Product Description

For visual artists seeking to establish themselves in one of the world’s most desired art centers, this pioneering guidebook offers priceless insights on how to overcome the practical and moral issues that pave this road.

AN ARTIST’S GUIDE—MAKING IT IN NEW YORK CITY enables visual artists of all disciplines to

* Find out whether they are financially and mentally prepared for the big leap
* Master practical issues such as housing, insurance, and finances
* Successfully carve out their creative niche in New York’s art market
* Network to meet other artists and art world people
* Find a competent and committed art dealer
* Benefit from public art programs, fellowships, grants, and commissions

Encompassing, highly organized and realistic in its approach, this invaluable compass and survival kit should be in every New York City bound artist’s suitcase as well as on the shelves of every art school’s and career center’s library.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1106733 in Books
• Published on: 2001-09-01
• Released on: 2001-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

From Publishers Weekly
For those looking to produce world-class art rather than sell it, and to produce it in a world-class city, there's An Artist's Guide Making It in New York City by Daniel Grant (The Artist's Resource Handbook). Optimistic but realistic, Grant knowingly takes novices through all the steps of emigration, from "Testing the Waters by Visiting First" to "Looking for Lofts in All the Wrong Places" and "The Art World's Cutthroat Competition" with plenty of addresses, Web sites, case studies, money-making schemes and some horror stories, such as when critic Clement Greenberg called Jules Olitsky "the best painter living," leading to a serious Olitsky backlash.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal
This book is based on the dubious but popular supposition that an aspiring artist has to live in New York to achieve success. Taking a nuts-and-bolts approach to enlightening the Gotham bound, Grant devotes chapters to understanding the neighborhoods of New York, the vagaries of the real estate market, the realities of job hunting, the ins and outs of getting health insurance, and the perilous business of establishing contact with a reputable gallery. There are also helpful lists of art world resources such as granting agencies, governmental programs, materials suppliers, and art schools. The clearly written and well-organized chapters are larded with anecdotes from artists both successful and frustrated, illustrating the various strategies that Grant feels will help the aspiring artist establish a toehold. Optimism is the flavor of the day here, with the darker tales of sleeping one's way to the top or stealing ideas left to the darker corners of artists' bars. Reading this book would be a good first step for artists unfamiliar with New York who contemplate moving to the center of the world art market. David McClelland, Philadelphia
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the Publisher
New York City Artists Tell Newcomers How to Survive and Succeed As They Make the Leap to the City Searching for an apartment in New York’s killer housing market? Overcoming shyness in the face of high-browed art dealers and curators? Unearthing the best art supplies in every borough? In AN ARTIST’S GUIDE—MAKING IT IN NEW YORK CITY, art journalist Daniel Grant provides pilgrims to Gotham’s art arena with much needed advice. Based on hundreds of interviews with New York artists from all levels of experience, AN ARTIST’S GUIDE—MAKING IT IN NEW YORK CITY is a unique source of reference for every artist in the U.S. and abroad seeking to build a career and reputation in this mecca of art.