Arts Editing offers a range of services from a qualified and experienced art historian.
Services for written text in English include developmental editing, copyediting, and proofreading.
Please click through below for the service that best suits your needs.
Rates
| Student rate (individuals) |
2.5 cents per word for the first 5,000 words, then 2 cents per word thereafter (EUR) | 4 cents per word for the first 5,000 words, then 3.5 cents thereafter (NZD + GST) |
| Standard rate (individuals) |
3 cents per word for the first 5,000 words, then 2.5 cents per word thereafter (EUR) | 4.5 cents per word for the first 5,000 words, then 4 cents thereafter (NZD + GST) |
| Gallery & university rate (for institutions) |
4 cents per word for the first 5,000 (EUR); negotiable for larger projects |
5.5 cents per word (NZD + GST); negotiable for larger projects |
Dr Melinda Johnston
Editor
I am a New Zealand-based art historian who has recently returned from living in Leipzig, Germany. I have been editing academic texts for over ten years, but I have long been a fastidious editor—recently, when reading a Nancy Drew story to my niece, I discovered that my nine-year-old self had corrected mistakes in the text!
My own research focuses on graphic arts and political caricature, with publications including Murdoch: The Cartoons of Sharon Murdoch with Commentary by Melinda Johnston (Potton & Burton, 2016) and Lateral Inversions: The Prints of Barry Cleavin (Canterbury University Press, 2013). I hold a PhD in the History of Art from UCL and have previously worked as the political cartoons specialist at the National Library of New Zealand and as a lecturer and exhibitions manager at the University of Canterbury.
As well as the editing services detailed on this site, I also teach a range of academic writing skills courses (upcoming courses at the University of Leipzig are available here).