Careers in Art and Design

Provides in-depth coverage of the art marketplace for artists, buyers, gallery owners, publishers and collectors.

Up-to-date contact information for more than 1,800 art market resources, including galleries, magazines, book publishers, greeting card companies, ad agencies, syndicates, art fairs, and more.

Up-to-date information for more than 1,000 craft market resources, including craft shows, magazines, book publishers, online marketplaces and more. Markets for a variety of crafts, including quilting, sewing, knitting, crochet, papercrafting and jewelry making. Articles on the basics of freelancing--from basic copyright information to tips on promoting your work. Informative articles on social media marketing, wholesale and consignment sales and pricing your crafts.

Provides an accessible and thorough insight into critical areas of market practice and custom such as art market terms and core concepts.

Create a professional artist statement, and use the same material to represent you and your work for funding, exhibition material, proposals and websites in order to connect with your viewers and promote and sell your art.

Heather Darcy Bhandari, a gallery director, and Jonathan Melber, an arts lawyer, walk you through important business and legal issues you need to understand to stay in control of your career and ensure you're being treated fairly.

LEARN HOW TO: * Set actionable goals * Diversify your income * Manage your bookkeeping * Copyright your work * Promote with social media * Build a standout website * Exhibit with galleries * Sell and price your work * License your art * Acquire an agent * And much more

Proven techniques that can help you brand your business, establish a client base, sell your products, and effectively employ all aspects of social media.

The Art Life: On Creativity and Career is a collection of solicited and selected texts that address the philosophical and practical issues that affect art-making and the marketplace. It brings together visual artists, curators, dealers, writers, musicians, architects, actors, and educators, who speak to their internal motivations, influences and processes, and to their external engagements with community, audience, career and success.

Includes a contract for the sale of an artwork, contract for a commission, delivery-of-art confirmation form, artist-gallery contract, contract for an exhibition loan, model release, commercial lease, sublease, and lease assignment, and much more.