Jackie Battenfield
The Artist's Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love
Paperback
(Da Capo Lifelong Books June 9, 2009)
, 1 edition
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.
- ISBN
- 0306816520 / 9780306816529
- Pages
- 400
- Weight
- 28.8 oz.
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 1.2
in.