On Wednesday, January 27, 2010, Jackie Battenfield held a lecture on her new book, “The Artist’s guide: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love”, and also revealed how she was able to do the same. She started off her lecture with an insight of what had happened to her to make her realize that she needed to do something to organize herself. Her work in the Rotunda gallery and the start of her family made her realize that she had a lot of work and no organization. Wanting to continue her painting, Battenfield decided to manage her time and still keep the work she was doing for the gallery nothing less than how it was. When she finally knew what she wanted to do, she quit her job at the gallery and decided to start to paint more. She looked outside of New York to find galleries where she could find potential buyers. Even when she had failure, she continued to pursue her goals until she was able to find someone to give her that chance.
Jackie Battenfield’s advice to follow up on all meetings and write thank you notes is noteworthy because she teaches the audience to always make an impression and not to surrender when there is a possibility of a great opportunity. Her book is also a constructive and positive way to pursue the goal of making art a living. Being written as a guide, the book teaches the reader by example what to do when they are stuck in a corner. She splits it into sections that demonstrate how to plan out goals. Even though each person and outcome it different, it still proves to be useful. I would take into great consideration her words and wisdom.
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