Nella, an artist herself, has written and published children's books and music. She said that it's hard for fledgling artists to make enough money to survive and explained two extremes that artists often endure. According to Nella the first extreme is denial. Artists become fearful of not having enough money to pay bills and then take a job which denies them the ability to create art. The second, is a the opposite end of the spectrum.
Artists get too involved in their ability to create and that's all they do.
They rule out any other possibilities to make money. This extreme usually brings them financial trouble. Human Development 12, Career Planning for Artists, will start in the spring semester 2001.