{"product_id":"the-making-of-an-artist-desire-courage-and-commitment-9781783208517","title":"The Making of an Artist: Desire, Courage, and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat drives an artist to create? And are there common traits that successful artists possess? In \u003cem\u003eThe Making of an Artist\u003c\/em\u003e, Kristin G. Congdon draws on her years of studying and teaching art at all levels – from universities to correctional settings – to identify three traits that are regularly found in successful artists: desire, courage and commitment. In this collection Congdon explores each of those traits, as well as giving ethnographic case studies of six visual artists from diverse backgrounds and locations whose practices embody them. Marrying the work of biography, journalism, sociology and psychology, the book opens up the often mysterious process of making art, showing us how those characteristics play into it, as well as how other factors, such as trauma, madness, class and gender, affect the ways that people approach the creative process.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Powerfully insightful and fully accessible, \u003cem\u003eThe Making of an Artist\u003c\/em\u003e will be an invaluable resource for practicing artists, those just setting out on artistic careers, and art teachers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEducation\u003cbr\u003e Kristin Congdon   Desire\u003cbr\u003e Kristin Congdon   Flo Oy Wong\u003cbr\u003e Kristin Congdon   The Highwaymen\u003cbr\u003e Kristin Congdon   Courage\u003cbr\u003e Kristin Congdon   Richard Brown\u003cbr\u003e Kristin Congdon   Asma M Alahmad\u003cbr\u003e Kristin Congdon   Commitment\u003cbr\u003e Kristin Congdon   Erick Wolfmeyer\u003cbr\u003e Kristin Congdon   Catherine Beaudette\u003cbr\u003e Kristin Congdon   Teaching\u003cbr\u003e Kristin Congdon","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042268479831,"sku":"9781783208517","price":20.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781783208517.jpg?v=1750953702","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-making-of-an-artist-desire-courage-and-commitment-9781783208517","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}