# The Artist’s Guide

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- Authors: [Jackie Battenfield](https://www.bookquiver.com/jackie-battenfield)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2009-06-09

## Description

Using a tough love approach" to pursuing a career in the visual arts, Jackie Battenfield expands on her highly successful classes and workshops to provide a comprehensive guide for both emerging and mid-career artists. Providing real-life examples, illustrations, and step-by-step exercises, Battenfield offers readily applicable advice on all aspects of the job. Along with tips on planning and assessment, she presents strategies for self-management, including marketing, online promotion, building professional relationships, grant writing, and portfolio development. Each chapter ends with an insightful Reality Check" interview, featuring advice and useful information from high-profile artists and professionals. The result is an inspiring, experiential guide brimming with field-tested techniques that readers can easily apply to their own career.

## Editions

### The Artist’s Guide

- Publisher: da_capo_press
- ISBN: 978-03-0681-652-9
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2009-06-09
- Language: en_GB