by Lee Wilson. This is the definitive handbook for artists, writers, musicians, software designers, photographers, and anyone else who creates, acquires, or exploits copyrights in their business or personal creative activities. Updated to reflect recent changes in U.S. copyright law, this revised edition states fully: what can and cannot be protected under current laws; infringement and how to avoid it; and more. The author explains copyrights in a logical, progressive fashion, making a complex subject easy to understand. Several standard form agreements are included that alone are worth more than the price of the book. 6 x 9, 192 pages; Softcover, ISBN 1-58115-067-9.

Low-cost start-up businesses are the focus of this helpful book that explains everything a woman needs to know to be a successful entrepreneur. Profiled are more than 100 firms that women have founded on shoestring budgets. The gamut of advice is covered, from choosing the right business and getting started, to promoting, marketing, and solving common problems, including emotional issues. Added to this revised edition are new business opportunities in the world of computers, plus tips on using the Internet and World Wide Web for low-cost publicity.

Everything artisans need to know for turning their crafts into a lucrative income is spelled out in this guide to tapping into today?s booming craft show industry. Based on his extensive experience and success both as an exhibiting crafter and as a teacher/promoter of craft shows, the author tells readers exactly how to market and price crafts, select shows, work with promoters, create effective booth displays, and deal with customers to build skyrocketing sales. Straightforward language and easy-to-follow instructions make this the essential business companion for anyone who wants to flourish in the world of craft shows. 6x9, 208 pages; Softcover.

Craftspeople, hobbyists, students, teachers, and crafts dealers will find this an authoritative and thorough source of information on selling in today's marketplace. Drawing upon profiles of established artisans and the helpful insights of small-business entrepreneurs, this unique guide not only gives tactics for promoting and marketing crafts, but also provides the necessary forms for getting a business up and running. The book details how to network effectively and build a customer base, listing organizations, business associations, and crafts publications that offer further sources of information. Filled with easy-to-understand examples and sample forms and contracts, this book provides the essential tools for prospering in the crafts business, as well as the resources needed to keep savvy as business grows.

This insider's guide is an indispensable tool for both the serious beginner and the practicing artist determined to make art a tangibly rewarding career. From the classroom to co-op galleries, art clubs, societies, and support groups, this book takes the reader on a journey through all the avenues an artist may travel to become an active professional. Practical matters such as obtaining gallery representation, working with dealers, and selling art through the mail are all covered. Success stories of well-known artists offer tips on developing skills, peer contacts, and effective studio practices.

Thoroughly updated and expanded, this classic handbook teaches emerging artists all the strategies they need to know for selling artwork on their own or through dealers. The book's new sections target today's vital issues: creating a web site; obtaining copyright/trademark protection on the Internet; coping with censorship of controversial art; and dealing with the new realities of funding sources. Additional chapters tell how to find galleries, arrange exhibitions, apply for grants, land survival jobs doing custom decorative art or teaching, and other relevant topics. 6X9, 352 pages; Softcover.

This is a carefully researched, complete guide to the organizations and other resources available to help artists advance and prosper in their careers. This updated edition includes chapters on working with arts organizations, funding sources, legal and accounting services, artist-in-residence programs, artists' networks, health and safety, locating affordable studio space, artists' communities, plus World Wide Web sites of special interest to artists. "This wealth of information, collected first-hand from hundreds of artists, dealers and other professionals in the business, has now been assembled in a complete guide"--Artist's Magazine

Equally valuable to emerging and established artists, this practical guide discusses alternative means by which artists can build or expand their careers beyond the gallery market. The useful information that fills these pages includes instructions for writing proposals and selling art to clients most artists would never consider approaching. Some of the ideas are: designing stamps for the U.S. Postal Service; selling art though architects and interior designers; placing art in corporate and public settings; and gaining access to online galleries.

This highly acclaimed reference book presents a comprehensive overview of the legal issues faced by anyone working in the visual arts. The narrative text is arranged into twenty-four chapters writing: copyright, contracts, censorship, moral rights, sales (by artist, gallery, or agent), taxation, estate planning, museums, collecting, and grants. The book suggests basic strategies, gives information to help with further action, and contains many sample legal forms and contracts. This edition is a complete revision, providing not only updated legal information, but also covering the ever-increasing importance of new media and electronic rights.

This practical guide contains 19 ready-to-use forms with detailed instructions. Forms include: artist-gallery and licensing agreements; contracts for sales, commissions, limited editions; and more. "A long-needed book of succinct information and comprehensive contracts and forms." --The Artist's Magazine

Updated and expanded, this widely praised directory lists nearly eighty residencies available to visual and performing artists, composers, and writers. Each listing includes complete contact information, the art disciplines served, facilities, housing, meals, season and length of residency, number of artists in residence, deadlines and fees, stipends and expenses, duties, programs, history and mission, and well-known artists who have been in residence.

The fifth edition of this definitive guide helps craftspeople to thoroughly understand the law and successfully tackle the business and legal issues they face every day in their field. Prominent arts attorney Leonard D. DuBoff explains the legal and managerial elements that are crucial to any thriving crafts business.

Handy, ready-to-use forms for a craftsperson's every need fill this practical guide, with detailed instructions for completing each one, along with negotiation checklists and advice on standard contractual provisions. This indispensable book includes forms for sales; resales with royalty rights; commissions; limited editions; exhibition loans; gallery agreements; consignments; licensing contracts; lecture agreements; copyright applications; permission forms, agreements with independent contractors; and others. In addition, a CD-ROM with electronic versions of each form is provided, making this package the cutting-edge business guide for craftspeople.