If you’re intent on building your hobby into a moneymaking endeavor, you need to learn the ins and outs of the art business.
Being an artist entrepreneur takes more than just creativity.
It takes knowledge to earn your living making the art you love.
Here’s a short compendium that will give you inspiration, advice and guidance on building a career in fine art, illustration and reproduction.
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Art, Inc.
This book examines how to turn your art into a business by taking you through the basic elements and through interviews with successful, working artists.
From the basics like multiple income streams, business branding and organization to promoting, selling and licensing, this book gives you a wide range of tools that can help you move from a casual painter to a fulltime artist.
How To Make A Living Doing What You Love
From taking charge of your professional life and introducing your work to the professional community to making an income and the art of negotiation, Ms. Battenfield helps you navigate the practicalities of being a working, professional artist.
With anecdotes from her own career and that of other successful artists, you’ll find answers and inspirations that you can use to move toward building your own art business.
Making It In The Art World
Every painter who wants to become a professional artist needs a clear plan for building a business that continues to grow and flourish. Mr. Carey provides tips and tactics for planning and executing a thriving career in art.
These topics range from evaluating your own art, submitting and presenting work to shows and galleries to avoiding distractions in your studio and making money without compromising your artistic vision.
How To Survive And Prosper As An Artist
Caroll Michels dispels the notion that freelance art entrepreneurs are “starving artists” and making an honest living from art requires “selling one’s soul.” Ms. Michels shows that this is the furthest thing from the truth. With the proper tools and encouragement, an emerging artist can create and maintain a successful business.
Spelled out in a clear and concise manner, the chapters include career blocks, presentation tools, pricing, the internet, public relations, exhibitions, dealers and galleries. In her thoughtful approach to the subject, Ms. Michels gives insight and a useful primer to building a successful art business.
The Fine Artist’s Guide To Getting Into Galleries
Lots of artists are good painters. The difference between an artist who makes a living at his art and one who is a “starving artist” is often the business principles they put to use after they’ve created their work.
Mr. Horejs has compiled a series of strategies, actions and techniques that are stepping stones to achieving your goal as a well-paid, professional artist. Written in an easy, conversational style, this book is one that should be on every aspiring artist’s bookshelf
The Artist’s No-Excuse Guide To Self-Promotion
Written by a former museum curator, this book gives you the tools you need for implementing a system for marketing your artwork. These tools are set up in the book by chapter as “actions.” The author encourages the reader to jump around when using the book, as different actions are important at different times for various artists.
Using an innovative approach and jumping on the bandwagon of modern social media and the importance of an internet presence, this book is a must-have for any artist on the way up.
