Indie Girl: From Starting a Band to Launching a Fashion Company, Nine Ways to Turn Your Creative Talent Into Reality

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Product Description Are you a girl who's tired of waiting for someone to design the perfect skirt? Insulted by fluffy spring break movies? It's time to take matters into your own hands. A comprehensive guide for young women, Indie Girl contains all the information you need to start independent creative ventures, such as dance companies, rock bands, and more. You'll learn how to shoot a TV show, host a poetry slam, and even build a float for a parade. With quotes from teens and professional artists, you'll learn why and how women should work together in the arts. Indie Girl shows you that when creative girls come together, there's nothing they can't do! From School Library Journal Grade 7 Up—A feisty guide for teens to bring their creative impulses to fruition. Fresh and fun in their approach, Johnson and Macklin walk readers through the basics of publishing a zine, mounting an art exhibit, forming a dance troupe, organizing a parade, filming a TV show, staging a play, and hosting a poetry slam. Each chapter is sprinkled with suggestions from successful professionals and other "insiders." The chapter on mounting an art exhibit offers good, practical advice. The competition (and drive needed) in these fields is fierce. The accessible text also works hard to give readers a fuller understanding of why and how women can work together in the arts—that when there is collaboration, the possibilities are endless. There's nothing new in terms of the advice, but this is a good guide nonetheless. A great choice for readers as they think about their futures.— Elaine Baran Black, Georgia Public Library Service, Atlanta Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Review “Jam-packed with insider tips and quotes from teenage and professional artists, Indie Girl will both challenge and inspire you to do something out of the ordinary this summer.” — Seventeen Magazine Online About the Author Karen Macklin is a San Francisco-based writer and editor. She has written for more than a dozen publications, including The New York Times, San Francisco Weekly, and Yoga Journal. Arne Johnson has been a film journalist and filmmaker for nearly 10 years. He has written for The Onion, San Francisco Bay Guardian, and the San Francisco Examiner.