SIX TIPS FOR ASPIRING ARTISTS
1. Be aware of multiple career possibilities.
EXHIBITING ARTIST: Cash awards, honorariums, purchase awards
ARTIST COMMISSIONS: Private, public, and corporate commissions
FREELANCE WORK: Web site design, graphic design, illustration
COMMERCIAL ENDEAVORS: Gallery owner, artist's agent, art appraiser, art buyer, print studio owner
TEACHING/ACADEMIC: Elementary, secondary, and college level; private tutoring; adult and continuing education programs
ARTS ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT: Museums, commercial galleries, non-profit or community-based arts organizations, government-funded arts organizations
MUSEUM WORK: Director, curator, registrar, preparator
CONSERVATION, RESTORATION, AND PRESERVATION
ART CRITIC: Published writing and/or lectures and speaking engagements
GRANTS, RESIDENCIES, AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS: Visiting artist, visiting lecturer, artist-in-schools residency
ART THERAPY: Art therapist in schools or mental health organizations
Please note that many professional artists perform a number of these positions, simultaneously or over the course of their careers.
Excellent art career advice book: "Creating A Life Worth Living: A practical course in career design for artists, innovators and others aspiring to a creative life" by Carol Lloyd.
EXHIBITING ARTIST: Cash awards, honorariums, purchase awards
ARTIST COMMISSIONS: Private, public, and corporate commissions
FREELANCE WORK: Web site design, graphic design, illustration
COMMERCIAL ENDEAVORS: Gallery owner, artist's agent, art appraiser, art buyer, print studio owner
TEACHING/ACADEMIC: Elementary, secondary, and college level; private tutoring; adult and continuing education programs
ARTS ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT: Museums, commercial galleries, non-profit or community-based arts organizations, government-funded arts organizations
MUSEUM WORK: Director, curator, registrar, preparator
CONSERVATION, RESTORATION, AND PRESERVATION
ART CRITIC: Published writing and/or lectures and speaking engagements
GRANTS, RESIDENCIES, AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS: Visiting artist, visiting lecturer, artist-in-schools residency
ART THERAPY: Art therapist in schools or mental health organizations
Please note that many professional artists perform a number of these positions, simultaneously or over the course of their careers.
Excellent art career advice book: "Creating A Life Worth Living: A practical course in career design for artists, innovators and others aspiring to a creative life" by Carol Lloyd.
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