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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
Published: 06/01/2009
ISBN: 9780306816529
Pages: 380
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.30h x 7.40w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Booklist 06/01/2009 pg. 15
Library Journal Supplements 11/15/2008 pg. 48
Choice 01/01/2010