Taking AIM! : the business of being an artist today / edited by Marysol Nieves.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nieves, Marysol.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Economic aspects.

Art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Taking Aim! The Business of Being an Artist Today is a practical, affordable resource guide filled with invaluable advice for the emerging artist. The book is specially designed to aid visual artists in furthering their careers through unfiltered information about the business practices and idiosyncrasies of the contemporary art world. It demystifies often daunting and opaque practices through first-hand testimonials, interviews, and commentary from leading artists, curators, gallerists, collectors, critics, art consultants, arts administrators, art fair directors, auction house experts, and other art world luminaries. Published in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Artist in the Marketplace (AIM)—the pioneering career development program at the Bronx Museum of the Arts—Taking AIM! The Business of Being an Artist Today mirrors the structure and topics featured in the AIM program’s weekly workshops and discussions. Each chapter focuses on the specific perspective of an “art world insider”—from the artist to the public art program director to the blogger. Multiple viewpoints from a range of art professionals provide emerging artists with candid, uncensored information and tools to help them better understand this complex field and develop strategies for building and sustaining successful careers as professional artists. The book ends with an annotated chronology of the past three decades in the contemporary art field and a bibliography of publications, magazine articles, online sources, funding sources, residency programs, and other useful information for emerging artists.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

AIM Foreword

Acknowledgments

Taking AIM: An Introduction

Talking AIM: A Conversation with Holly Block and Jackie Battenfield

Three Decades, Three Artists: Rina Banerjee, Kate Gilmore, and Whitfield Lovell

Small Worlds: An Interview with Polly Apfelbaum and Amy Cutler

Art without Market

Climate Change: East Coast to West Coast Curators Articulate the Evolving Curatorial Role

Art Criticism at Present: Five Voices

AIM in Review: The Critics’ Perspective

Gallerists and the Marketplace

The Scoop on Miami

Cultivating Young Collectors through The Contemporaries

The Leibowitz Questionnaire

The Journey from the Studio to the Collection: Six Interviews with Art Advisors, Corporate Curators, and Others

The Art Fair Effect

Funding Artists: An Inside Perspective

Between the Lines: Residencies, Commissions, and Public Art

Art World 2.0

Selected Chronology of World and Art Events, 1979–2010

Selected Bibliography and Resources

Artist in the Marketplace Alumni List

List of Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780823249251

9780823234158

0823234150

OCLC:

923763426