Artists' Statements and Writing about Art Online Resources
Taking AIM!: the business of being an artist today by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780823244348Publication Date: 2011
- The art of writing about artNotes in the History of Art , Spring/Summer2017, Vol. 36 Issue 3/4, p256-262
- The Artist Statement as a Genre: Move Analysis with Pedagogical AimsLEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, v9 n2 p83-104 2016. 22 pp. ERIC Number: EJ1229522
Books on Writing an Artist Statement
Art-Write: the writing guide for visual artists : crafting effective artist statements and promotional materials by Call Number: N8350 .A46 2013ISBN: 9781937303129Publication Date: 2013
Writing the Artist Statement: revealing the true spirit of your work by Call Number: N8600 .G65 2002ISBN: 0741408430Publication Date: 2002
How to Write about Contemporary Art by Call Number: N7476 .W544 2014ISBN: 9780500291573Publication Date: 2014
Writing About Art
A Short Guide to Writing about Art by Call Number: N7476 .B37 2015ISBN: 0205933491Publication Date: 2015
On Artists Writing
Blasted Allegories: an anthology of writings by contemporary artists by Call Number: NX504 .B5 1987ISBN: 0262730863Publication Date: 1989The Dual Muse: the writer as artist, the artist as writer by
Call Number: NX175 .D78 1997ISBN: 1556195249Publication Date: 1997
Living and Sustaining a Creative Life by Call Number: N6536 .L58 2013ISBN: 9781783200122Publication Date: 2013
Mapping the intelligence of artistic Work by Call Number: N71 .W47 2011ISBN: 0983472505Publication Date: 2011Now What?: a new collection of artists' writings published as part six of the project by
Call Number: N7452 .N69 2004ISBN: 3937577459Publication Date: 2004
Social medium : artists writing, 2000-2015 by Call Number: N7452 .S624 2016ISBN: 9780979757587Publication Date: 2016
Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: a sourcebook of artists' writings by Call Number: N6490 .S765 2012ISBN: 0520253744Publication Date: 2012
Witness to Her Art: art and writings by Adrian Piper, Mona Hatoum, Cady Noland, Jenny Holzer, Kara Walker; Daniela Rossell and Eau de Cologne by Call Number: N8354 .W58 2006ISBN: 1931493553Publication Date: 2007
Twentieth-Century Artists on Art by Call Number: N6490 .T89 1985ISBN: 0394522761Publication Date: 1986
Websites on Writing
- Emily Carr's Writing CentreHandouts on all typed of writing for artists: artists' statements, critical responses, proposals, letters of intent for grad school, etc.
- Explaining the UnexplainableWhy and how to write and artist's statement.
- GYST: Artist Statement Guidelines.Dos and Don'ts, plus a few examples.
- Art Business Info. for ArtistsHow to write an artist statement: Banish the Artist's Statement Blues!
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Articles on Artists' Statements
Ricci, Mike. "Making a Statement: How and Why to Create an Effective Artist's Statement." Crafts Report, vol. 33, July 2007, pp. 14-16. EBSCOhost, ezproxymca.flo.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asu&AN=505218117&site=eds-live.
Udell, Luann. "A: Artist Statement: Keeping Yourself on Track." ["Part of a special issue: Business Tips A-Z"]. Crafts Report, vol. 36, Dec. 2010, p. 10. EBSCOhost, ezproxymca.flo.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asu&AN=505375591&site=eds-live.
Barnes, Natalie Selden. "Hands-On Writing: An Alternative Approach to Understanding Art." Art Education, vol. 62, no. 3, 01 May 2009, pp. 40-46. EBSCOhost, ezproxymca.flo.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ871995&site=eds-live.
Baloup, Clement. "Artist's Statement." European Comic Art, no. 1, 2015, p. 52. EBSCOhost, doi:10.3167/eca.2015.080105
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Examples of Artists Writing
Arp on Arp: poems, essays, memories by Call Number: PQ2601 R633 J613 1972ISBN: 0670133329Publication Date: 1972
Illustrated Notebooks, 1917-1955 by Call Number: NC248.B68 A47 1971ISBN: 0486202321Publication Date: 1971Secret Knowledge: rediscovering the lost techniques of the old masters by
Call Number: ND1471 .H63 2006bISBN: 0142005126Publication Date: 2006
