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Christina Giorgio – Arts Business and Creative Life Consultant
If we don’t already know each other from past workshops, projects, my Facebook page or some other arty pastime, I’m really pleased to meet you! I’m Christina and for as long as I can remember I’ve lived and breathed all things creative. I got my start aged 3 directing reluctant cousins in theatre performance extravaganzas and belting out 80s love ballads while rocking it on a Casio keyboard (that I didn’t actually know how to play). These days I’m a singer/songwriter but I’ve been a film maker, actor and even briefly tried my hand as a fair trade fashion designer. I live and work surrounded by inspiring nature and world-class culture with my family in the super creative and hippy heartland of Byron Bay, Australia.
When I’m not working on my own creative practice or immersed in family life, I work holistically with arts professionals on their creative businesses and lives and arts businesses and organisations on their strategy and planning. I’m also an arts-events passionate, specializing in grass-roots community events.
Based on 20 years experience working in the creative industries at a policy, cultural strategic planning and community arts level (plus lessons learnt from my own ongoing life-long, creative adventure!), I’m here to support you to thrive emotionally, financially and most importantly, creatively.
I can help you through a range of arts services
- arts business and creative life consulting for individuals, businesses and organisations
- arts business and creative life workshops, online courses and presentations designed for arts professionals and creative minds.
- custom and annual creative life retreats in Bali, Byron Bay and beyond
- strategic website and content development
- free resources, online courses, webinars and more for creatives and arts professionals
More About Christina –
Creative Consultancies director, Christina Giorgio has a bachelor of arts majoring in screen and theatre with her honours in media. She has a Certificate IV in Small Business, a Certificate IV in Training and Adult Education and has completed training in business planning for non-for profits and community based organisations.
Christina has worked in the community and arts sector for over 20 years. She has specialised in drama and video workshop facilitation, working with young people of all abilities and working with adults with disabilities.
She has facilitated training in a range of topics including funding, online resources, access for people with disabilities, community cultural development, arts project development for generalist community workers, arts project development for artsworkwers.
She has worked intensively with migrants, refugees and artists from non-english speaking backgrounds. She is an experienced youth worker and disability support worker and has an excellent understanding of both community and arts.
She has presented at forums and conferences in community cultural development best practice, arts business and provided training in submission writing and funding opportunities. She has twice sat on the selection panel for the Northern Rivers Country Arts Support Program.
Christina has created a number of arts business plans and been successful in securing funding for restructured roles and new programs based on these plans. She has also provided support for corporate strategic plans in the marketing and media sectors.
Christina has has assisted artists practicing a range of art forms with their professional development, incorporating a business model in the creation of artistic and employment opportunities. She has worked as a freelance project manager and facilitator, full time cultural development worker as well as a consultant through her business Creative Consultancies.
In her own arts practice Christina has had films screened internationally, loves acting for theatre, but has found her creative home in music. A singer songwriter, she writes, records and performs her folk-pop originals. She has explored fair trade fashion, does web and graphic design and generally lives and breathes creativity in her working life.
What we do
Let's Work Together
Christina Giorgio is there with holistic solutions for a flourishing creative career, business, organisation and industry. She offers 1 on 1 coaching, cultural planning, strategic web development and arts events.
About Me
With 20 years experience working in the arts at a grassroots, business and strategic level Christina Giorgio is an expert in all things arts, business, creativity and creative communities.
Free Resources
If you’re not quite ready to invest cold hard cash into your creative life just yet or want to test the waters and see what we’re all about then head over to Freebie-ville and get working on your dream creative life for free!
Training and Events
Christina loves working in groups of arty folk, connecting them with each other and creating opportunities to share ideas and learn new skills. Check out all the upcoming workshops for artists and creative people or organise a custom session for your creative community.
Articles
The Creative Consultancies blog is a treasure trove of advice, support and news for creatives and art-entrepreneurs. Get in touch if you would like to suggest a blog topic or are looking for a guest blogger on all things creative life and arts business.
Retreats
Our custom creative life retreats are an invitation to take a time out from the day to day and immerse into a different routine, way of life and perspective whilst recharging the batteries and firing up the creative fires.
what people are saying
“Christina’s work is excellent – she has an energy and a clarity and a great creative mind that can see possibilities and potential in all kinds of things.”
"It feels like a line in the sand has been drawn between indecision and stress to a proactive approach which is exciting."
I’ve got a much better idea of the kind of support I need to be in business and having Christina following you up, is a bit like having an agony aunt sorting you out occasionally…just what I need. Highly recommended.
“Blown away by Christina’s passion, empathy, lucidity, and knowledge.”