The Profitable Artist

While all art is unique, the challenges artists face are shared regardless

of background, experience, and artistic medium. With decades of

experience training and helping artists, the expert staff of the New

York Foundation for the Arts have compiled a “best practices”

approach to planning and organizing an art career. In this book, NYFA

has identified common problems, examined specialized areas of

business, finance, marketing, and law, and distilled these topics in

such a way that readers can digest them and apply them to their own

experience and practice.

Included are interviews, anecdotes, and in-depth case studies. The

skills and guidelines in The Profitable Artist will also translate effectively

to teaching and mentoring opportunities that artists may encounter as

their career progresses. This invaluable guide appeals to all artists

in all disciplines of the literary, media, performing, and visual arts,

from recent art school graduates to established artists undertaking

new arts businesses to artists seeking more from their careers at any

stage of their career.