ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses exclusively on the working experiences of informants in the post-higher education phase of their lives, seeks to explore how art and business converge in the life-history narratives of Arab-Australian young men. The ways in which artists make money is undoubtedly intertwined with factors such as class, gender, and ethnicity. The chapter explores the notions of bohemia, presents and analyses narratives in which ethnic minority, working-class young men actively reject 'bohemia' as an aspirational lifestyle. It then traces the contours of creative lifestyles that many informants in this study feel disconnected from entirely for a number of reasons. Finally, the chapter focuses on two case studies, with Haydar and Ibrahim, who appear to have capitalised on the emerging opportunities for self-employment in niche multimedia fields to become what Florida calls 'creative entrepreneurs'.
