1. Unique jobs other art students have gotten after graduating
2. Internships
3. Residencies
4. How to look for shows
5. Resumes / CV
6. How to get financial aid for grad school
7. How grad schools may be different from one another
8. Artist statements
9. Indesign & Illustrator - basic info
10. What skills should we include in our resume
What do you need help with?
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?
Fair Hourly rate + supply cost x2 ~ market value
Selling Your Work
Where?
- On-line - Ebay, Etsy, Society 6, 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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