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  • Making It in the Art World

  • New Approaches to Galleries, Shows, and Raising Money
  • By: Brainard Carey
  • Narrated by: Peter Drew
  • Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (178 ratings)

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Making It in the Art World

By: Brainard Carey
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Publisher's summary

Learn how today’s artists survive, exhibit, and earn money, without selling out! This book explains how to be a professional artist and new methods to define and realize what success means. Whether you’re a beginner, a student, or a career artist looking to be in the best museum shows, this book provides ways of advancing your plans on any level. Making It in the Art World is an invaluable resource for artists at every stage, offering readers a plethora of strategies and helpful tips to plan and execute a successful artistic career. Topics include how to evaluate your own work, how to submit art, how to present work to the public, how to avoid distractions in the studio, and much more.

©2011 Brainard Carey (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
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Brainard Carey hopes to shatter the tiresome myth of the struggling artist in Making It in the Art World, a valuable resource for artists hoping to gain greater success and more lucrative opportunities from their work. Carey, co-founder of the collaborative art duo Praxis, generously outlines some key factors, from unconventional thinking to fostering interpersonal relationships and building a community, all delivered by Peter Drew in an urgent and forceful performance that renders Carey's advice all the more motivational. Thanks to Carey, listeners are shown that it is possible to have a long-lasting and fulfilling career as a principled artist.

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Really got a lot out of this book. definitely recommend. is the narrator a real person or a computerized voice? I got used to it but it was a little strange

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Good information, robot AI VO is horrendous

A good book with a lot of valuable information, but I can’t figure out why authors have these terrible narrators that are either robots or AI reading the text. It’s beyond terrible and embarrassing, ruining the entire book. If a human being can’t read it with passion and with decent, real intonation, please just don’t bother. It’s painful to listen to. Find a good human voice, think about what you’re putting out there.

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Straight-forward, easy to follow, great ideas

What made the experience of listening to Making It in the Art World the most enjoyable?

Very straight-forward language. Not flowery at all. Easy to understand and incorporate into our life/plan. Logical and inspiring. Great for the go-getter mentality.

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Priceless.

Brainard's detailed suggestions and tips for artists are more than inspiring, they are actionable - immediately.
Grab a copy and get busy!

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Inspiring book with a lot of great guidelines

I recommend this book to any artist as it gives a lot of information about the business side and marketing for yourself as always as how to be genuine with people you meet and how to decisipline yourself. it has showed that there's a lot you can do and the answer is simple. you just need to be bold and try.

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loved it enjoyed it inspired by it.

this book is filled with nuggets of so much great stuff that I cannot wait to read it over again and put into action it 's instructed words of wisdom on how to become a true artist.

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So On Point!

As an artist running our own art gallery and creative space - Super grateful for this audiobook! So many jewels!

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Specifics Included

I love the fact that Brainard gives real, thoughtful, practical advice. You go from feeling like you have no direction to feeling like there are so many directions, and now you’re presented with a new & better problem: where to focus next?

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Wonderful, Informative Book

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Enjoyed the stories about the author's entry into the art world and his stories about other artists experiences with shows etc. Also had some good tips for readers... and some tips I will certainly apply.

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The narrator's voice was pleasant, but had a choppy cadence and could be hard to follow a times,

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Great lessons

I plan on taking action on a lot of the methods here. This book is very enlightening.

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