{"id":26640,"date":"2023-10-19T22:35:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T22:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/?p=26640"},"modified":"2023-10-19T23:08:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T23:08:43","slug":"dont-let-the-nay-sayers-get-you-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/dont-let-the-nay-sayers-get-you-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Let The Nay-Sayers Get You Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keep at it. No matter what anyone says, you can do this. Art as a career is not an easy path, but it is absolutely a\u00a0possible<\/em> path. There will be moments along the way when you second guess yourself, moments when you\u2019re told to find something else \u2013 something more traditional and lucrative. Only you know your true passion.<\/p>\n

Moab Arts Reuse Residency<\/a> invites artists to apply for an experience in which today\u2019s waste-making culture is challenged through the intersection of art, community and waste systems. To learn more, visit the website<\/a>. Deadline for applications is\u00a0October 31<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

apex art<\/a> invites artists, curators and other professionals to an open call to turn their ideas into exhibitions. \u201cWinning proposals become part of apexart\u2019s next exhibition season and receive funding and staff support. apexart is not a granting organization-all exhibitions are part of apexart\u2019s programming.\u201d For more information and to submit your ideas, visit the website<\/a>. Deadline for submissions is\u00a0October 31<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Bronx Council on the Arts<\/a> (BCA), in their own words:\u00a0\u201coffers funding to support community-centered arts and culture projects and to recognize outstanding local artists. Applications are accepted from individual artists, artist collectives, and non-profit arts and community organizations for projects in a wide variety of disciplines, including dance, film\/video\/media, folk arts, interdisciplinary arts, literary arts, multi-disciplinary projects, music, opera, theater, visual arts\/crafts, and others. Emerging and pre-professional artists, women, the disabled, artists of color, members of the LGBTQ community and other under-represented individuals or organizations are encouraged to apply.<\/em>\u201d For more details, visit the website<\/a>. Deadline for applications is\u00a0October 31<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Praxis Center<\/a> believes in artists. We know there are lots of twists in the path, and we know that many will stand in your way \u2013 often thinking they have your best interests in mind. But we also know \u2013 and we know this for a fact because we\u2019ve seen it again and again \u2013 that with the right skills and resources, a career in art is possible.<\/p>\n

Brainard Carey is an author, artist and educator. He is the director of Praxis Center for Aesthetics. He has written six books for artists; <\/span>Making it in the Art World<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>New Markets for Artists<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>The Art World Demystified<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Fund Your Dreams Like a Creative Genius<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Sell Online Like a Creative Genius<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Succeed with Social Media Like a Creative Genius<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo credit: Moab Arts Residency<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Keep at it. No matter what anyone says, you can do this. Art as a career is not an easy path, but it is absolutely a\u00a0possible path. There will be moments along the way when you second guess yourself, moments when you\u2019re told to find something else \u2013 something more traditional and lucrative. Only you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-26640","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-art-career","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26640"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26641,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26640\/revisions\/26641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}