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The Successful Artist...
...is self-defined. For many artists, success means being able to do
the thing you love most, direct your own projects, consistently learn and
develop. If you want to make a living from your work, as an artist you have to
take seriously both the art and the business side of it. Marketing, self-promotion,
pricing, and overcoming personal obstacles are a few of the challenges.
A successful artist is really a small businessperson. An entrepreneur of self-expression.
The Artist-Entrepreneur Project showcases what it takes to make a living
from one's own unique artistic self-expression through interviews with people
already doing it.
Here you can read interviews with artist-entrepreneurs.
These are artists making their livings in all different fields, from visual
to performing art. Find out:
- what motivates people to choose the artist path -- and stay on it
- what obstacles they have overcome
- how they define success
- to what degree are they truly entrepreneurs, and
- what they do to make a living with their self-expression
What is a successful artist, anyway?
Painter Dave Warnke (interviewed here) says,
"I can't think of any other career where being dead is a career
move."
He went on to challenge that notion, and so can you.
Tired of hearing, "You can't make a living as an artist"?
Read on. For more about why I started this project, here's
my story.
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