Service Providers are listed by state.

Connecticut

Camilla Cook, Artist Consultant, 3 Valley View Road, #9, Norwalk, CT 06851, Telephone: 203-895-4089 Fax: Not Supplied Email: camilla@camillacook.com URL: www.camillacook.com Specializes in promoting artists’ growth by serving as a resource and advocate and providing strategies that empower artists to advance their professional careers. Services include website construction, artist statement & biography composition, digital image formatting and training, exhibition and grant application assistance.

Florida

Caroll Michels, Career Coach and Artist Advocate, 1724 Burgos Drive, Sarasota, FL 34238, Telephone: 941-922-5277 Fax: 941-922-5278 Email: carollmich@aol.com URL: www.carollmichels.com Specializes in Author of How to Survive & Prosper as an Artist, and founder of the Artist Help Network. Assist artists throughout the USA and abroad with career development through phone and in-person consultations. Also offers resource lists.

Massachusetts

Gail McMeekin, LICSW, Creative Success, 675 VFW Parkway, Suite 246, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, Telephone: 617-323-1442 Fax: 617-323-1963 Email: gail@creativesuccess.com URL: www.creativesuccess.com Specializes in Career and creativity coach. Author of "The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women. A Portable Mentor" (Conari Press, 2000), and "The Power of Positive Choices" (Conari Press 2001).

Washington

Molly Gordon, CPC, PCC, Shaboom, Inc., Life could be a dream, P.O. Box 195, Suquamish, WA 98392, Telephone: 360-697-7022 Fax: 360-697-7449 Email: molly@mollygordon.com URL: www.mollygordon.com Specializes in reconciling the challenges of self-promotion with personal and creative values. Emphasis on authentic business practices. Creator of Authentic Promotion workshops & workbooks.

Web Sites are listed in alphabetical order by title.

Title: "Living Hero" Series, Jariscope Description: Two podcast interviews with Caroll Michels can be found at www.jariscope.com as part of “The Living Hero” series (see June 1, 2009). The most recent interview, which was conducted in conjunction with the publication of the new edition of her book, is 38-minutes and can be streamed or downloaded. Topics include: have things really changed in the art world?; what is new in the world of art marketing; what are the odds of acceptance?; what is possible for the creative spirit?; artists and authority figures; current leverage points for artist-advocacy; social networking sites; secret code Web site pages; using print-on-demand services; Picasso’s confession; and Caroll Michels’ dance immersion. The second interview (scroll down to "Previous Entries" and go to March 17, 2008) covers artist and art dealer relationships; self-esteem and artists; artists and ADD; and the heroic nature of saying “no.” URL: www.jariscope.com