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Finding your niche and career in art

Finding your niche and career in art

Terry Carter

July 17, 2015
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  1. Go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are

    not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend. Even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something. — Kurt Vonnegut ”
  2. sts, Animal Artist, Animated Movies Director, Apparel Designer, Art Director,

    Asian Band Management, Bath Designer, Fantasy Artist, Bird Art, Boot Designer, Caricaturi artoon Artist, Cat Art, Christian Art, Cinema Production, Comic Cartoonist, Commerc tist, Commercial Photographer, Craft Artist, Design Artists, Design Management, Dig Production, Digital Graphic Art Designer, Digital Photo Technician, Digital Photogra gital Video Directing, Dress Design, Dressmaker, Exhibit Designer, Exhibition Manag ashion Designer, Fashion Illustration Career, Fashion Photographer, Film Director, Fil or, Footwear Design, Glass Blower, Graphic Artists, Graphic Design Production, Gra oordinator, Handbag Designer, High Fashion Designer, House Decorator, Music or B omoter, Nude Artist, Interior Decorator, Interior Design, Japanese Artist, Kitchen Des arketing Designer, Movie Director, Movie Editor for Animated Movies, Music Compo sic Director, Music Editing, Music Entertainer, Music Merchandise Designer, Music V irecting, Music Video Editing, Music Video Producer, Music Video Production Assista Musical Arts Manager, Orchestra Management, Orchestrator, Performer, Photo Artis ographer, Picture Artist, Portrait Artist, Pottery Maker, Print Advertising Design, Prod oduction Assistant, Production Coordinator, Professional Musician, Professional Paint motion Designer, Religious Art Professional, Scientific Photographer, Sculpture Artist, esigner, Singer, Stage Manager, Stained Glass Artist, TV Advertisement Designer, Ta ector, Television Actor, Textile Designer, Theater Acting, Three Dimensional Artist, Vi amera Operator, Video Director, Video Editing Assistant, Video Editor, Video Produc deo Production Assistant, Visual Artist, Visual Communication Design Technician, Vis
  3. sts, Animal Artist, Animated Movies Director, Apparel Designer, Art Director,

    Asian Band Management, Bath Designer, Fantasy Artist, Bird Art, Boot Designer, Caricaturi artoon Artist, Cat Art, Christian Art, Cinema Production, Comic Cartoonist, Commerc tist, Commercial Photographer, Craft Artist, Design Artists, Design Management, Dig Production, Digital Graphic Art Designer, Digital Photo Technician, Digital Photogra gital Video Directing, Dress Design, Dressmaker, Exhibit Designer, Exhibition Manag ashion Designer, Fashion Illustration Career, Fashion Photographer, Film Director, Fil or, Footwear Design, Glass Blower, Graphic Artists, Graphic Design Production, Gra oordinator, Handbag Designer, High Fashion Designer, House Decorator, Music or B omoter, Nude Artist, Interior Decorator, Interior Design, Japanese Artist, Kitchen Des arketing Designer, Movie Director, Movie Editor for Animated Movies, Music Compo sic Director, Music Editing, Music Entertainer, Music Merchandise Designer, Music V irecting, Music Video Editing, Music Video Producer, Music Video Production Assista Musical Arts Manager, Orchestra Management, Orchestrator, Performer, Photo Artis ographer, Picture Artist, Portrait Artist, Pottery Maker, Print Advertising Design, Prod oduction Assistant, Production Coordinator, Professional Musician, Professional Paint motion Designer, Religious Art Professional, Scientific Photographer, Sculpture Artist, esigner, Singer, Stage Manager, Stained Glass Artist, TV Advertisement Designer, Ta ector, Television Actor, Textile Designer, Theater Acting, Three Dimensional Artist, Vi amera Operator, Video Director, Video Editing Assistant, Video Editor, Video Produc deo Production Assistant, Visual Artist, Visual Communication Design Technician, Vis
  4. Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish

    someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through. — Ira Glass ”