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!
The Art Shows:
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?
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