The Artist's Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love - Paperback

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The Artist's Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love - Paperback

$19.99
Sale price  $19.99 Regular price 

by Jackie Battenfield (Author)

A comprehensive guide for both emerging and mid-career artists to pursue a career in the visual arts.

Providing real-life examples, illustrations, and step-by-step exercises, Battenfield offers readily applicable advice on all aspects of the job. Along with tips on planning and assessment, she presents strategies for self-management, including marketing, online promotion, building professional relationships, grant writing, and portfolio development.

Each chapter ends with an insightful Reality Check interview, featuring advice and useful information from high-profile artists and professionals.

The result is an inspiring, experiential guide brimming with field-tested techniques that readers can easily apply to their own career.

Author Biography

Jackie Battenfield's work is represented in over a thousand collections worldwide. She teaches a course in professional development in the visual arts at Columbia University.

Number of Pages: 400
Dimensions: 0.9 x 9.3 x 7.4 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: June 09, 2009

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