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How to Survive and Prosper as an Artist, 5th ed. : Selling Yourself Without Selling Your Soul
Manufacturer
Henry Holt & Company
Product Number MPN
0805068007
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$17.00
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09780805068009
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978080506800
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Title
How to Survive and Prosper As an Artist: Selling Yourself Without Selling Your Soul, How to Survive and Prosper as an Artist, 5th ed. : Selling Yourself Without Selling Your Soul
ISBN
0805068007
Author(s)
Caroll Michels
Release Date
December, 2001, 2001-12
Format
Paperback
Num of Pages
369
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1
EAN
9780805068009
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0.5 lbs.
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Latest 6 Reviews Here is what people are saying about the How to Survive and Prosper as an Artist, 5th ed. : Selling Yourself Without Selling Your Soul
"Great Overview"
2009-10-19
- Reviewed By User: A1Z7Q3IO4Z7WIS
My wife is the artist and I have agreed to help her learn about marketing her art. This book is clearly written and a tremendous source of information. It will give you a basic framework from which to strategically think about developing your art career. It is written in a very serious, even bitter tone, which can be a bit off-putting (hence the 4 out of 5 stars), but I suspect that is because ultimately, art is like any other financial venture: it is not romantic and business is business. Highly recommended.
"Disappointed."
2009-10-05
- Reviewed By User: A2PU5IDX61XJ7A
This book had excellent reviews so I decided to order it. I was disappointed in it. The main focus in it was selling through galleries. If you're not wanting to sell through galleries, don't buy this book. I was hoping for other venue ideas for selling.
"Excellent information"
2009-09-28
- Reviewed By User: A32RRG4I1FVXHS
This most recent book by Caroll Michels is an excellent resource for artists who are serious about taking part in an ever-changing art world.
Much of Michel's work has helped me to develop my career in New York City and elsewhere. The information is realistic...not "romantic".
I bought numerous copies to give to friends, and they are as enthusiastic about the book as I am.
"A 'must have' for any aspiring artist and libraries catering to them"
Career coach and artist-advocate Caroll Michels uses three decades of experience and insights to provide a range of business details for aspiring artists, from obtaining gallery representation and establishing prices to developing an exhibition and handling rejection. The practical business savvy makes How to Survive and Prosper As An Artist a 'must have' for any aspiring artist and libraries catering to them.
This book isn't for people who just want to create art and make a modest living; instead, this book is for the ladder-climbers who want to work within the system, always currying favor with those in a "position to help an artist's career" with the eventual goal of becoming rich and famous. But to me, that is selling your soul.
In this book you will find an impressive list of resources for just about anything an artist needs to know. It describes how the whole art world turns, horror stories and all. The author reveals gallery accounting tricks and explains how to work around them so you don't get fleeced; she presents tips on how to win grants, how to protect your artwork from being stolen, and how to save money while still promoting your work to authority figures in the art world--with style. She writes about the law, and presents some statistics that will prepare the self-promoting artist for the levels of rejection that will soon be forthcoming.
But she writes almost nothing about the vast power of marketing one's art on the internet. Even though this was written before Etsy, it wasn't before Ebay! I found nothing about directly approaching the public. There is nothing here about uniting with other artists to help each other survive financially; it's all about making it in the traditional art world.
Some of the reason for this may be the author's attitude. For instance, in a chapter advising the artist how to approach the gallery, she warns against showing one's work to a "subordinate." Obviously, only the gallery owner has the authority to make decisions, but then she follows that decent advice with this sentence:
"Subordinates are capable of giving compliments, but your ego is in sad shape if you need to hang on to the opinion of each and every staff member who happens to be hanging out at the gallery." p. 172
To me, the belief that only the art-educated can recognize good art is arrogant and condescending. (And the author says this after exposing the fact that most gallery owners don't have any art background at all!) If you create esoteric work that is only for the one or two highly-educated rich people who can both understand and afford it, then perhaps you will like this book. But if your art is for the richly varied people of the world--who aren't really stupid, by the way--then get creative and find a way to get it to them and still make a living. That's what I thought this book would do, but it didn't.
"An excellent resource for artists"
2009-08-04
- Reviewed By User: A1E8I7W5QOYBBI
Caroll Michels has performed a uniquely valuable service for artists with this new edition containing information not available elsewhere on using the Internet to the artist's advantage. And not just the Internet; all the updated information is immediately useful. And not just for artists: collectors, curators, dealers, and all who simply enjoy knowing what goes on in that imperfect world which is the art world, will profit from this book. Sidney L. Delson, FAIA
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