Last Artist Standing: Living and Sustaining a Creative Life over 50

Last Artist Standing shares the stories of 21 artists over the age of 50, exploring the diverse pathways they have taken to sustain their creative lives. These artists have learned to thrive through life’s challenges and, in doing so, mentor others, offering inspiration across generations. This collection highlights their resilience in continuing their practices amid generational shifts and details the physical, financial and professional challenges they encounter. Together, these essays illustrate how an engaged, creative life can endure over a lifetime, both within and beyond the art world. Sharon Louden is an artist and editor of the Living and Sustaining a Creative Life series of books. A visionary leader, she creates opportunities for artists and bridges gaps between sectors, viewing all her efforts as part of a single creative practice under the umbrella of a working artist. Last Artist Standing shares the essays of the lives of 31 artists over the age of 50, how they have sustained their creative lives, what paths they have led, showing who contemporary artists are today. They are mentors to other artists, having learned how to thrive and be creative through decades of life's travails. Sharon Louden wants to share these stories with the public so that their models can be replicated by all age groups, both within and beyond the art world. This collection addresses the ability of these artists to remain contemporary as they adapt through generational shifts, the physical, financial and professional challenges they have overcome to remain vibrant and sustaining artists and their role as inspirational models to others who may be turning to art late in their lives.

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