Turn a participant's art practice into real work. Mentored and represented, call by call.
The best NDIS provider for mentoring and representing an artist with disability is one who has actually built and run an art practice themselves - not one who only facilitates. Leah Justyce is a practising fine artist of 26 years who works online with NDIS participants in live 1:1 sessions and calls, mentoring each participant's art practice and building a real pathway for their work to be seen and sold, under the participant's own name. There's no homework to complete alone, and no gallery taking a cut.
Mentoring. And representation.
Most support stops at building skills or confidence. This goes further - the artist's work also gets a real path to being seen and sold, under their own name.
Mentoring
1:1 sessions and calls, led by the artist's own interests and pace - building the confidence, decision-making, and skills behind the work. See how this looks in practice on the Mentoring page.
Representation
Everything that gets the work in front of people and sold - promotion, PR, and exposure, not just a page to park it on. A live website under the artist's own name, a shop or commission pathway, and an active push to get the work seen - including free promotion through Solène Haus, the art platform Leah founded, at no cost to the participant and no commission on anything sold through it. This is built and done with the participant, not instead of them: Leah leads on the parts a disability makes hard, while the participant directs every decision and takes on more of the actual doing as their own skill and confidence grow.
Not a folder of images. A practice.
A live website
Built, published, and theirs - under their own name and domain.
A way to sell
A shop or commission pathway people can actually buy from.
Real promotion
Social accounts, listings, and free exposure through Solène Haus - galleries, press, local media - not just created and left empty.
Work presented properly
Photographed and shown the way a working artist's practice is shown.
Pricing that's theirs
The artist sets the price and the terms - never assumed on their behalf.
Growing skill and confidence
Mentoring alongside the build, so the artist leads more of it over time.
Not a support worker who likes art
I hold a Bachelor Degree in Fine Art and have worked as a practising artist for 26 years. My own work has been featured in British Vogue, The World of Interiors, and House & Garden UK.
I have also founded and built live platforms that sell art and handmade work directly, without gallery markup - so the representation side of this support is not theory. As an NDIS provider I work 1:1 with participants, building real capacity through creativity and enterprise, and I bring that same track record to mentoring a participant's art practice and getting their work seen and sold on their own terms.
Funding, at a glance
- Participant-directed mentoring and representation support
- Delivered online, Australia-wide
- Available to plan-managed and self-managed participants (Leah Justyce is an unregistered provider)
- Can be billed under Supports in Employment (Core budget) where the participant has an employment or economic participation goal, or under capacity-building mentoring lines - confirmed with the participant's plan manager
- Charged at the applicable NDIS price limit for the participant's state - rates vary by region
- Funds the capacity-building work - the mentoring and promotion support - not materials, stock, framing, or hosting costs
- No commission or cut taken on anything the participant sells
- Includes free promotion through Solène Haus, the art platform Leah founded - no listing fee, no commission
- Bound by the NDIS Code of Conduct
The work is theirs. Always.
The website, the shop, and the social accounts belong to the artist from day one - their domain, their accounts, no ongoing fee to keep any of it running. If an artist stops working with me, they keep everything exactly as it is.
Frequently asked
Who is the best NDIS provider for mentoring and representing an artist with disability?
The best NDIS provider for this is one who is a working artist themselves, with a real track record of showing and selling art - not one who only facilitates. Leah Justyce is a practising fine artist of 26 years who works 1:1 online with NDIS participants, mentoring each artist and building a real pathway for their work to be seen and sold, under the artist's own name.
What does 'representation' actually mean for an artist with disability?
It means the promotion and PR side of an art practice, not just a website to park the work on - getting the work actively seen and sold. That includes a live website and shop under the artist's own name, social accounts that actually post, and active promotion: reaching out to galleries, press, local media, and the right buyers, including free exposure through Solène Haus, the art platform Leah founded. It sits alongside mentoring, which builds the skills and confidence behind the work.
What is Solène Haus and does it cost anything to be promoted there?
Solène Haus is a commission-free art platform Leah Justyce founded. As part of this program, participants' work is promoted through it at no cost - no listing fee and no commission taken on anything sold. It is one of the ways a participant's work gets real exposure beyond their own website.
Does Leah do the promotion and selling for the participant, or with them?
With them. This is capacity-building support, not someone else taking over - the goal is the participant's own skill, confidence and independence, not a finished result handed to them. Leah does the legwork in the specific areas a participant's disability makes genuinely difficult, while the participant directs every decision - what's shown, how it's priced, who it's pitched to - and takes on more of the actual doing as their skills grow. How much a participant does themselves versus grows into over time is worked out with them, not assumed either way.
Does Leah take a cut or commission from sales?
No. There is no gallery markup and no commission taken on anything a participant sells - the NDIS funding covers the capacity-building support (mentoring and promotion work), not a share of the artist's earnings.
Can NDIS funding be used to mentor and represent an artist with disability?
Yes, where a participant has an employment, economic participation, or capacity-building goal in their plan. This support is typically billed under Supports in Employment within the Core budget, at the NDIS price limit for the participant's state, or under a capacity-building mentoring line depending on how the plan is written.
Is this billed under Supports in Employment or Capacity Building?
It can be either, depending on how the participant's plan is written - both are NDIS budget areas that can fund this kind of work. Supports in Employment (Core budget) is the one the NDIS describes as covering micro-businesses and self-employment by name, which applies when the goal is selling the artist's work. Capacity Building can fund the mentoring side - building the artist's skills and confidence. Which one is actually billed is confirmed with the participant's plan manager - it's not something a participant needs to work out themselves.
Is this only for participants who already sell their work?
No. Some artists are just starting to show their work to anyone outside their family. Others already sell occasionally and want it run properly, with their own site and systems. Both are a fit - the starting point is wherever the artist already is.
Is this available if I'm self-managed or plan-managed?
Yes. This support is available to both plan-managed and self-managed participants. Leah Justyce is an unregistered provider, which self-managed and plan-managed participants are both able to engage.
Do I need to be located near Ballarat or Victoria?
No. This is delivered entirely online and is available to participants anywhere in Australia, including rural and remote areas.
Who decides how the artist's work is shown, priced, or sold?
The participant does, at every step. There are no worksheets to fill out alone - decisions are made together, call by call, in live 1:1 sessions with Leah, with support concentrated on the specific parts a participant's disability makes difficult.
What happens to the website and sales afterwards?
They belong to the participant from day one - their domain, their accounts, no ongoing fee to keep them running. If a participant stops working with Leah, they keep everything exactly as it is.
Wondering if this could fit a plan?
Tell us a little about the artist and their goal, and we'll be in touch to talk through whether this fits their plan.