Mary Violet Creative

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Mary Violet Creative exists to support independent artists and creative freelancers in Australia My name is Ruth Oโ€™Brien.

Iโ€™m a creative career coach, vocal artist, writer arts administrator, accessibility consultant and arts advocate. Mary Violet Creative exists to help artists, designers, singers, writers, actors, dancers, photographers, painters (and basically anybody creative!) learn the skills they need to further their careers. Specifically, I help my clients to understand and accentuate their strengths, organ

02/09/2021

Yup! On again this Saturday morning! Weโ€™ll be talking about all the lessons in creativity you may have learned this week either through doing the bookmark assignment OR some other activity in your week. Maybe you got resourceful when cooking dinner, maybe you invented a new game to entertain the kids, maybe you just worked out a more efficient way of doing something! Whatever it was, come share your insights with us all! ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผโค๏ธ

Booking link in bio ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿ’— See you there!

23/08/2021

Oh hi! How goes it? Dropping in to let you know about a new project Iโ€™m running every Saturday morning!

Creative Chats is a facilitated conversation for artists, makers and creatives every Saturday morning at 11am AEST for 90 minutes.

The first few will be intro sessions to get to meet other creatives in Canberra and around Australia.

Each week will have a focus topic which can be as strictly or as loosely followed as the group desires.

Only 10 spots per session! Make sure you book via the link in the bio, each session is pay-what-you-can-afford.

I hope to see you there! Will post more about what to expect over the week ahead ๐Ÿ’—๐ŸŒˆ

Ruth

10/06/2021

If you want to hear me chatting about art but canโ€™t make it to this panel, hereโ€™s a little sound bite of an interview I did with Dinah from Specialists In Communications. Looking forward to this eveningโ€™s event ๐ŸŒˆโค๏ธ๐ŸŽซ

Photos 09/06/2021

Hey all! I'll be speaking on the panel tomorrow night with some other local women in the arts, including our amazing arts minister, Tara Cheyne! Still tickets left, click the link below for more info ๐Ÿ™‚

Image description: Painting of a lightbulb surrounded by lots of colours. Text reads "Upcoming event - Art is Good Business. Panel discussion and networking. Thursday 10 June, 2021, 5:30pm.

You're invited to our Art is Good Business networking and panel discussion event - https://mailchi.mp/54d51f0ae0aa/art-is-good-business

26/02/2021

Hey wonderful Canberra creative women! Hope this finds you really well! I'm running an online workshop on Thursday 11 March at 7pm and would love if you're able to join!

This 90-min session will be a mix of facilitated creative coworking (so you can get that thing done!) and activities that get us thinking more creatively, "outside-the-box" and generating new, inspiring ideas.

You'll leave the session with:
- At least two strategies for getting unstuck from a creative block
- At least 2 new connections in the arts and creative industries
- Know more about the benefits of coworking and see how it can help your creative practice.

To book, go to: https://events.humanitix.com/coworking-creative-women

Hope to see you there!

๐ŸŒˆ Ruth

How to start a business in Australia | Rounded 13/10/2020

Some great tips here from the awesome people at Rounded. This is an accounting platform made specifically with creative freelances and self-employed artists in mind. Check it out and be sure to have a read of the article below.

Image description: Top-down picture of person writing on white pieces of paper with pens and coloured markers. There is also an iPhone on top of the papers and a computer mouse.

How to start a business in Australia | Rounded Thinking about opening a small business of your own? Get started on the right foot with this overview of what you need to do.

08/09/2020

Well, hey there! ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿผ Got some snazzy new profile pics the other week. Huge thanks to the amazing Grace Costa Photographer for taking these! Grace is super easy to work with, is incredibly organised and has a really quick turnaround with her work. Highly recommend Grace if you need headshots or other photos to promote your creative career ๐Ÿ’—

Photos 18/08/2020

Hey you guys! ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿผ Ruth here (aka Mary Violet). Letting you wonderful people know about a new service Iโ€™m launching to support artists, makers and creatives.

Admin is not something thatโ€™s highly beloved by many creative ppl I know. But sometimes you need to quickly and accurately show your experience, your training, your professional development and have some good referees up your sleeve.

Thatโ€™s why Iโ€™ve decided to launch this new arts admin package offer. A two-page CV and your choice of two short bios or one long one.

Itโ€™s not easy talking yourself up, so let me do it for you! Get in touch via email: [email protected]

Can also tailor something to suit your needs! Here to help you succeed in you rcreative career โœŒ๐Ÿป

More funding for ACT arts sector after grants extension 16/08/2020

More funding has been announced for Canberra artists and creatives ๐Ÿ’œ Check out the article below ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ

More funding for ACT arts sector after grants extension Fashion designer Julianna Peric is among 59 artists in Canberra who will receive grants after the Homefront scheme was extended.

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Canberra, ACT

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm