Making art and making a living adventures in funding a creative life

"From family money to jobs to colorful schemes, Mason Currey, author of the acclaimed Daily Rituals, explores both the well-worn and unlikely paths forward for the up-and-coming artist. Making Art and Making a Living is an entertaining and thought-provoking examination of the collision of creative a...

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Main Author: Currey, Mason (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Celadon Books, 2026.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:"From family money to jobs to colorful schemes, Mason Currey, author of the acclaimed Daily Rituals, explores both the well-worn and unlikely paths forward for the up-and-coming artist. Making Art and Making a Living is an entertaining and thought-provoking examination of the collision of creative ambitions with real-world necessities, and of the messy, glorious, torturous compromises that gifted individuals have patched together when facing this eternal dilemma of an artistic life"-- Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:viii, 227 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781250824523
1250824524
Author Notes:Mason Currey is the author of the Daily Rituals books-- Daily Rituals: How Artists Work and Daily Rituals: Women at Work --featuring brief profiles of the day-to-day work habits of more than three hundred brilliant minds. He has worked as the managing editor of Metropolis , the executive editor of Print , and a senior editor at Core77 , and his freelance writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Slate . Currey lives in Los Angeles and writes Subtle Maneuvers , a twice-monthly newsletter on the creative process.