Fund Your Dreams Like a Creative Genius: A Guide for Artists, Entrepreneurs, Inventors, and Kindred Spirits

By Brainard Carey

Author Brainard Carey is a top expert in the field of fund-raising and has a worldwide following.

Author has a direct email list of 60,000 individuals (with a 24% open rate), who receive emails twice a week. About 20,000 of those individuals are located in Canada and Europe, further expanding his reach.

Author's Facebook page has 53,000 fans.

Of all the biggest blog platforms that serve artists and creative people—like Hyperallergic, Eflux, and Artsy—author Brainard Carey's site, Praxis Center for Aesthetics, has the fastest-growing platform with an average of 100 subscribers coming on every day.

Author participates in six live webinars every single week, reaching about 1,200 unique people that are interested in his talk, content, and follow-up emails.

Author lectures regularly on fundraising tactics for creative people at universities, most recently at SVA in Manhattan.

In this economy, filled with inventions and apps, creative people and artists need to find ways to make money more than ever. Fund Your Dreams Like a Creative Genius serves that need.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Allworth Press
• Release date: Jul 3, 2018
• ISBN: 9781621536505

Brainard Carey

Brainard Carey is an artist, teacher, walker, and pool player. He cofounded the artistic collaborative Praxis with his wife, Delia Carey. As host of the popular Yale University radio show, Lives of the Artists, he has interviewed over 700 artists and creative people to illuminate their careers and work. He is passionate about art education and has written several books for artists to develop their careers, including Making It in the Art World, New Markets for Artists, and The Art World Demystified. He also co-founded Praxis Center for Aesthetics, an online school for professional artists. He lives in New York City.