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

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: Jackie BattenfieldPublisher: Da Capo Lifelong BooksPublished: 06/09/2009Pages: 400Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.50lbsSize: 9.30h x 7.40w x 0.90dISBN13: 9780306816529ISBN10: 0306816520BISAC Categories:- Art | Business Aspects- Art | ReferenceAbout th