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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Choosing Art as a Career



So you want to be an artist… is this a realistic career choice, or are you going to live in a cockroach-invested flat for the rest of your life, fulfilling the “starving artist” stereotype? In short, the odds of being a successful fine artist (someone who makes a living by creating original, one-off pieces of art) are against you -- but some people do succeed. Though most of us are exposed to art only as paintings in galleries, art teachers like me :), and hobby painters, there are many other options out there. Being a fine artist isn’t the only career option for artists. [Read more...]

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