The Essential Guide to Business for Artists and Designers
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The Essential Guide to Business for Artists and Designers by Alison Branagan
A guide for artists about how to set up and run successful businesses
'This book cuts through the clatter and the jargon of business, giving clear, simple advice about how to make a success out of your art practice or creative company' * Sir James Dyson *
'Packed with start-up business advice targeted at the talented...Branagan- a creative-industries business consultant- lays out a useful, thorough guide to practical enterprise.' * Accounting Technician (January 2011) *
'There are many books on the market that purport to teach new creative businesses how to set up and run their own businesses. Alison Branagan has succeeded in writing a book that is both concise and informative with just the right balance of business know-how and insider knowledge. Each area is clearly laid out with plenty of tips and tricks, common pitfalls and further sources of information.' * Peter Taylor, Director Technology & Training, The Goldsmiths' Company *
[A] clear, concise text * THES *
Boasts an impressive set of tools that can help a reader with any questions that will inevitably come up as they gain experience in the business side of the art world ... offer[s] many useful, coherent strategies for beginning to conceive of your artistic practice as a business * Fuel RCA online *
Seldom has a book been so timely; rarely has one been so readable and comprehensive. Anyone about to launch a new business that involves some aspect of the visual arts should go and buy this book ... [Branagan] is practical, humerous and incisive, and speaks about a field she clearly knows well and has experienced first hand; what she writes is relevant and easily understood. * Ceramic Review *
Wonderfully clear and concise, a must read for any Artist who wants to their practise to the next level. * DegreeArt.com *
Full of useful information invaluable to those starting out in a creative career as well as offering help to those of us who have been working in our chosen industries for many years... The book is bursting at the seems with vital information. -- Laila Smith * Findings *
Comprehensive business guide for artists and designers. * Printmaking Today *
'Packed with start-up business advice targeted at the talented...Branagan- a creative-industries business consultant- lays out a useful, thorough guide to practical enterprise.' * Accounting Technician (January 2011) *
'There are many books on the market that purport to teach new creative businesses how to set up and run their own businesses. Alison Branagan has succeeded in writing a book that is both concise and informative with just the right balance of business know-how and insider knowledge. Each area is clearly laid out with plenty of tips and tricks, common pitfalls and further sources of information.' * Peter Taylor, Director Technology & Training, The Goldsmiths' Company *
[A] clear, concise text * THES *
Boasts an impressive set of tools that can help a reader with any questions that will inevitably come up as they gain experience in the business side of the art world ... offer[s] many useful, coherent strategies for beginning to conceive of your artistic practice as a business * Fuel RCA online *
Seldom has a book been so timely; rarely has one been so readable and comprehensive. Anyone about to launch a new business that involves some aspect of the visual arts should go and buy this book ... [Branagan] is practical, humerous and incisive, and speaks about a field she clearly knows well and has experienced first hand; what she writes is relevant and easily understood. * Ceramic Review *
Wonderfully clear and concise, a must read for any Artist who wants to their practise to the next level. * DegreeArt.com *
Full of useful information invaluable to those starting out in a creative career as well as offering help to those of us who have been working in our chosen industries for many years... The book is bursting at the seems with vital information. -- Laila Smith * Findings *
Comprehensive business guide for artists and designers. * Printmaking Today *
Alison Branagan is a creative industries business consultant, author, and an associate lecturer at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, UK, where she teaches short courses in entrepreneurship, business start-up and self-promotion.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781408119037 |
| ISBN 10 | 140811903X |
| Title | The Essential Guide to Business for Artists and Designers |
| Author | Alison Branagan |
| Series | Essential Guides |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2011-02-17 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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