 20 years; 64% exhibited in Australia and 15% internationally in the past year.
Slide 5: 57% earned under $10,000 from their practice, 29% made a loss or earned nothing, and 60% work in other professions.
Slide 6: 53% have never applied for a grant. Awareness of NAVA's payment rates is higher among practitioners connected to sector organisations.
Slide 7: Two in three received no exhibition fee, 92% of competition entrants paid entry fees, and 40% undertook unpaid or underpaid work.
Slide 8: Half of respondents remain optimistic about the future. A word cloud highlights the need for funding, support, recognition and opportunities.
03 Nov 2026
We’re proud to welcome the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) to the ArtsPay community.
For over 40 years, NAVA has championed the rights, recognition and working conditions of artists and arts workers across Australia.
Now, with the launch of NAVA’s new Member Portal, ArtsPay is processing membership payments, helping turn an everyday operational expense into another way to support the creative community.
Through ArtsPay, 50% of our profits go to the ArtsPay Foundation, which provides funding to independent artists and small arts organisations across Australia.
It’s a partnership built on shared values and a belief that supporting the arts can be part of how we do business every day.
A big thank you to the team at @nava_visualarts for choosing ArtsPay. We’re excited to be working together 💛
Image credit 1: Donnalyn Xu and Shoufay Derz at the NAVA stall, Deaf Festival Sydney, 2026. Photo by David Wimble.
Image credit 2: Georgia Mokak at the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, 2026. Photo by Michael Jalaru Torres.
26 Oct 2026
This arrived today and it’s so true.
Thank you @nava_visualarts for backing artists and fair pay.
Making work takes time, skill and materials, and it deserves to be paid for. 🤎
#payyourartists #supportartist #nava
22 Oct 2026
NAVA’s Code provides practical guidance for artists, arts workers and organisations, including good practice when working with First Nations artists and art centres. Keeping this resource up-to-date takes ongoing work.
A donation to NAVA this #AusArtDay helps support this work and keep the Code freely available to everyone.
Images: 1,2,3 Desirai Saunders and Saltwater People 2024, 4 Claudia Chinyere Akole © 2024
ID: Cartoon of four artists painting, weaving and making pottery. Colours are pink, blue, orange and green.
21 Oct 2026
Help NAVA “Make Art Happen” this #ausartsday2026 by making a donation via the link in our bio🔗
Muruwari Artist and NAVA Member Dr Virginia Keft talks about how she uses NAVA’s Code of Practice to navigate contracts, fees and working relationships in her practice.
By supporting NAVA you are helping resource a community of over 40,000 Australian Artists and Arts Workers build a more sustainable and equitable sector.
ID: Interview featuring Virginia Keft against blue backdrop.
Video by David Barker
21 Oct 2026
This AusArt Day, support NAVA's work to improve artists' rights, pay, and working conditions 🧡 Your donation supports NAVA’s advocacy, the Code of Practice and ongoing work to build long-term First Nations leadership.
Donate via link in bio.
nava.net.au/donate
📸 NAVA's First Nations Policy and Advocacy Manager, Georgia Mokak @georgiamokak, at the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, 2026. Photo by Michael Jalaru Torres @jalaruphotography
ID: Georgia talks with two people across a NAVA stall. Postcards and information are displayed on the table and a pull-up banner is behind.
19 Oct 2026
The Australian Government is considering whether to change copyright law as part of its response to AI. NAVA is asking artists, craft practitioners, designers and arts workers to write to their local MP about the importance of protecting copyright. Use NAVA’s letter template to explain what is at stake for your work and ask your MP to support enforceable protections for artists.
Click the link in our bio and head to the News & Opinion section to read more 🔗
ID: White text on an orange backdrop which reads “Don’t lose ART to ARTificial Intelligence”
15 Oct 2026
NAVA’s 2026 Member Survey shows that conditions documented in research for decades persist. With 740 responses from across the continent, it gives NAVA a current picture of what artists and arts workers want to change, including better pay, stronger rights and more sustainable careers. Read what Members told NAVA and how it’s informing NAVA’s next Strategic Plan.
Link in bio🔗
Image: Illustration by Missy Dempsey 2026.
ID: Abstract orange, green and pink shapes, including survey checkboxes and tick marks, on a bright blue background, with white text reading, “I dream of a future where artists are valued and paid a living wage.”
13 Oct 2026
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