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As a teenager visiting the Andy Warhol Museum, Beth Pickens realized the importance of making art. As an adult, she has worked as a consultant empowering artists. Intimate yet practical, Your Art Will Save Your Life helps artists build a sustainable practice while navigating the world of MFAs, residencies, and institutional funding.

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Beth Pickens's theories on art and practice have changed and enriched my life. -- Nicole Georges, author of Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home An electrically inspiring, politically fresh, and class-conscious guide for artists who wish to engage more deeply with their process, their careers, and their lives. -- Michelle Tea, author of Modern Tarot Essential reading for anyone who has ever felt overwhelmed by art, activism, or adulting. -- Ann Friedman, cohost of Call Your Girlfriend A dense, power-punch of info. -- Portland (OR) Mercury If you are a person who needs to make art in order to function, this book is from your best, smartest, coolest, most insightful, wise, learned, practical, savvy, no-bullshit friend. -- Lucy Corin, author of One Hundred Apocalypses and Other Apocalypses Your Art Will Save Your Life is the artist's guidebook to create, thrive, and survive amid any political shitstorm. -- Bust This funny, tender, totally usable guide provides a bundle of simple methods that will allow you to focus on creative projects, reenergize, grow joy, and take risks. -- Harry Dodge, artist

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Beth Pickens is a Los Angeles-based consultant for artists and arts organizations. She provides career consultation as well as grant-writing and fundraising assistance to clients across the United States.

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