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DIY
My friend Jonathan Melber who practices art law, represents artists on a pro bono basis for Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, and is generally just a sweet dude, co-wrote an AMAZING (!) DIY guide to being a successful visual artist. It’s appropriately titled ART/WORK and it is in stores and on Amazon today! In paperback no less - what a deal - go buy it!
Even though I’m in the music/non-profit biz, I enjoy all parts of the starving artist scene, and to my eyes ART/WORK is the most comprehensive guide of its kind. Unlike other creative professionals (ahem…musicians), visual artists don’t generally have agents or managers, and until you find a gallery/dealer, you have to go it alone. Even after you find one, it’s such a competitive world that the joke du jour is the art world is like the Sopranos, except nobody gets killed. So check it out, pick up a copy for your artistic friends, your cousins, or simply quit your job and start painting.