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187 Tips for Artists: How to Create a Successful Art Career--and Have Fun in the Process! [Paperback]

Kathy Gulrich (Author)
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November 2003
In one handy volume, here are 187 easy ways for you to become a more successful artist. Inside, award-winning artist and art coach Kathy Gulrich shares some of her most insightful, and helpful, artist tips. You'll learn how to:

- Get your bio, artist statement, and resume finished once and for all
- Get your artwork into galleries and shows
- Keep your collectors coming back for more
- Develop - and learn from - your artist community
- Organize your studio - and yourself
- Be even more creative!

187 Tips For Artists is perfect for the artist who wants to get off to a great start - and the seasoned artist who's looking for an extra edge. No matter where you are in your art career, you'll find down-to-earth, practical artist tips that will help you become more successful - starting today!


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"Gulrich teaches you how to get out of the studio and into the gallery ... full of concise and helpful tips." -- Artist's Sketchbook, June 2004

"I highly recommend 187 Tips for Artists to my students - and anyone interested in organizing and showing their work." -- Nicki Orbach, Artist, and Instructor at the Montclair Art Museum (NJ), the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League, New York

"Kathy's book cuts through the business complexities with common sense, down-to-earth tips. Plus, it's a fun read!" -- Sheila Massey, Artist, New York, November 2003

"What a great guide! This book is a breath of fresh air for the creativity and the business of art." -- Alice Bear Ludwig, Muralist, North Palm Beach, FL, November 2003

About the Author

When not creating her own art, Kathy coaches other artists, helping them deal with the sometimes overwhelming business of art – easily. How? She breaks it all down into simple, easy-to-follow steps – then adds her ongoing structure and support.

Her most unique qualification may be that she, too, is an emerging artist. She’s out there, every day, putting herself – and her artwork – on the line. And she’s proven that she knows how to do it successfully – by treating art as a business.

Kathy brings nearly twenty years experience as teacher, corporate trainer, and workshop leader to her coaching practice. And she often draws on the business skills she gained in her many years as Creative Director for leading advertising agencies in New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Milan.

Kathy holds a BA degree from Rutgers University, NJ, and earned her MEd from West Chester College in Pennsylvania. She is a member of the International Association of Coaches, and the owner of smART Business Coaching, New York. Today, Kathy works out of her studio located in a beautiful 150-year-old brownstone in midtown Manhattan.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Center City Publishing, New York (November 2003)
  • ISBN-10: 0974653306
  • ISBN-13: 978-0974653303
  • Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.9 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,855,242 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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1.0 out of 5 stars What a rip off!, July 27, 2005
This review is from: 187 Tips for Artists: How to Create a Successful Art Career--and Have Fun in the Process! (Paperback)
Each page had one short tip. Most were so silly that anyone with half a brain would already know. Here are some examples so you can judge for yourself.
Tip 27 - Tell the world where you're heading!
tip 46 - Go the extra mile.
tip 51 - Be yourself from the start.
tip 85 - Listen more talk less.
tip 93 - Close your mouth.
tip 94 - Mind your manners
I could go on and on but hopefully by now you'll see that this book is a rip off if you're really serious about getting good advise.
Oh, just one more!
Tip 170 - Talk a walk.
I wish I had, rather than ordering this book!
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great coffee table book, October 9, 2004
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This review is from: 187 Tips for Artists: How to Create a Successful Art Career--and Have Fun in the Process! (Paperback)
Keep this book lying around when things aren't always going the way you want it to in your art career. This book is easy to read and the author is a professional artist. Each page has a different tip on it. There's not a lot of information on how to accomplish these tips (which is the only setback I found). But it cuts all the non-sense out that you find in most art business books and allows the reader to take their business to the next level one step at a time in order to build a successful career in the arts. The author offers online classes from her website for artists. I just finished her tele-class entitled, "Business Basics for Artist" which covers this book. Thanks to the book, the buisness class, and the authors support - I went from not having any art exhibits to having three shows scheduled for the month of October 2004. Included in those three shows will be my first solo exhibit and professional show as an artist plus my first exhibit outside my home state of Kentucky. Thanks to the support from the author, I became an award winning artist with one of my oil paintings and my work will be featured on greeting cards this holiday season. I graduated from college in May of 2004 and my art business is bombing. The most important thing I have learned from Kathy is to have fun with my art and I have been having a blast doing local television interviews, newspaper interviews, and I've appeared on two local talkshows. Kathy is very friendly and offers so many great resources on her website. She has inspired me to become an art coach as well as follow my career in art to its full extent. She fully explains things when I didn't understand something. I'm also a published author and Kathy teaches you to treat your art as a business but she teaches you to still allow time creating artwork. This book is one of the best on the market and I have read many. I recommend getting involved with the author - take a class or join her on Thursdays for "Ask Kathy Live" which is a free service she offer's to artist over the telephone where we come together from all across the world to discuss art for one hour (a free service Kathy offers, and believe me we have a blast). visit my website at www.teddywaynesmith.com for more information on how this book has helped my career.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Emphasis on Fun, September 1, 2005
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This review is from: 187 Tips for Artists: How to Create a Successful Art Career--and Have Fun in the Process! (Paperback)
This is one of those little books to leave lying around, open at a random page, rather than neatly shelved. That way you can pick it up when you need some inspiration - or a gentle nudge. Gulrich helps us see that developing and nurturing the business side of our art represent another form of creative expression. She doesn't try to drag us into the world of business plans and spreadsheets - there are other books for that. Instead, Gulrich gives "left-brain" ideas the simplicity and lightness to appeal to the "right brain." She provides us with practical, bite-sized tips and some new ideas to roll around in both sides of our brains. It's designed to appeal to our creative nature in a creative way - and it's based on the author's real experience as a working artist, a teacher/coach, a marketer/business person and someone who knows how to have fun. And speaking of design - it looks good, too.
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