SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Amorose, Vicki Krohn. Art-write: the writing guide for visual artists: crafting effective
artist statements and promotional materials. Eugene, Oregon : Luminare Press,
2013. ISBNs: 9781937303129, 1937303128
Barnet, Sylvan. A short guide to writing about art, 9th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson,
2008. ISBNs: 0136138551, 9780136138556
Barr, Chris. The Yahoo! style guide: the ultimate sourcebook for writing, editing, and
creating content for the digital world. Yahoo!/St. Martin's Griffin, 2010. ISBN:
9780312569846
Barrett, Terry. Criticizing photographs: an introduction to understanding images, 4th ed.
Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2006. ISBN: 0072977434
Bhandari, Heather Darcy. Art/work: everything you need to know (and do) as you pursue
your art career. Free Press, 2009. ISBN: 1416572333
Brantley, Ben. The New York Times book of Broadway: on the aisle for the unforgettable
plays of the last century. St. Martin's Press, 2001. ISBN: 031228411X
Ferguson, Marcia L. A short guide to writing about theatre. Pearson Longman, 2008. ISBN:
9780321136732
Glenn, Cheryl. The Harbrace guide to writing, concise second edition. Boston: Cengage,
2012. ISBNs: 978-0-495-91399-3, 0-495-91399-5
Goodwin, Ariane. Writing the artist statement. Infinity Publishing, 2002. ISBNs: 0741408430,
978-0741408433
Guffey, Mary Ellen. Essentials of business communication, 9th ed. Cengage, 2013. ISBNs:
978-1-111-82123-4, 1-111-82123-2
Herbert, Trevor. Music in words: a guide to researching and writing about music. Oxford
University Press, 2009. ISBN: 9780195373721
Hughes, Robert. Nothing if not critical: selected essays on art and artists. New York: Penguin
Books, 1992. ISBNs: 014016524X, 978-0140165241
Liberatori, Ellen. Guide to getting arts grants. Allworth Press, 2006. ISBN: 9781581154566
Rich, Frank. Hot seat: theater criticism for the New York Times, 1980-1993. Random House,
1998. ISBN: 0679453008
Rosenberg, Gigi. The artist's guide to grant writing: how to find funds and write foolproof
proposals for the visual, literary, and performing artist. Watson-Guptill, 2010.
ISBN: 9780823000708
Sayre, Henry M. Writing about art. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006. ISBN: 0131945602
Williams, Gilda. How to write about contemporary art. Thames & Hudson, 2014. ISBN:
9780500291573
ONLINE RESUME RESOURCES - VISUAL ARTISTS
http://www.collegeart.org/guidelines/resume or http://www.collegeart.org/guidelines/visartcv
Excellent instructional materials, very detailed, professionally presented, and rhetorically
sound.
http://www.internationalstudent.com/resume_writing/sample-artist-resume/ - A short sample.
http://thepracticalartworld.com/2011/02/12/how-to-write-an-artists-cv-in-10-steps/ Succinct, and
maybe a bit too much so.
http://thepracticalartworld.com/2013/04/09/how-to-write-an-artists-cv-when-you-dont-havemuch-or-any-professional-experience/ Good tips, a follow-up to the previous article.
ONLINE RESUME RESOURCES - MUSICIANS AND PERFORMING ARTISTS
http://www.esm.rochester.edu/iml/careers/library.php -- Excellent brief PDF guides, sound
rhetorical principles, some of which would be worth reproducing in a course packet.
http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/conservatory/mecc/resumes.html – Excellent clearinghouse
resource list with good links re resumes, cover letters, bios (length, paragraph-byparagraph), etc.
http://www.musicianwages.com/new-ideas-for-the-musician-resume/
http://www.davidjhahn.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/DavidHahn_Resume.jpg