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- Taking AIM!: The Business of Being an Artist Today
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- 2011
- Published by: Fordham University Press
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Taking Aim! The Business of Being an Artist Today is a practical, affordable resource guide filled with invaluable advice for the emerging artist. The book is specially designed to aid visual artists in furtheringtheir careers through unfiltered information about the business practices and idiosyncrasies of the contemporary art world. It demystifies often daunting and opaque practices through first-hand testimonials, interviews, and commentary from leading artists, curators, gallerists, collectors, critics, art consultants, arts administrators, art fair directors, auction house experts, and other art world luminaries. Published in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Artist in the Marketplace (AIM)-the pioneering career development program at the Bronx Museum of the Arts-Taking AIM! The Business of Being an Artist Today mirrors the structure and topics featured in the AIM program's weekly workshops and discussions. Each chapter focuses on the specific perspective of an art world insider-from the artist to the public art program director to the blogger. Multiple viewpoints from a range of art professionals provide emerging artists with candid, uncensored information and tools to help them better understand this complex field and develop strategies for building and sustaining successful careers as professional artists.The book ends with an annotated chronology of the past three decades in the contemporary art field and a bibliography of publications, magazine articles, online sources, funding sources, residency programs, and other useful information for emerging artists.
Table of Contents
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- Aim Foreword
- pp. ix-xii
- Acknowledgements
- pp. xiii-xviii
- Taking AIM: An Introduction
- pp. 1-8
- The Artist
- Art without Market
- pp. 45-47
- The Curator
- pp. 48-50
- The Critic
- The Dealer
- Gallerists and the Marketplace
- pp. 89-100
- The Collector
- The Scoop on Miami
- pp. 103-116
- Interstice
- The Leibowitz Questionnaire
- pp. 123-144
- The Art Advisor and Corporate Curator
- The Art Fair Director
- The Art Fair Effect
- pp. 165-172
- Foundations and Arts Councils
- Funding Artists: An Inside Perspective
- pp. 175-194
- Artists' Residencies and Commissioning Opportunities
- The Web and Social Networking
- Art World 2.0
- pp. 217-232
- Selected Bibliography and Resources
- pp. 259-278
- Artist in the Marketplace Alumni List
- pp. 279-286
- Contributors
- pp. 287-294
Additional Information
ISBN
9780823249251
Related ISBN(s)
9780823234134
MARC Record
OCLC
732959331
Pages
200
Launched on MUSE
2012-06-26
Language
English
Open Access
No