To Be an Artist
Musicians, Visual Artists, Writers, and Dancers Speak with a foreword by Pat Pattison
Publisher: Berklee Press
Category: Reference
Series: Berklee Guide
Format: Softcover

Learn what it means to be an artist today. Musicians, writers, visual artists, and creators from a variety of other disciplines discuss their lives and work-how they perceive their craft and their world, and the role of art in society. These are citizen artists, who discuss their responsibility to communicate their vision, to help us better understand our world and live together in community. Through learning about these artistic journeys, you will see how creativity comes not only from the intense focus on craft, but alsofrom developing a wider vision and understanding of the world in which we live. Foreword by Pat Pattison! Explore how artists find inspiration, particularly onthe themes of: knowing yourself, examining interrelationships among the arts, sustaining culture and community, bringing joy, and telling the truth. Interviews include: William Banfield (Composer), Michael Bearden (Composer), Terri Lyne Carrington (Drummer), Henry Diltz (Photographer), Bruce George (Poet), Janis Ian (Singer-Songwriter), Lori Landay (Multimedia Artist), Doug Stanton (Author), Victor Wooten (Bassist), and more.

Inventory # : 00381130
UPC: 196288019459
ISBN: 876392249
Width: 7"
Length: 10"
Height: 0.496"
Product Weight: 0.8 lbs.
Number of Pages: 232