Rowman & Littlefield Publishers The Artist Entrepreneur: Finding Success in a New Arts Economy

Product Description The twenty-first-century art world offers performers and professionals an unrivaled variety of opportunities, but also requires a never-before-seen investment in skills beyond artistic talent. Today's artists must build sustainable success in this new arts economy through collaborative big-idea thinking that celebrates a continual engagement in creative process. Presenting creativity as a process with unlimited applications, The Artist Entrepreneur empowers young artists to step into the new arts landscape and build their own careers. Along the way, the book demystifies essential business skills from self-promotion, branding, touring, and intellectual property exploitation to contracts, revenue sources, and bookkeeping. Addressing students from across the artistic spectrum, this book offers practical exercises to develop individual skills while empowering a new generation of artist entrepreneurs with the promise of a new arts economy. Review This book reveals what living the dream is all about. A lot of work goes into a successful career, and these authors are certainly experts of success. Students and pros alike should really check out what they have to say!--Jeff Coffin, saxophonist, Dave Matthews Band; three-time Grammy winner; founder, Ear Up Records; and author, The Saxophone Book Timely, compelling, and well thought through. If you are considering a career as an artist, arts administrator, or manager, this book is for you. There is a wealth of information on exploring arts opportunities and utilizing tools to hone artistic and entrepreneurial skills. Read this book; you'll love it.--Willie L. Hill Jr., past director, University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center-Amherst and past president, MENC and IAJE The Artist Entrepreneur provides thorough, real world, forthright and hands on advice for a sustainable career in the arts in today's world. It is a greatly needed volume and is written with a deeply thoughtful and comprehensive voice.--Rebecca Stenn, Artistic Director, Rebecca Stenn Company and author, A Life in Dance: A Practical Guide About the Author Richard E. Goodstein serves as Dean of the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities and Professor of Music at Clemson University. He has been on the Clemson faculty since 1982 and during his tenure at Clemson, he has served as Director of the Tiger Marching Band, Director of Bands and Chair of the Department of Performing Arts. Goodstein served as Music Director for a number of theatrical productions such as Rent, Marat/Sade, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Music Man, Urinetown, and the 2010 Clemson University Capital Campaign Kick-Off. He also supervised the original score for The Decameron Project, an award-winning theatrical production that traveled to the International Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. In addition to his work at Clemson, Goodstein is a consultant for the Walt Disney Co. and served for 11 years as the musical director of the Walt Disney World All-American College Band. Eric J. Lapin is the Director of Artistic Initiatives for the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts and a Lecturer of Music in the Department of Performing Arts at Clemson University. He teaches courses in applied clarinet, arts administration, and jazz history. As a clarinetist, Lapin has performed with the Piccolo Spoleto Festival Orchestra, the Spartanburg Philharmonic, the Limestone College Wind Ensemble, and has given solo performances for the Greenville Music Teachers Association and the 2012 Clemson University Victor Hurst Academic Convocation. Lapin has presented papers at numerous conferences, hosted research exhibits, published scholarly essays, and was recently named February 2017 Researcher of the Month by the Clemson University Library.  In addition, Lapin also serves as a delegate to the Faculty Senate, is a member of the South Carolina Humanities Speaker’s Bureau, is on the Board of Directors for the Pendleton Hi