Guidance Requested: Is this right for me?

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When you say "art," do you mean fine art like a contemporary artist who paints, sculpts, and use non-traditional media and conceptual art? Or do you mean graphic design? 

Both?

Many famous American artists who helped build the American art scene used the GI bill to attend art school.

SNHU has a graphic design program, and some marketing classes for artists are built into the program. They would be willing to take quite a few of your credits, but you'd have to check with them. Someone on this forum did a low-cost graphic design degree with SNHU, and he is--to my knowledge--working as a graphic artist. If I can find the thread, I'll edit this post and link it.

Many state schools hire practicing artists who make a living making art, and they will be your best source of information on how to "market" yourself and get your work out there so you can build a brand. 

I would avoid getting into debt for art school. The classes are long, so your credit hours will be more expensive. Some of my studio painting classes were 6 hours long, that's six credits... and it was mandatory to graduate. Not to mention, it takes an hour to set up and another hour to break down and properly clean your workspace. So it's like a full day of work.

I would be able to help you if you gave me more information about how you see your career unfolding.