First independent project after graduation
Your first paid project is exciting — and exposing. Get clarity on what your time is actually worth before you commit.
Know your numbers. Protect your time. Work sustainably.
Most cultural practitioners undercharge, overdeliver, and sign contracts they later regret. These tools are built to change that — one decision at a time.
Your first paid project is exciting — and exposing. Get clarity on what your time is actually worth before you commit.
Every "quick call" and unpaid admin hour erodes your income. Define your services and protect what you actually get paid for.
Institutions have lawyers. You should have a checklist. Stress-test the deal before you say yes.
Paying fairly is not just ethical — it is how the sector stays liveable. Use data-backed benchmarks to build a budget you can defend.
Full forecast with questionnaire, result sheet, and charts.
Estimate a sustainable hourly fee with 7 questions.
Select services, set hours, and download a CSV cost summary.
Add your own service rows and see an instant yearly turnover total.
Interactive walkthrough to understand the net-income calculation.
13 questions to decide: go, renegotiate, or decline.
12 questions to stress-test gallery deal terms.
Guided questionnaire in English for estimating fair artist honoraria.
Search 100 art/museum roles and compare salary, day-rate, and project-fee ranges with source links.
View scale groups/examples and calculate actual salaries by custom hours.
Interactive 25-point checklist with response-quality tracking and contextual pop-ups.
A radar-based project assessment across 6 dimensions (1–100).