While all art is unique, the challenges artists face are shared regardless
of background, experience, and artistic medium. With decades of
experience training and helping artists, the expert staff of the New
York Foundation for the Arts have compiled a “best practices”
approach to planning and organizing an art career. In this book, NYFA
has identified common problems, examined specialized areas of
business, finance, marketing, and law, and distilled these topics in
such a way that readers can digest them and apply them to their own
experience and practice.



Included are interviews, anecdotes, and in-depth case studies. The
skills and guidelines in The Profitable Artist will also translate effectively
to teaching and mentoring opportunities that artists may encounter as
their career progresses. This invaluable guide appeals to all artists
in all disciplines of the literary, media, performing, and visual arts,
from recent art school graduates to established artists undertaking
new arts businesses to artists seeking more from their careers at any
stage of their career.