Status
Available
Publication
The Feminist Press at CUNY (2018), 136 pages
Description
Art. Self-Improvement. Nonfiction. HTML: As a teenager visiting the Andy Warhol Museum, Beth Pickens realized the importance of making art. As an adult, she has dedicated her life to empowering working artists. Intimate yet practical, Your Art Will Save Your Life helps artists build a sustainable practice while navigating the world of MFAs, residencies, and institutional funding..
User reviews
LibraryThing member HanGerg
Sent to me by a sweet friend who read a review and thought it would be right up my alley. It was to an extent, as it was a useful self-help book for artists giving good and practical advice about how to get by in the real world, to be able to make art and pay the bills too, and still have time to
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develop your practise and experiment etc. That bit was all good and actually quite practical and useful advice. That was about half of the book. The other half was a kind of extended wail of anguish about what a Trump governed America will be like for artists, LGBTQ people, people of colour and anyone else that somehow deviates from the norm. I get the pain, and I feel it too to some extent, but it dates the book to one very specific time and place and makes it a less useful document overall, I think. Still, it needed saying and I appreciate why this lady felt she had to say it. Show Less
LibraryThing member wyvernfriend
While this was more aimed at a professional artist or someone looking to break into professional art it was an interesting look at how you should carve out time for yourself and for your art in your life. This is one to remind you to feed yourself with more than just food and work.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
136 p.; 5 inches
ISBN
1936932296 / 9781936932290
Local notes
art theory/history/criticism
Other editions
Your Art Will Save Your Life by Beth Pickens (Paperback)