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Susan Joy Sager and
is an artist, arts administrator, and the founder of ArtBiz, a center
for the professional development of artists and craftspeople. The author
of The ArtBiz Workbook, she has written articles for such leading
crafts publications as the Crafts ReportWoodShop News.
Over the past fifteen years, she has worked as an arts administrator
with institutions such as the Program in Artisanry at Boston University,
the Swain School of Design in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the Portland
School of Art in Maine, and the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in
Deer Isle, Maine. In addition, she was a member of the board of directors
of the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Newcastle Maine, and
a regional representative for the Maine Crafts Association.
In 1993, Sager founded ArtBiz to facilitate the professional development
of aspiring and professional artists and craftspeople through seminars
and counseling services. To date, ArtBiz has provided guidance and information
to more than 1000 artists and craftspeople. She has taught Art Biz seminars
at institutions throughout the New England region, including: Maine
College of Art in Portland, Maine; League of New Hampshire Craftsmen
in Exeter, New Hampshire; the University of Maine; the Guilford Handcraft
Center in Connecticut; and the Monserrat College of Art in Beverly,
Maine.
Sager now makes her home in Savannah,
Georgia.
The author is currently working
on her next book for Allworth Press, Creative Careers in Crafts, which
is scheduled for release in spring 2004.
Allworth Press books written by Susan Joy Sager:
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