The Fine Artist's Career Guide, 2nd Edition

by Daniel Grant

This new edition of an invaluable resource enables you, as a visual artist, to get a clear picture of the educational and professional opportunities open to you, establish yourself successfully in the market, or give your career a completely new spin.

This book details the characteristics and qualifications of each profession, institutions that offer additional study in a particular field, plus where to look for current job postings.

Written by a veteran art career expert, it covers: selecting an art school; teaching at the college level or in residency programs; licensing artwork; portraiture and calligraphy; medical and scientific illustration; working in print studios and sculpture foundries; art conservation; art therapy; architecture and interior design; working in theater; museum careers; art law; art appraisal; arts administration; illustration and the design field.

Weaving together practical advice and in-depth discussions, interviews, and success stories from a wide range of professional artists, this is an invaluable tool for your career in the visual arts, whatever your background or experience.

This indispensable guide gives anyone with studio art training the vital tools and breadth of information they need to develop and succeed in the fine and applied arts. It covers the full spectrum of career options available to artists today-from being an independent artist to niches in the corporate world, and from jobs that require special artistic skills to those calling for artistic improvisation.

• "Daniel Grant has created an important tool for any graphic artist or gallery artist to enter the world of business with both feet planted firmly on the ground"—Paul Basista, former executive director of the Graphic Artists Guide

• This replaces 1-58115-013-X

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Grant is an art writer with a long list of credits. Here he presents information on selecting an art school, looking for a job, establishing a presence in the art world, researching various kinds of art-related income, and exploring a wide variety of art-related employment opportunities. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Daniel Grant is a contributing editor of American Artist and the author of The Business of Being an Artist. He lives in Amherst, MA.