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The Artist's Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love by Jackie Battenfield is a comprehensive career manual for visual artists. Published by Da Capo Press, this first edition paperback provides practical advice on building a flourishing life and career in the arts. It covers essential topics such as self-promotion, networking, developing a portfolio in the digital age, building professional partnerships, and navigating funding sources like grants and residencies. Through real-life examples, illustrations, and step-by-step exercises, Battenfield shares her extensive experience as a self-supporting artist and gallery director to help artists at all stages of their careers manage the transition from art school to the professional art world.