Making it as an artist
Apparantly there are lots of grants an artist can apply for. The only problem is finding them. For all you would-be artists who would like to know if they can make a living at art without having to sell your gold, there may the niggling question of why would an artist need grants if its a lucrative field? Good question.
The answer is like a lot of things not so straight forward.
Some artists survive by getting to grips with and studying how to apply for grants. It is an art form in itself. There are not many grant applications that are short simple forms. Never mind what the guidelines say. A warning sign would be if the outline for the “short and simple”(their terminology) is itself about thirty pages.
Once you start to actually get positive answers to the questions for obtaining a grant, the route can be much easier if you haven’t given up already after the first few “now write a 3000 word essay"on why you need the grant whilst interweaving at least ten of their points upon which they give grants. No Joke.
Not into grant writing? Other ways to make it as an artist are:
Teach others how to create art
Hold worldwide exhibitions
Become rich and THEN invest in being an artist
Open a gallery display your art and charge commisions on sales for selling the work of other artists
Enter competitions and get your name out there
Develop a following of clients who collect your artwork and pay good money for it
Attend art trade fairs
License your art