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    • Taking the Leap

    Building a Career as a Visual Artist

    By Cay Lang

    7 x 9-1/4 in; 256 pp;
    15 B/W illustrations
    Paperback
    Published in March, 2006
    ISBN 9780811850933
    ISBN10 0811850935

    SKU# 9780811850933

    1 Review(s)
    $19.95

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    Cay Lang's Taking the Leap has helped thousands of artists jumpstart their careers and make real the dream of exhibiting and selling their work. An internationally exhibited photographer and teacher, Lang offers the wisdom of experience, combined w...

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    Taking the Leap

    Cay Lang's Taking the Leap has helped thousands of artists jumpstart their careers and make real the dream of exhibiting and selling their work. An internationally exhibited photographer and teacher, Lang offers the wisdom of experience, combined with enthusiasm and gentle humor, to guide artists through the ins and outs of the art business. Practical and inspiring, this revised and updated edition offers two new chapterson using the Internet and the media to best effectplus provides step-by-step advice on preparing presentation materials; finding and dealing with galleries (as well as bypassing the traditional gallery system); handling rights, royalties, and taxes; an extensive resource list; and other invaluable information for both beginning artists and those ready to take the next step in their careers.

     

    Cay Lang began teaching her Taking the Leap course in 1990. Her photographs have appeared in numerous books and magazines, and have been shown in London, Tokyo, Paris, and Toronto. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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    Taking the Leap

    10/11/11| cheryl coon
    As an artist and a teacher, I recommend this book to all of my students. It is full of wisdom and resources that are valuable to sustain yourself as a professional artist!