"Making a Living as an Artist" Airs on PBS

[Caroll Michels]

Caroll Michels, founder of the Artist Help Network (www.artisthelpnetwork.com), will be interviewed on the nationally syndicated television show RIGHT ON THE MONEY, produced by PBS, during the half-hour segment "Making a Living as an Artist." The program will begin to air throughout the USA on April 27. Michels, a career coach and artist-advocate is the author of "How to Survive & Prosper as an Artist. Selling Yourself without Selling Your Soul," published by Henry Holt & Company, New York. The Artist Help Network was launched this year to help fine artists mine resources on career development.

Check local TV listings for times and dates: http://www.rightonthemoney.org/resou...tions_list.htm

[Joseph Brzycki]

Shoot, I don't get any of those channels.

[Michele Rushworth]

I watched this show yesterday and it had some good information. The segment was only 20 minutes long but I thought the general focus was right on target. Their main point was that an artist who wants to make money with their work needs to think of themselves as an entrepreneur or small business owner and act accordingly, when it comes to marketing their work.

They listed several websites which sounded very useful and which I plan to check out:

The website www.nea.gov was the first one they mentioned. They reminded viewers that despite the controversies that the NEA has been involved with in the past few years they are still an excellent resource for artists.

They mentioned www.springboardforthearts.org for contract advice, etc.

The site www.actorsfund.org was listed as a source for artists' (and actors') health insurance information.

They also suggested that artists go to the program's producers' website for additional tips:
www.rightonthemoney.org

I wrote down the next two websites they mentioned, also, but not what they were noted for:

www.artisthelpnetwork.com
www.artstudionetwork.com

Hope that helps!