Book Proposal // ARTIST CALL

Working Title:  ARTISTS WITH DISEASES: STORIES OF ARTISTS AND THEIR ART 

By Various 

It is a compilation of contemporary living artists with a biographical write-up and artwork.

It's like: “a struggling artist's coffee table book anthology."

FULL COLOR. Hardcover. Magazine size. English. 

This book is NOT FOR PROFIT. 

Theme: 

“Artists struggle through pain to create new visions.” 

The theme will be answered in two ways: A short biographical essay and a piece of artwork on the facing page. 

Guidelines: 

A page biography and a page of 

>The bio should include an artist statement and discussion of the piece. 

>The artwork must be high resolution and fit the Theme. Fantastic and strange artwork/drawing/illustration/abstract/comics preferred. The artwork must be specific to you and original. No photography. 

>I'll need your shipping addy to send to books and social media/website info. 

Who gets in?: 

You must be in pain of some sort and have a diagnosis of a chronic disease, or had people your entire life tell you it's all in your head. Diagnosis' of Lyme, Fibro, CFS, Lupus, Cancer, MS, Arthritis, etc are welcome. 

Roughly ages 25-45. International. Open to all. 

20-25 Artists plus.  

Artists receive copies of the book and recognition. 

Goal: 

To create a platform, a chorus of voices of young, emerging artists in an attractive volume. 

Passion! Truth! Creative vision! Birth, death and transcendence! 

Edited and Produced by me. ONGOING PROJECT.

I will need to hire out for design and typography and get help with successful crowdfunding to alleviate printing and shipping costs. 

Target Audience: 

It is for artists, Art lovers, those interested in how human stories inform the practice of making art, and for those who buy books for decoration. 

Similar Titles:  

Masterful Marks: Cartoonists Who Changed the World https://www.amazon.com/dp/1451649193/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_x_fIDgFb6FR9WBB   

Free Radicals https://www.artbook.com/097136706x.html  

Artists: Their Lives and Works https://www.amazon.com/dp/1465463283/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_x_qtDgFbRS8H0MS

Marketing & Promotion: 

We'll blast it around at conventions and online and among our peeps. 

It can be pitched as an “art book anthology of artist mini-monographs.” Or, some kind of weird collection of yearbook pages from artists. 

  If you interested in joining, or have someone to nominate for a spot please contact me:   

pjetvspablo (at) gmail (.) com.