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status: To Read
title: Art, Inc.
subtitle: The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist
description: You don't have to starve to be an artist. Build a career doing what you love. In this practical guide book, professional artist Lisa Congdon reveals the many ways you can earn a living by making art—through illustration, licensing, fine art sales, print sales, teaching, and beyond. • Including industry advice from such successful art-world pros as Nikki McClure, Mark Hearld, Paula Scher, and more • This art and business book will equip you with the tools—and the confidence—to turn your passion into a profitable business. • Chapters on setting actionable goals, diversifying your income, copyrighting your work, promoting with social media, and so much more A thoughtful gift for young artists, people interesting in making their passion a profession, and art and design school graduates. Lisa Congdon's bestselling books, online classes, and Instagram feed (beloved by 375,000+ fans) have inspired so many people to follow their creative passions. In this book Condon does what she does best—bring bold and colorful flair to smart, creative, down-to-earth advice and inspiration.
categories:
- Non-fiction
- Art
authors:
- [[Lisa Congdon]]
published_on: 2014-08-12
publisher: Chronicle Books
pages: 187
isbn: 1452135843
cover: http://books.google.com/books/content?id=owlpAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
local_cover: 50 Resources/51 Attachments/51.03 Public/Art Inc (book).jpg
link: https://amzn.to/4cJEsAl
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created: 2024-07-03T14:59
updated: 2026-04-29T15:28
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# Art Inc (book)
- Author(s): [[Lisa Congdon]]
- Link: https://amzn.to/4cJEsAl
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