A Pocket Business Guide for Artists & Designers: 100 Things You Need to Know (Essential Guide)

Product Description

Aimed at arts graduates, this handy pocket guide answers the most pressing questions graduates have when setting up a creative business. Many students who graduate from art school don’t know how to make a living out of their work, but this book presents 100 useful business related things (explained in 250 words or less) that they should know before embarking on a career in the arts. The book is divided into 5 sections that will help visual artists achieve success in this competitive field: business, promotion, legal stuff, money and last thoughts. In short, it briefly covers all the main questions arts students may have about starting their careers.

Review

“Although I wasn t a businessman, I had to quickly learn the skills necessary to run a company. This book gives clear, simple advice on 100 questions you need to know the answers to before you set out.”                                                       Sir James Dyson

”
A Business Pocket Guide for Artists and Designers’ is a crackingly good read.”

                                         
Annabelle Ruston, Managing Director of Art Business Today

The kind of handy reference book I like to keep close at hand. It contains concise articles on business issues that confront artists and designers, written by someone who knows how much depth to go into. A great set of website links makes this book both informative and up to date. John Bound, Head of Fuel RCA, The Royal College of Art Professional Development Service

About the Author

Alison Branagan is an author, business consultant and associate lecturer at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London where she runs a number of business, entrepreneurship and marketing courses for artists, designers and creative professionals. She is an ethical adviser for the Association of Illustrators, an  associate member of the Institute of Consulting, a consultant to Hidden Art and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.