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Get a Start in Art!

Are you starting a career in art or curious about working in the field of art? Explore advice and inspiration in these resources!

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  • Steal Like An Artist

    10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

    Kleon, Austin
    BookNew York : Workman Pub., Co., 2012. — 153.35 KLE
  • Creative Block

    Get Unstuck, Discover New Ideas ; Advice and Projects From 50 Successful Artists

    Krysa, Danielle
    BookSan Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2014]
  • Explore the series, handmade objects and the artists who make them, more episodes and guides on their website: craftinamerica.org
    DVD[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2017] — 745.50973 CRA
  • Art of Protest

    Creating, Discovering, and Activating Art for Your Revolution

    Nichols, De,
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Big Picture Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press, 2021. — j 701.03 NIC
  • BookLondon : Laurence King Publishing Ltd., [2019] — 751.425 DAV
  • Art Matters

    Because Your Imagination Can Change the World

    Gaiman, Neil,
    Book[New York, NY] : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018] — 701.15 GAI
  • Art:21

    Art in the Twenty-first Century. Season Six

    Explore the series of short documentaries exploring artists at work, more online on their website: art21.org
    DVD[United States] : PBS Distribution, [2012] — ART ATO v.6
  • Art/work

    Everything You Need to Know (and Do) as You Pursue Your Art Career

    Bhandari, Heather Darcy
    Feeling lost when it comes to galleries, contracts, and documentation? This book digs into the day-to-day aspects of what you need to know for running your art business. While there isn’t a magic bullet for gaining representation, Art/Work…
    BookNew York : Free Press, 2009. — 702.3 BHA
  • Taking the Leap

    Building a Career as a Visual Artist : the Insider's Guide to Exhibiting and Selling Your Art

    Lang, Cay
    Cay Lang takes you through the (very practical) steps you need to take to establish a career as a professional artist. From insiders tips on how to promote yourself online to the best contemporary business practices, this book helps you…
    BookSan Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2006. — 331.702 Artist LAN 2006
  • Do It

    the Compendium

    As part of an ongoing twenty-year project, curator Hans Ulrich Obrist recruited more than 60 renowned artists to contribute instructions for creating and exhibiting artwork. These wacky, fun and off-the-wall essays give you “do it…
    BookNew York : Independent Curators International/D.A.P., [2013] — 709.0407 DOI
  • Living and Sustaining a Creative Life

    Essays by 40 Working Artists

    This book offers working artists a collection of personal stories from people who have been there. Reading through their experiences you get a sense of the practical and nitty-gritty side of making a living as an artist. These stories…
    BookBristol, UK ; Chicago, USA : Intellect, 2013. — 700.4112 LIV
  • Not sure where to start, try journaling. More resources are available online: johnmuirlaws.com/nature-journaling-starting-growing
    BookBerkeley, California : Heyday, [2020] — 508 LAW
  • Keeping a Nature Journal

    Deepen Your Connection With the Natural World All Around You

    Leslie, Clare Walker,
    eBook[United States] : Storey Publishing, LLC, 2021. — eBook hoopla