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Living and Sustaining a Creative Life

Author : Sharon Louden
Publisher : Intellect Books
ISBN 13 : 9781783200122
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Living and Sustaining a Creative Life written by Sharon Louden and published by Intellect Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this day and age, when art has become more of a commodity and art school graduates are convinced that they can only make a living from their work by attaining gallery representation, it is more important than ever to show the reality of how a professional, contemporary artist sustains a creative practice over time. The forty essays collected in Living and Sustaining a Creative Life are written in the artists' own voices and take the form of narratives, statements, and interviews. Each story is different and unique, but the common thread is an ongoing commitment to creativity, inside and outside the studio. Both day-to-day and big picture details are revealed, showing how it is possible to sustain a creative practice that contributes to the ongoing dialogue in contemporary art. These stories will inform and inspire any student, young artist, and art enthusiast and will help redefine what "success" means to a professional artist.

Storytellers of Art Histories

Author : Yasmeen Siddiqui
Publisher : Intellect (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9781789384277
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (842 download)

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Download or read book Storytellers of Art Histories written by Yasmeen Siddiqui and published by Intellect (UK). This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology amplifying the voices of the figures reshaping art histories across disciplines and a range of fluid practices. With a focus on gender, race (including whiteness), class, sexuality, and transnationality--all of which are often marginalized in dominant art histories--each individual has provided short, often personal contributions detailing how they become passionate about their practice. The contributors' offerings are varied and surprising, appealing equally to people enmeshed in the field through their work as well as those with a beginner's interest. Their pieces take various forms--epistolary, children's fable, interview, coauthored narrative, pastiche, memoir, manifesto, and apology--and a number of the essays perform in their structure or content the theories they explore about publishing, curating, and archival work.

Creative Block

Author : Danielle Krysa
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452130027
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book Creative Block written by Danielle Krysa and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creative block presents the most crippling—and unfortunately universal—challenge for artists. No longer! This chunky blockbuster of a book is chock-full of solutions for overcoming all manner of artistic impediment. The blogger behind The Jealous Curator interviews 50 successful international artists working in different mediums and mines their insights on how to conquer self-doubt, stay motivated, and get new ideas to flow. Each artist offers a tried-and-true exercise—from road trips to 30-day challenges to cataloging the medicine cabinet— that will kick-start the creative process. Abundantly visual with more than 300 images showcasing these artists' resulting work, Creative Block is a vital ally to students, artists, and creative professionals.

Taking the Leap

Author : Cay Lang
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811818155
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (181 download)

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Download or read book Taking the Leap written by Cay Lang and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 1998-04 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers artists advice on creating a portfolio, planning a career strategy, staging art exhibitions, and making useful connections.

Write Free

Author : Rebecca Lawton
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781537781464
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book Write Free written by Rebecca Lawton and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Equal parts writer's workshop and spiritual journey, this open-hearted guide will show you how to attain and sustain the creative life you desire. Based on a time-tested principle and using methods pioneered by the authors, Write Free provides a wealth of inspiration, advice, and activities. Exploring how we attract the conditions and events in our lives, Write Free is an invaluable aid for writers, creative souls, and others who want to envision and achieve the inspired life of their dreams.

Getting Your Sh*t Together

Author : Karen Atkinson
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781453801567
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Getting Your Sh*t Together written by Karen Atkinson and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Far too often artists find themselves having to compromise their art and their life because they were not taught accurate up-to-date methods for dealing with business situations. Because of this lack of preparedness artists miss out on valuable opportunities, financial rewards, and access to receptive audiences. This book aims to help all artists everywhere avoid these pitfalls and get on the track to success on their own terms. Whether you are a gallery-bound artist, a conceptual artist who is not interested in selling work, an emerging artist just beginning your career, or a seasoned artist in need of a tune up, this manual is meant for you. This manual is informed by decades of experience and years of research into how to perform as a professional artist in the 21st century art world. This book is filled with easy-to-follow instructions that will help you do everything from archive your work, to start a mailing list, to write a grant, and everything else you can think of. It will even address some topics you may not think you need to know about now - but you sure will later! This is a handbook for your life as an artist. It will empower you to take your future into your own hands. For more info about this book and other GYST products visit www.gyst-ink.com

Make Your Creative Dreams Real

Author : SARK
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743269241
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Make Your Creative Dreams Real written by SARK and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-02-08 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with whimsical humor and tender understanding of human foibles, extensive resource sections, and lots of exercises, "Make Your Creative Dreams Real" is the all-in-one book for everyone who has ever wanted to live a more deeply creative and satisfying life.

Creativity, Spirituality, and Making a Buck

Author : David Nichtern
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614295182
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Creativity, Spirituality, and Making a Buck written by David Nichtern and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A friendly, funny, practical guide for creatives and entrepreneurs, written by a four-time Emmy award-winning and two-time Grammy-nominated composer-guitarist-producer who has worked with Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Jerry Garcia, Lana Del Rey, and Krishna Das, among many others. Also a beloved and highly regarded Buddhist teacher, David teaches readers how to integrate their creative process with their spiritual practice and livelihood. “How do I make a living doing what I love?” “Am I a sellout as an artist if I want to be successful?” “How do I integrate my spiritual principles with the art of running a business? And actually, um, how do I run a business?” Wondering how to reconcile your calling with your need to make a living wage, or what to do once your art starts selling, or how to achieve success in your field, or what it even means to be successful? David Nichtern offers his lived, learned experience as an entrepreneur, musician, and Buddhist teacher to first help you figure out what “success” means to you and then show you how to get there. He offers advice on the creative process and principles of business and ethics—everything from “listen to the muse!” to “protect your intellectual property!”—and provides mindfulness exercises to help you integrate inspiration and aspiration, vocation and avocation—to go from surviving to thriving. Whether you’re a baker trying to grow from the farmer’s market to a brick-and-mortar or a CEO exploring how taking care of your employees can be the same as taking care of your business—if you’re trying to align your spiritual, creative, and financial pursuits and discover what it means to truly live well, this book is for you.

The Reluctant Artist

Author : Karen Kinney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780998939506
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (395 download)

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Download or read book The Reluctant Artist written by Karen Kinney and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for creative inspiration? Karen Kinney compiles helpful insights to release greater creative freedom. Having worked as a professional artist for more than 10 years, she gives guidance and wisdom to navigate a path in the arts and stay motivated over the long haul. Come away empowered to live out your creativity at the next level.

Getting Your Sh*t Together

Author : Karen Atkinson
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781499654660
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (546 download)

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Download or read book Getting Your Sh*t Together written by Karen Atkinson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive book is informed by decades of experience and years of research into how to perform as a professional artist in the 21st century art world (or worlds). This book is filled with easy-to-follow instructions that will help you teach everything -- archiving work, start a mailing list, write a grant, and everything else you can think of. This straightforward book even addresses topics you may not think artists need to know about now! Consider this a handbook for teaching the business aspects of an art career. This book is written and designed to empower you to help artists understand the wild world of art careers. Syllabus and handouts included. Far too often artists find themselves having to compromise their art and their life because they were not taught accurate up-to-date methods for dealing with business situations. Because of this lack of preparedness artists miss out on valuable opportunities, financial rewards, and access to receptive audiences. This book aims to help teachers teach professional practices to artists everywhere, helping to avoid these pitfalls and get on the track to success on their own terms. Whether you are a gallery-bound artist, a public artist, an emerging artist, a hobbyist, a crafts-person, a student, or a seasoned artist in need of a tune up, this manual will help you train artists.

Fully and Creatively Alive

Author : Tom Eggebrecht
Publisher : Tomeggebrecht.com
ISBN 13 : 9780692757307
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (573 download)

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Download or read book Fully and Creatively Alive written by Tom Eggebrecht and published by Tomeggebrecht.com. This book was released on 2016-09-07 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be fully and creatively alive? Tom Eggebrecht tells us through the stories of real-life people who pursued their passions and followed their dreams in many and various ways, and have done so successfully. You'll read about Tanner who uses spoken word poetry to get a message across. Megan is designing hip (and modest) clothing for women. Morgan creates one-of-a-kind pottery. Mikaela discovered a gift for photography. Claire is a comedian who rides the waves of social media. Riley is a sound engineer who has traveled all over the world. Lauren calls herself a visual storyteller. Judson is a graphic designer who dreams of branding upscale food products. Emily makes jewelry and teaches women in Honduras how to start their own self-sustaining jewelry businesses. Patrick tells stories with his photos. Larry has created a business built around his love of live music. Cadence is a brilliant writer who also presents storybook dinners for strangers who come together to get to know one another. Daniel uses his business skills to serve artists who don't have such skills, while exploring his city from the seat of his bicycle. The powerful insights and practical suggestions from these stories propel us on our journey to know our own unique gifts and express them well -- both personally and professionally.

The Complete Smartist Guide

Author : Alicia Puig
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Smartist Guide written by Alicia Puig and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-24 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to sell more art, build a thriving business, and lead the creative life you've always dreamed of!This is the book with all of the practical information about how to actually make a career in the arts that we never learned in art school. The Complete Smartist Guide by artist and Create! Magazine Founder, Ekaterina Popova, and curator and gallery director of PxP Contemporary, Alicia Puig, is packed with tips, hints, and actionable steps from our personal experiences working in the art world. In this essential guide for self-taught and emerging artists, we discuss not only business tactics, sales strategies, and how to promote your art online and in person, but also actionable information about how to deal with creative burnout, overcome imposter syndrome, and avoid the comparison game! We've built our creative businesses largely using social media and email marketing so we share all of the exact steps we used to reach audiences of hundreds of thousands of followers around the world. To make sure we rounded out this book with even more solid advice, we've included interviews with numerous contemporary artists to share their unique insight into how to license your art, attract clients for commissions and mural projects, develop your unique creative voice, and so much more! Includes Supporting Interviews With Inspiring Contemporary Artists, Curators, and Art Agents: Alonsa GuevaraAshley LongshoreChambers AustelleErika Lee SearsJenny BrownKestin CornwallLisa KrannichfeldLiza ZhurkovskayaTyler Ka

Bridges in the Mind

Author : Marianne Roccaforte
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780981516356
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Bridges in the Mind written by Marianne Roccaforte and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literary Nonfiction. Art. Psychology. Finally—someone is saying what successful artists have always known. This practical book helps the creative mind to thrive, not just survive, in the everyday world. A systematic approach to the fascinating and complex topic of the artist's imagination as revealed in ordinary situations is explored in Dr. Marianne Roccaforte's useful, honest, and encouraging book. Drawing on well-grounded psychological research and theory—and informed by years of direct experience counseling and teaching college-student artists—Dr. Roccaforte examines the realities, delights, and challenges of having a strong sense of wonder and an imagination that's constantly "on." In a tone that both honors and guides the reader, the author weaves in voices of successful writers, visual artists, musicians, actors, and dancers, and offers easy-to-practice techniques for such situations as transitioning from an absorbing session of art-making, communicating effectively in social and business settings, managing intense sensory and emotional experience, and sustaining a healthy and active creative life. Insightful and applicable for any person possessing an artistic sensibility—as well as for parents and teachers of young artists—this book enlightens, validates, and empowers, ultimately helping to build new bridges of understanding.

The Artist as Culture Producer

Author : Sharon Louden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781783207275
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book The Artist as Culture Producer written by Sharon Louden and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When 'Living and Sustaining a Creative Life' was published in 2013, it became an immediate sensation. Edited by Sharon Louden, the book brought together forty essays by working artists, each sharing their own story of how to sustain a creative practice that contributes to the ongoing dialogue in contemporary art. The book struck a nerve how do artists really make it in the world today? Louden took the book on a sixty-two-stop book tour, selling thousands of copies, and building a movement along the way. Now, Louden returns with a sequel: forty more essays from artists who have successfully expanded their practice beyond the studio and become change agents in their communities. There is a misconception that artists are invisible and hidden, but the essays here demonstrate the truth artists make a measurable and innovative economic impact in the non-profit sector, in education, and in corporate environments. The Artist as Culture Producer illustrates how today's contemporary artists add to creative economies through out-of-the-box thinking while also generously contributing to the well-being of others. By turns humorous, heartbreaking, and instructive, the testimonies of these forty diverse working artists will inspire and encourage every reader from the art student to the established artist.

Living the Creative Life

Author : Rice Freeman-Zachery
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 160061213X
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Living the Creative Life written by Rice Freeman-Zachery and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-08-15 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How DO they do it? If you could ask your favorite artist or crafter only one question, chances are you'd ask about creativity: Where do your ideas come from? How did you get started? What are your tricks for overcoming blocks? In Living the Creative Life, author Ricë Freeman-Zachery has compiled answers to these questions and more from 15 successful artists in a variety of mediums—from assemblage to fiber arts, beading to mixed-media collage. Creativity is different for everyone, and these artists share their insights on the muse (if you believe in her), keeping a sketchbook (or not), and prioritizing your art, whether you aspire to create solely for your own pleasure or to become a full-time artist. • Try your hand at creative jumpstarts straight from the pros. • Glimpse the artists' innermost thoughts and works in progress as you peruse pages from their journals and notebooks. • Share textile artist Sas Colby's triumph over creative block during an exotic art retreat. • Learn how internationally acclaimed artist James Michael Starr uses experience from his former "day job" to fuel his creation today. • Explore the work of Michael deMeng, Claudine Hellmuth, Melissa Zink and the other artists right alongside their insights. No crafter or artist should live the creative life without Living the Creative Life! The inspiration is contagious.

A Career in the Arts

Author : Gary A. Berg
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1475862385
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book A Career in the Arts written by Gary A. Berg and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-03-28 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a gap in knowledge about artistic careers--few people fully understand the economics and sociology of the visual and performing arts. The public impression of the lives of artists are distorted because typically only the very successful get attention. Society generalizes based on those people who are statistical exceptions, not by looking at average careers, let alone those who discontinue their pursuit of arts professions. For emerging young artists, it is essential to know the histories of the different performing and visual arts, and their training and craft traditions. Additionally, understanding the role of informal learning, differences in types of institutions, approaches to teaching-learning, and the subsequent likely career impact is important. While some have hailed the advances in the arts as a result of new technology, changes in the finances of performers are greatly impacted by the digital world. Many have commented on the greying audiences for classical music and opera, but the characteristics of the younger generations who appear to want to view, listen, and interact with visual and performance art differently may be even more impactful.

The Creative Life

Author : Julia Cameron
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101443413
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book The Creative Life written by Julia Cameron and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-09-16 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A passionate and inspiring guide to creating a life built around the creative process. This groundbreaking new work from the bestselling author of The Artist's Way, guides readers in creating a vision for their lives in which art and life are inextricably linked. According to Julia Cameron, when we allow our creative spirit to serve as our compass, we discover that the art we have always longed to create is suddenly within our grasp. In The Creative Life, Cameron shows readers how to use their creative hearts and minds to cultivate lives that nourish and sustain their art. Through beautifully drawn scenes from her own life, as well as the lives of the many artists around her, Cameron reveals that creativity flourishes during the quiet pauses in our lives-and that it is only when we allow ourselves to slow down and savor life that we discover ways to depict it sensitively and poetically in our art. By opening the curtain on her own life and the lives of the artists who surround her, Cameron reveals a world rich with creative possibility.