ADDITIONAL CAREER RESOURCES
During an interview with Oprah Winfrey, author Daniel Pink observed that in the 21st century the MFA degree is becoming more relevant than an MBA degree. He pointed that artists can’t be outsourced, but the jobs and responsibilities of those who hold an MBA certainly can. He also mentioned that many of his readers purchased the book for their parents!
Artists make the mistake of narrowing the selection criteria to only include galleries
that represent artists who are doing similar artwork. This can very well lead to a negative response from a gallery with the familiar line “we have someone doing that already!” Select galleries that represent artists whose work you admire.
Some artists who have achieved success in the art world want to believe that once you are on top you are entitled to stay on top as if to expect a cosmic IOU slip that is valid for the rest of your life. However, career recognition and success are ongoing maintenance jobs, sometimes for the rest of artists ‘working lives. Very few artists are given the good fortune of being able to coast.
“Caroll Michels, the woman who all but invented the profession of the art career coach, has long wished that artists would start doing for themselves what dealers typically do for them. ” Franklin Einspruch, art critic and artist*
