Artists helped to start small businesses

Artists who live or work in Western Sydney can participate in a free course, one day a week for 15 weeks, to attian skills to operat a small business. The Parramatta Artists Studios has introduced a federal Government program called, "artSmart: Building sustainable creative industries". It is a series of 18 practical workshops cover areas such as marketing., financial and taxation management, legal issues, capital raising, product development and creating and maintaining creative clusters