In The Entrepreneurial Artist: Lessons from Highly Successful Creatives, Aaron Dworkin offers an engaging, practical guide to achieving artistic fulfillment, both personally and professionally. Based on the accomplishments of Shakespeare, Mozart, and several contemporary creatives, these lessons will help you realize your goalsâno matter your medium. Among those Dworkin personally interviewed for this book are Emmy-winning actor Jeff Daniels, Tony-award winning choreographer Bill T. Jones, Grammy award-winning musician Wynton Marsalis, and Pulitzer Prize winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, among others. The stories of these twelve remarkable individuals come alive with lessons of love, loss, despair, sacrifice, perseverance, and triumph.
Some of the artist-entrepreneur takeaways explored in this book include:
Build partnershipsâwith peers, patrons, and sponsorsEmbrace diversity Expand your focusAllow your work to mature
Whether one is an aspiring student artist in search of practical tools to build a sustainable career, or a veteran seeking reinvention, The Entrepreneurial Artist offers insightsâwell-tested, unusual, or innovativeâthat are meaningful for every kind of creative.

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Art & BusinessTable of contents
- An Introduction of Uncommon Rhythm
- William Shakespeare: The Upstart
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: âLoved by Godâ
- Jeff Daniels: The Hard Work
- Bill T. Jones: Dancing through Doubt
- Lin-Manuel Miranda: Taking His Shot
- Rachel Barton Pine: Playing through Adversity
- Damien Sneed: Balance Is a Boon
- Lee Greenwood: Proud to Be an American
- Marin Alsop: Conducting Dedication
- Damon Gupton: An Artistic Nomad
- Chip Davis: Tinkering with a Steamroller
- Midori: Three Dauntless Violins
- Wynton Marsalis: The Box and the Horn
- Conclusion: Da Capo Al Fine
- Notes
- About the Author
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