In class wed Oct 30th

Artwork for the Juried Student Arts Show is due!

Senior Project Proposals are due! 

The Hartwick Holiday Card is Due!

The Fund For Excellence Applications are Due!

Time is running short if you haven't gotten your Sketchbook yet!

You should be almost done with your CV & a list of people to write letters of recommendation for you.






Portfolios

You need to create a 10 piece portfolio by the last day of class.

Images are presented differently in a portfolio for each art medium. Lets take a look at the differences.






Getting a Job
What jobs are we prepared to do once we graduate? Lets make a list.



How do you find a job
- interpersonal networking
- website networking
- headhunter
- advertisement
- cold sell
- self promotion
- build up: 1 --> 2 --> 3
- hanging out!

In class Wed Oct 23rd

We will be going to the artist talk tonight in room 138.


Work on you sketchbook!

Work on you resume/CV.

Start thinking about your artist statement.

In class Wed Oct 16th

Self Promotion

Person to Person

- talking to people

- go to galleries

- join groups ~ CANO is the local arts organization in Oneonta

- cold selling your work

- show cards ~ uprinting.com

- business cards ~ uprinting.com

Online

- Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pintrest, Tumblr, Blogger, Youtube, Flickr, SoundCloud, Delicious, Blurb, Linkedin, Vine, Instagram and .......?????

- Email

- Facebook events

- Blog about your work and your interest

Sell your Work

- Website/Blog to sell your skills/wares

- Web 2.0 site to sell your skills/wares ~ elance.com/etsy.com

- Craft/Art Fairs - City of the Hills in Oneonta every September

In class Wed Oct 9th

Opportunities:


Hartwicks (not)Holiday Card

Each year one of the art professors creates a card for Hartwick to send out for the holidays. It will be seen by MANY people and is a good resume item. There will also be some sort of award.

Here are the guidelines

1. Blue is prominent Color

2. Winter scene - not holiday as this will go to people with various religious backgrounds

3. Your designs should be standard card size (look it up)

Designs have to be ready for review by October 30th!

http://www.hartwick.edu/x25161.xml

The Art Shows:

The Sketchbook Project

Postcards from the edge

Things you need:

Letters of Rec - 3 - 5 

CV = Resume

Artist statement x2

-  Self

-  Specific piece "Show"

Letter of intent

Portfolio - 10 - 20 images

Freelance/Selling your Work

Hired to create for a specific job / Selling something you've previously created

Selling your Skills / Selling your Creations

Freelance possibilities:

- Basic Design work: logos, posters, CD/DVD covers, announcements, advertisements, PSA's, pamphlets, business cards, show cards

- Basic Photography: portraits, advertisements, reproduction, product shots, weddings, anniversaries & birthdays, portfolios

- Basic Photoshop: reproduction; portrait manipulation; color correction

- Ceramics: series or individual orders for plates, cups, bowls, vases, mugs, tea pots, complete sets

- Painting: portraits, murals, interior design

- Sculpture: building most anything from a deck on someones house to a commissioned public sculpture in a variety of materials including wood, metal, wax

- Printmaking - see "Basic Design Work"

- Basic Digitalmedia: social media wrangler, web page/site design, see "Basic Design Work", video documentation, CD/DVD duplication, digitize media

How much should you charge? How do you price a job?

Selling Your Work

Where?

- On-line - Ebay, Etsy, personal website, where else????

- Art/Craft Shows

- Trade Shows

- Galleries

- Local Shops

- Art Guilds

- Word of mouth / person to person

- Art Auctions

How much should you sell your work for?

What do you need help with?