Studio craft as career
Subtitle: a guide to achieving excellence in art-making
By: Paul J. Stankard
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780764352522
Subjects: Vocational guidance; Art; Handicraft; Career in art; Glass artists
Description: "This unusual two-section resource directs creative people toward their personal best. First, internationally renowned artist Paul J. Stankard offers readers what he yearned for during his forty-five-year journey toward international acclaim: a practical, intimate guide showing how successful artists achieve excellence in their work. From his stint as the "Novelty King," to a difficult career decision made in the crawl space, to why he wrote a thank you note to Walt Whitman, Stankard's hard-won insights can help other creative people excel. Next, he introduces a cross section of masters who are respected by experts on the American craft landscape. Stankard walks you through a selection of 150+ top works from these artists, each of whom also offers candid advice. With this guide, learn to compete with the best from the past and the present as you pursue a personal journey in the studio, or consider a career in the arts."--Front flap.
Table of contents: title: Death of the Novelty King; title: Crawl space; title: A path to uncertainty; title: Four-wall handball; title: What's in a name?; title: A spiritual passage; title: A mid-career challenge: walking in the woods with Walt Whitman; title: Who needs education?; title: What labor has taught me; title: What I tell students about craft as a career; title: The creative circle: making, displaying, and viewing; title: How money, or the lack of it, challenges an artist's career; title: How our perceived limitations can become our strengths; title: Artist portfolio. Diversity on the American art/craft landscape: artists to learn from; title: Kate Anderson; title: Rick Ayotte; title: Melissa Ayotte; title: Bennett Bean; title: Lanny Bergner; title: Dale Chihuly; title: Sharon Church; title: Cristina Córdova; title: Amber Cowan; title: Marilyn da Silva; title: Einar and Jamex de la Torre; title: Nick Dong; title: Kathleen Elliot; title: Darlys Ewoldt; title: Shane Fero; title: Pat Flynn; title: Donald Friedlich; title: Andrea Gill; title: Michael Glancy; title: David Graeber; title: William Gudenrath; title: William Hunter; title: Ferne Jacobs; title: Lauren Kalman; title: Lewis Knauss; title: Jon Kuhn; title: Eva Kwong; title: Cliff Lee; title: Tom Loeser; title: Carmen Lozar; title: Sam Maloof; title: Richard Marquis; title: Mark Matthews; title: Bruce Metcalf; title: Robert Mickelsen; title: Tom Patti; title: Mark Peiser; title: Douglas Randall; title: Kari Russell-Pool; title: Judith Schaechter; title: Michael Schunke; title: Joyce J. Scott; title: Sondra Sherman; title: Michael Sherrill; title: Mara Superior; title: Patti Warishina; title: David Willis; title: Walter Zimmerman.