Making art and making a living : adventures in funding a creative life / Mason Currey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Currey, Mason, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Economic aspects.

Art.

Genre:

Biographies.

Informational works.

Physical Description:

viii, 227 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Adventures in funding a creative life

Place of Publication:

New York : Celadon Books, 2026.

Summary:

"From family money to jobs to colorful schemes, Mason Currey, author of the acclaimed Daily Rituals, explores both the well-worn and unlikely paths forward for the up-and-coming artist. Making Art and Making a Living is an entertaining and thought-provoking examination of the collision of creative ambitions with real-world necessities, and of the messy, glorious, torturous compromises that gifted individuals have patched together when facing this eternal dilemma of an artistic life"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Family money : Inheritance ; Allowance ; The art of mooching

Jobs : Odd jobs ; Double lives ; Culture workers

Patrons : Elite status ; Government checks ; True fans

Schemes : Art and theft ; Sort of rich, sort of quick ; The bridge ; Double or nothing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781250824523

1250824524

OCLC:

1513885072