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Daniel Grant
The Business of Being an Artist
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Publisher: Allworth Press,U.S.
ISBN: 1581150563
Number of pages: 352
Publishing Date: 2000-06-01
Branch: art market & exhibition halls
Category: book (softcover)
Thoroughly updated and expanded, this classic handbook teaches emerging artists all the strategies they need to know for selling artwork on their own or through dealers.
The book's new sections target today's vital issues: creating a web site; obtaining copyright/trademark protection on the Internet; coping with censorship of controversial art; and dealing with the new realities of funding sources. Additional chapters tell how to find galleries, arrange exhibitions, apply for grants, land survival jobs doing custom decorative art or teaching, and other relevant topics.
Daniel Grant is a contributing editor of American Artist magazine. A former art critic for Newsday (Long Island, New York) and The Commercial-Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee), he was editor of Art & Artists from 1978 to 1984. He has authored The Artist's Resource Handbook, The Business of Being an Artist, The Fine Artist's Career Guide, How to Start and Succeed as an Artist, and The Writer's Resource Handbook (all published by Allworth Press). His articles and essays have appeared in such publications as ARTnews, Art in America, New York Times, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, Philadelphia Inquirer, Newsday, The Nation, New York, Art & Auction, and Art & Antiques. He has also taught courses in, and lectured on, career issues for visual artists. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.
The book's new sections target today's vital issues: creating a web site; obtaining copyright/trademark protection on the Internet; coping with censorship of controversial art; and dealing with the new realities of funding sources. Additional chapters tell how to find galleries, arrange exhibitions, apply for grants, land survival jobs doing custom decorative art or teaching, and other relevant topics.
Daniel Grant is a contributing editor of American Artist magazine. A former art critic for Newsday (Long Island, New York) and The Commercial-Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee), he was editor of Art & Artists from 1978 to 1984. He has authored The Artist's Resource Handbook, The Business of Being an Artist, The Fine Artist's Career Guide, How to Start and Succeed as an Artist, and The Writer's Resource Handbook (all published by Allworth Press). His articles and essays have appeared in such publications as ARTnews, Art in America, New York Times, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, Philadelphia Inquirer, Newsday, The Nation, New York, Art & Auction, and Art & Antiques. He has also taught courses in, and lectured on, career issues for visual artists. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.
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