In order to succeed in your career some financial investment is usually necessary, and the career of the fine artist is no exception: art supplies are expensive, art schools can be astronomical, and finished works may have to be framed, crated, shipped, and insured. There are outlays for postcards, postage, portfolios, brochures, slides, and even perhaps a website. And then there's the question of vanity galleries.
Script for "Marketplace" commentary
National Public Radio
13 August 2003
Poetry Magazine, the long-struggling publication, received a 100 million dollar bequest recently from pharmaceutical fortune heir Ruth Lilly. It’s stirred up a hornets nest in circles that frown on mixing art and money. But commentator and arts critic Ann Daly says it’s about time.
Columbia College Chicago Arts, Entertainment & Media Management Department’s Ecenter* is offering “ECENTER LOAN APPLICATION DAY”
Local small businesses looking for funding, start-up, expansion, purchase additional inventory, or secure working capital can participate in a one-of-a-kind loan program developed by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Loan proceeds must be used exclusively for business related purposes. The owners, partners and/or principals must be of good character.
