The Business of Being an Artist - Softcover

Grant, Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1581156731 ISBN 13: 9781581156737

Publisher: Allworth Press, 2010

Synopsis

Fully revised and updated, the fourth edition of this classic text provides visual artists with an in-depth guide to developing and building a successful career as a professional artist. In The Business of Being an Artist, veteran art writer Daniel Grant weaves the words and experiences of dozens of practicing artists, together with expert advice, to provide proven solutions to the real-life challenges artists face every day

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Review:

“One of the best-informed and most resourceful writers in the art field.” - "American Artist"

"One of the best-informed and most resourceful writers in the art field." - "American Artist"

About the Author:

Daniel Grant is the author of a number of books on fine artists' career development. He has taught at Lyme Academy College of Art and led career workshops at a variety of colleges and universities around the country including Yale University, Smith College, Iowa State University, and the College Art Association. In addition, he is a contributing editor at American Artist magazine and writes regularly for the Wall Street Journal and ARTnews. Grant has worked as a full-time art critic and feature writer for Newsday in New York City and the Commercial-Appeal in Memphis, Tennessee, as well as having served as the editor of Art & Artists. Daniel Grant has written seven books for Allworth Press: The Business of Being an Artist, Selling Art Without Galleries, The Fine Artists' Career Guide, How to Grow as an Artist, An Artist's Guide: Making It in New York City, The Artist's Resource Handbook, and The Writer's Resource Handbook. Grant's work appears periodically in the New York Times and Art in America. A graduate of Northwestern University, Daniel Grant lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, where he has chaired the local cultural council.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allworth Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1581156731
• ISBN 13: 9781581156737
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 448