Starting Your Career as an Artist: A Guide to Launching a Creative Life
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (957 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1621534790 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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She lives in New York City with her husband.Stacy Miller has worked as the director of research and professional development at the College Art Association as well as the director of art and design education at Parsons the New School for Design. She teaches in the photography department at Parsons and is creating a web-based start-up for artists to help advocate for, design with, and discuss how their creative lives can flourish. Wojak has also served as the director of career services at Columbia University’s School of the Arts and Parsons the New School for Design. She lives in New Rochelle, New York.. About the AuthorAngie Wojak is the director of career development at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She has lectured on art and design career topics at universitie
All chapters cover topics essential to the emerging artist, such as: Using social media to advance your practice Health and safety for artists Artist’s resumes and CVs Finding alternative exhibition venues Building community through networking Collaborating and finding mentors Refining career aspirationsThis invaluable resource is sure to encourage and inspire artists to create their own opportunities as they learn how the creativity that occurs inside the studio can be applied to developing a successful career in the art world.Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. In this comprehensive manual, veteran art career professionals Angie Wojak and Stacy Miller show aspiring artists how to evaluate their goals and create a plan of action to advance their professional careers, and use their talents to build productive lives in the art world. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.. The second edition features a new chapter on social media and includes interviews with artists, museum prof
The Real Deal mpk This is the only book I've read about what it means to be a working artist that tells the real story--all of it, the good and the bad---and what it takes to succeed in the art world. It's a practical guide that demystifies the process of becoming an artist and sustaining a practice--where to study, how to support yourself while getting started, how to find like minded people, where to show, and how to have a career.Keep this book on your work ta. "Flawless Career Advice for Artists" according to Helene Lauer. As a career consultant who assists visual artists, among professionals in other creative fields, I found this book to be a comprehensive career planning and job hunting guide targeted to a highly specialized group. It offers an encyclopedia of practical information, well-organized and clearly written. Most artists, as a group of professionals with highly technical skills, often overlook the essentials that determine success or failure in their c. "Emerge better." according to John Mignault. Even as someone beginning an art career later in life than most, I find this book to be a useful and vital resource in understanding just how much needs to happen outside of the studio as inside. It is all too easy to think that talent is all you need to succeed in the arts and that eventually that talent will out. It isn't and it may not. This guide describes the strategies and practices necessary to launching and maintaining a career in the ar
Angie Wojak is the director of career development at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She teaches in the photography department at Parsons and is creating a web-based start-up for artists to help advocate for, design with, and discuss how their creative lives can flourish. She lives in New