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Barcode30293102355497
StatusIn Processing
LocationClark County
Call No702.3 Curr
TitleMaking art and making a living : adventures in funding a creative life / Mason Currey.
AuthorCurrey, Mason author.
CollectionNF
Total Circ0
NumReserves0
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LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc StatusTemp Loc
Clark County30293102355497702.3 Curr5/11/2026 In Processing 

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781250422071 ebook
International Standard Book Number 9781250824523 hardcover
International Standard Book Number 1250824524 hardcover
Personal Name Currey, Mason author.
Title Statement Making art and making a living : adventures in funding a creative life / Mason Currey.
Edition Statement First edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Celadon Books, 2026.
Physical Description viii, 227 pages ; 25 cm.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note Introduction -- Family money : Inheritance ; Allowance ; The art of mooching -- Jobs : Odd jobs ; Double lives ; Culture workers -- Patrons : Elite status ; Government checks ; True fans -- Schemes : Art and theft ; Sort of rich, sort of quick ; The bridge ; Double or nothing.
Summary, Etc. "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.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Art Economic aspects.
Index Term-Genre/Form Biographies.
Index Term-Genre/Form Informational works.

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