The artist's career guide [electronic resource] : how to make a living doing what you love / by Jackie Battenfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Battenfield, Jackie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Vocational guidance.

Art.

Vocational guidance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Da Capo Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gallery director, artist, and lecturer Jackie Battenfield offers expert advice on how to develop a sustained and rewarding career as a visual artist.

Contents:

CONTENTS; Introduction: Why Read This Book? ix; Section One Taking Charge of Your Professional Life; one How to Assess, Plan, and Take Action 3; two How to Assemble the Essential Tools to Support Your Work 24; Section Two Circulating Your Work; three How to Get Started: Peer Networking, Readiness, and Creating Your Own Opportunities 73; four How to Introduce Your Work to the Professional Community: Researching and Exhibiting in Nonprofit Spaces 95; five How to Build Long-Term Professional Relationships 123; Section Three Supporting Your Work; six How to Earn and Manage Money 159

seven How to Find Even More Support: Grants, Residencies, Gifts 197eight How to Read and Work with theFine Print: Contracts, Legal Issues, and the Art of Negotiation 241; Section Four Maintaining Your Practice; nine How to Structure Your Day-to-Day Operations 283; ten How to Build Community to Survive Being Alone 311; Epilogue 341; Acknowledgments 347; Biographies 349; Index 363

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-282-46219-9

0-7867-4806-0

OCLC:

449199972