Following are links to posts related
to professional development issues
Potpourri of Information About: Selling/Talking About Your Art
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2010/08/potpourri-of-info-about-sellingtalking_20.html
Professional Identity
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2010/08/professional-identity.html
Your Artistic Voice or Style
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2010/08/your-artistic-voice-or-style.html
Dealing With Procrastination
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2010/07/dealing-with-procrastination.html
Effective Artist Habits
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2010/07/effective-artist-habits.html
Branding for Artists
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2010/01/branding-for-artists.html
Tax Preparation and Planning for Visual Artists
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2010/03/tax-preparation-and-planning-for-visual.html
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2010/03/tax-preparation-and-p...
Known Scammer Names Used in Art Scams
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2010/05/known-scammer-names-used-in-art-scams.html
Artists Need to be Wary
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2010/06/artists-need-to-be-wary.html
Essential Services for Aging Artists
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2010/06/essential-services-for-aging-artists.html
Studio Protector: The Artist's Guide to Emergencies
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2010/05/studio-protector-artists-guide-to.html
Mira's List - Mira's List is Mira Bartok's blog and is devoted to providing artists with "...up-to-date information, resources and deadlines for grants, fellowships and international residencies. Money, time and a place to create."
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2010/04/miras-list.html
Fundraising for the Arts
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2010/05/fundraising-for-arts.html
Supporting Individual Artists
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2010/03/supporting-individual-artists.html
Artist Residencies - Part II
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2008/07/artist-residencies-part-ii.html
Business Insurance for Studio Artists
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2008/07/business-insurance-for-studio-artists.html
Artist Residencies - Part III
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2009/02/artist-residencies-part-iii.html
Visual Artist Mentor/Mentee Programs
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2009/02/visual-artist-mentormentee-programs.html
Estate and Legacy Planning for Artists
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2009/03/estate-and-legacy-planning-for-artists.html
Public Art Handbooks/Guides
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2009/05/public-art-handbooksguides.html
Artist Residencies - Part IV
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2009/05/artist-residencies-part-iv.html
Art Biz Connection - This is a free program designed by Alyson B. Stanfield (an art business coach) to help artists develop and complete art marketing plans.
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/09/art-biz-connection-alyson-b-stanfield.html
Art in Architecture and Art in Embassies Programs
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2008/03/art-in-architecture-and-art-in.html
Artist Residencies
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2008/01/artist-residencies.html
Artist as Teacher: A Guide for Artists Working in Schools
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/10/artist-as-teacher-guide-for-artists.html
Artists in the Workforce 1990 - 2005 - This publication by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is a look at the demographic and employment patterns of artists nationwide in the 21st century
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2008/06/artists-in-workforce-1990-2005.html
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2008/06/artists-in-workforce-...
Artists Rights Society
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/11/artists-rights-society.html
Commisions - Private and Public Art
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/07/commissions-private-and-public-art.html
Emergency Assistance for Artists
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/10/emergency-assistance-for-artists.html
Fundraising Advice for Individuals
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/07/fundraising-advice-for-individuals.html
Glossary of Grants Lingo
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/07/glossary-of-grants-lingo-by-bari-caton.html
Getting Discouraged – Part 1 of 4 - Nancy Doyle
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2008/01/getting-discouraged-part-1-of-4-nancy.html
Getting Discouraged – Part 2 of 4 - Nancy Doyle
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2008/01/getting-discouraged-part-2-of-4-nancy.html
Getting Discouraged – Part 3 of 4 - Nancy Doyle
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2008/01/getting-discouraged-part-3-of-4-nancy.html
Getting Discouraged – Part 4 of 4 - Nancy Doyle
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2008/01/getting-discouraged-part-4-of-4-nancy.html
Grant/Fellowship Application Review Process
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/06/grantfellowship-application-review.html
Guide to Exhibition Applications
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/06/guide-to-exhibition-applications.html
A Visual Artist's Guide to Estate Planning - This free 183 page document (+17 additional appendices) is the outcome of a joint conference ("On the Needs of Visual Artists: A Roundtable 2001") by the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation and the Julia Rothschild Foundation
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/09/visual-artists-guide-to-estate-planning.html
Health and Safety in the Arts: Textiles and Other Arts
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2008/03/health-safety-in-arts-textile-other.html
How NOT to Display Your Artwork on the Web
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-not-to-display-your-artwork-on-web.html
How to Preserve Newspaper/Magazine Clippings
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/07/how-to-preserve-newspapermagazine.html
I'm Going to be Filmed, Recorded or Televised - What Do I Do Now?
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-going-to-be-filmed-recorded-or.html
Investing in Creativity: A Study of the Support Structure for U S Artists - This is a 107-page free e-book from the Culture, Creativity, and Communities (CCC) Program of the Urban Institute.
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/10/investing-in-creativity-study-of.html
Marketing Crafts and Visual Arts: The Role of Intellectual Property - A Practical Guide - This is a 150 page free e-book
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2008/05/marketing-crafts-and-visual-arts-role.html
Message from Exhibition Organizers to Artists
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/06/message-from-exhibition-organizers-to.html
More About Copyright: Art and Law
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/09/more-about-copyright-art-and-law.html
More on Health and Safety in the Arts
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2008/03/more-on-health-safety.html
"On Burning Bridges" - an artist's unprofessional response to a rejection letter the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) received back from an applicant to the Artists’ Fellowship Program is discussed.
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/07/on-burning-bridges-matthew-deleget.html
Professional Guidelines for Artists
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/07/professional-guidelines-for-artists.html
Protect Your Most Valuable Asset - YOUR NAME
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/09/protect-your-most-valuable-asset-your.html
Putting Rejection in Perspective
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/07/putting-rejection-in-perspective.html
Rejection
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/06/rejection.html
Regional Arts Councils
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/06/regional-arts-councils.html
State Arts Councils
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/06/state-arts-councils.html
So What about Copyright? What Artists Need to Know About Copyright and Trademarks: For Filmmakers, Visual Artists and Writers - This 116 page free e-book addresses the needs of artists and is written in plain and understandable English. It includes a series of essays on the basics of copyright, trademark, fair use, public domain and has chapters written specifically for visual artists, writers and filmmakers.
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/09/so-whatabout-copyright-what-artists.html
Studio and Ventilation Ideas
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/12/studio-ventilation-ideas-susan-louise.html
Talking Prices: Symbolic Meanings of Prices on the Market for Contemporary Art
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/12/talking-prices-symbolic-meanings-of.html
Time Management for Creative People
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2008/02/time-management-for-creative-people.html
Voluntary Lawyers for the Arts - This organization "... delivers pro bono and low cost legal services and information to members of the arts community each year. Access to VLA’s pro bono legal services is available to low-income artists and nonprofit arts organizations, but many other programs are more widely available to the entire arts community.”
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/10/volunteer-lawyers-for-arts-vla.html
Workshop and Lecture Contracts
http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2007/08/workshop-and-lecture-contracts.html
