The Business of Being an Artist by Grant, Daniel -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1. Exhibiting and Selling Art

So, Where Can I Show My Work?

Rounding Up Visitors Marketing Pricing artwork Sales

Accepting Payment

Cash Personal Checks Debit Cards and E-Checks. Credit Cards Online Payments

A Word about Taxes Demonstrations Open Studio Events Juried Art Competitions Nonprofit Art Spaces

Pop-Up Galleries College Art Galleries Regional Art Museums

Other Exhibition Sites

Governors’ Art Exhibitions Art in Embassies Museum Sales and Rental Galleries Regional Museum Biennials

Chapter 2. Talking to Collectors

Perhaps, An Overlooked Form of Communication Press Releases Pop Quiz Artist Statements Websites Blogs Is That an Insult? Can you Bend Without Breaking? Marketing and Sales in a Weak Economy

Chapter 3. Expanding the Area of Sales and Income

Licensing Prints

Self-publish Print Publishers Certificates of authenticity

Bartering, Leasing, and Renting Art

Bartering Leasing Rental Agreements

Selling Art in Other Countries Art Partnerships

Chapter 4. Developing Relationships with Art Dealers

Finding Representation

Art Consultants Art Galleries

Coming to Terms

A (Potential) Problem Honesty is the Best Policy Foundry Fees and Commissions To Consign or Sell?

Artist-Dealer Disputes

Bad Debts and Other Recoveries Spreading Oneself Out Thin

Severing the Artist-Dealer Relationship

Chapter 5. Artists and the Law

The Importance of Obtaining Legal Advice Artists Lose Lawsuits A Legal Question: Who Owns Sketches, Models for a Commissioned Artwork? Another Legal Question: The Right to Privacy Yet Another Legal Issue: Sidewalk Art Yet Another Legal Question: Defamation

Chapter 6. Copyright

Making a Copyright Search Trademark Protection for Artists Copyrighted and Trademarked Subjects Artists’ Moral Rights

Waiving One’s Rights Confusion Over the Term “Site-Specific”

Chapter 7. From School to the Working World

First Steps Working as an Artist’s Assistant

Some Benefits Some Drawbacks

Finding a Job as an Art Teacher

Weighing the Pros and Cons of Teaching Making Peace with the Academic Life

Artist-in-Residence Programs

Museum Artist-in-Residence Programs

Chapter 8. The Materials that Artists Use

Safe Art Practices in the Studio Becoming More Environmentally Friendly

Proper Disposal Practices

A Primer on Paint Labels Transporting Sculpture Traveling with Art Supplies

Chapter 9. Getting Ready to Handle the Pressures

Post-Exhibition Blues Changing One’s Style Handling Criticism The Benefits and Pitfalls of Censorship and Controversy In and Out of the Spotlight Getting Suggestions for What to Create Next Love and Marriage Divorce

Chapter 10. The Search for Money

Loans Crowd-Sourced Funding Emergency Assistance Artists’ Foundations Applying for Grants and Fellowships

Fiscal Management

So Who Will Provide the Funding?

Foundations Corporations Corporate foundations Government Local Arts Agencies State Arts Agencies Regional Arts Agencies National Endowment for the Arts

Asking for Money

Individuals

Miscellaneous Funders Reporting Requirements for Grant Recipients Keeping Perspective

Index Books from Allworth Press

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