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Beth Pickens
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Length
2 hours 23 minutes
Language
English
As a teenager visiting the Andy Warhol Museum, Beth Pickens realized the importance of making art. As an adult, she has worked as a consultant empowering artists. Intimate yet practical, Your Art Will Save Your Life helps artists build a sustainable practice while navigating the world of MFAs, residencies, and institutional funding.
Beth Pickens is a Los Angeles–based consultant for artists and arts organizations. She provides career consultation as well as grant-writing and fundraising assistance to clients across the United States.
Beth Pickens is a Los Angeles–based consultant for artists and arts organizations. She provides career consultation as well as grant-writing and fundraising assistance to clients across the United States.
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“An electrically inspiring, politically fresh, and class-conscious guide for artists who wish to engage more deeply with their process, their careers, and their lives.”
“Essential reading for anyone who has ever felt overwhelmed by art, activism, or adulting.”
“Beth Pickens’s theories on art and practice have changed and enriched my life.”
“Your Art Will Save Your Life is the artist’s guidebook to create, thrive, and survive amid any political shitstorm.”
“A dense, power-punch of info.”
“This funny, tender, totally usable guide provides a bundle of simple methods that will allow you to focus on creative projects, reenergize, grow joy, and take risks.”
“If you are a person who needs to make art in order to function, this book is from your best, smartest, coolest, most insightful, wise, learned, practical, savvy, no-bullshit friend.”
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