The Artist's Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love

NEWS:
Upcoming Lectures and workshops:

February 12 College Art Association, round table discussion on professional practices
February 19-20 ArtServe, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
February 23, Pratt Institute, NYC
March 16 Peekskill, NY, first of 3 monthly workshops
March 26-27 New York Foundation for the Arts, workshop
March 28 Islip Art Museum, lecture
April 6-8, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Mass Art, & Museum School lectures in Boston, MA
April 16-17, Springboard for the Arts, lecture/workshop, St. Paul, MN
May 1, Arts Council of Greater New Haven, CT, keynote address and workshop
":..like a Rosetta Stone that unlocks the mysteries of a complex business, bringing a desperately needed level of control to a burgeoning artist over his own future." Louis Cook, ArtDesignCafe Magazine

The Artist's Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love is a comprehensive handbook that provides the information, tools, and techniques, for developing and sustaining a successful art career. It provides answers to the challenges artists face everyday and includes real-life examples, illustrations, step-by-step exercises, and bulleted lists that allow readers to dive in and begin working immediately.

Author Jackie Battenfield maintains her own career as a visual artist and teaches professional development classes at Columbia University and the Creative Capital Foundation.

The Artist's Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love is published by Da Capo Press.

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