The Artist’s Complete Health and Safety Guide by Monona Rossol. New York: Allworth Press. Revised 2019 Everything you need to know about safe and unsafe art materials, and comply with the United States and Canadian right-to-know laws. Click to order from Amazon.com
The Artist-Gallery Partnership: A Practical Guide to Consigning Art by Tad Crawford and Susan Mello. New York: Allworth Press, revised 2008. Provides guidelines for sound business negotiations and resolving disputes. Includes a chapter on consignment legislation, and the texts of the art consignment laws enacted in more than 31 states. Click to order from Amazon.com
Licensing Photography by Richard Weisgrau and Victor S. Perlman. New York: Allworth Press, 2006 Written by a photographer and intellectual property attorney. Provides advice on writing licensing agreements, prices the value of licenses, and how to successfully negotiate fees. Click to order from Amazon.com
Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking by David Bayles and Ted Orland. Souvenir Press Ltd., revised 2024 Explores the way art gets made, the reasons it often doesn’t get made, and the nature of the difficulties that cause so many artists to give up along the way. Click to Read more about Art and Fear[…]