In class Wed Nov 18th

Seniors 

Summas

Pick places in the gallery

Senior Dinner - Wed Dec 2nd 5:30pm

- Who's going?

Seniors Final  - Mon 12/7 8-11pm Art411

What to hand in on the final

What's due at the final

- a CV for a specific purpose (job, grad school, show application)

- list of 5 references with their contact info: phone, email, physical address, job/position

- 3-5 portfolio worthy images in JPEG format

- outline of an artist statement for your senior show

- Your art piece challenge

Then we go out to the bar and play pool!

Self Promotion

- We are living in a time where "user generated content" is valued.  User generated content is basically individual creativity that has been put on public display. You can see how this overlaps with the basic concept of art which is to create and display.

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

How do you find a job

- interpersonal networking

- website networking

- headhunter

- advertisement

- cold sell

- self promotion

- build up: 1 --> 2 --> 3

- hanging out!

Art Jobs Website

https://www.artjob.org/

In class Wed Nov 4th

Fund for Excellence- the budget



Looking for and Applying to Shows!

How to find a show

-- internet, magazines, friends/family, local business, art groups, your college

Types of shows

-- Group, Small Group (2 or 3 person), Solo, Juried, Invited, Traveling

Types of venues

-- On-line - Street - Local Business - Corporate Business - Student Gallery - Gallery - Museum

Types of art

-- Modern, Post-modern, Classic High Art, Street Art, Common Art

How to apply for an Art Show.

-- internet, email, snail mail

-- always follow all the directions

Different Shows hold different value. It kinda works in a matrix.

Most Valuable Show:

Invitation to a Solo show at a Major venue.

Least Valuable:

Open call to a Group show at a Local business.

  

How goes your Senior Thesis Paperwork?

Questions, Comments, Problems?

Opportunities:

Postcards from the Edge

Student Juried Show

CANO Hartwick & SUCO Juried Show

In class Wed Oct 14th

Class will start tonight at 6:00pm!

A speaker coming tonight so going to Roots is postponed until next week. 

If you would like to go out with the speaker for coffee and deserts contact Doug Zullo before 2:00pm today!

We will be talking about and working on making your CV's​. Come to class with your list of everything you've done.

How to successfully apply for the Fund for Excellence

- come up with an idea 

- figure out what materials & supplies you need

- research the cost of the materials & supplies 

- fill out the forms (check for errors)

- hand it in on time

Setting up CV's for different needs

You will be asked for a CV (resume) in a variety of different circumstances over the years to come. Your CV should be adjusted for each unique circumstance. The idea is to give the reader the information they need as easily and as fast as possible. You also want to show that you know about what you are applying for. ( This will also come up when writing a Letter of Intent.)

Example for Education based CVs (Grad school, Applying to as a Professor):

Education 

2004               Master of Fine Arts – Visual Design

University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

Professional Experience 

2011-                 Associate Professor of Art, Digital Art & Design

 present            Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY

Exhibitions / Performances / Screenings :::::::::::::::::

2012               Hartwick Faculty Show (Group)

Forman Art Gallery, Oneonta, NY

In class Wed Oct 7th

Art Opportunities

Pine Lake Photo Contest - $$$
Student Juried Art Show - $$$

Top 20 Artist Residencies

Art-O-Mat

What you should be doing:

- creating a list of all the things you've done that may go on a resume.

- finding and asking 5 people to be a reference for you

- Talking to medium specific professors about photographing work for a portfolio

- Participating in art shows!

- Writing down ideas for your senior project 

In class Wed Sept 30th

Things you will need to be gathering for next class:

Letters of Rec 

- You need to find 3 - 5 people who you wish to have write you letters of recommendation. You need to cultivate your relationship with them over the next year.

CV = Resume

- You need to make a list with the names, dates, and addresses of everything you've ever done, anything you have won, everyplace you worked and your high schools information.

Artist statement x2

-  One for your Self

-  One for a specific piece "Show"

Bio
- basic personal information, the what, where, when of your life 

Letter of intent

- this will change depending on need and what your applying for

Portfolio 
- you will need 15-20 art pieces

- start collecting images of your best work

- ask the professor in your area of concentration how artwork for your medium should be presented.

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?

What do you need help with?

In class Wed Sept 23rd

Do you know: When a judge is considering a case of workplace harassment, the intent of a person does not matter. What matters is how a reasonable person would feel in the situation. Art is like this, it does not matter what you intend if you don't know how to say it with visual language, it matters how your viewer understands it. Like all human beings, your viewer has a undeniable need to make sense of the world around them. They will take the various qualities you have applied to a piece and try to make sense of it within context of their specific understanding of the world.

Lets talk art:

The choices you make (intentionally or unintentionally) while creating art becomes the language by which your viewer understands the piece. This happens through the choice of medium, material, aesthetic qualities, formal elements, subject matter, gesture, lighting, dimension and location. Each of these is connected to a greater cultural & historical context that can change depending on the viewers age, race, gender identity, nationality, economic status and location on the planet.


As art students you are becoming experts in understanding the many levels of depth an image/object contains and how it effects your viewer. If you were in chemistry you would be expected to remember the periodic table as well as how all the elements intact through various chemical combinations depending on situation. (sounds just as impossible doesn't it) You creative neighbors upstairs are doing the same thing with sound and musical composition.


Lets look at some examples: going to the gallery

In class wed Sept 16th

Art Shows to build your Portfolio!

Assigned by the class:

18th annual Postcards for the Edge. January 2016?

also

Hartwick Student Juried Show 
Pine Lake Photo Contest

Student Show at CANO
Peep Show

and get money

Fund for Excellence Fall 15 and Spring 16


Graduate School Application

What 3 schools did you find?

What did you like about them?

What kind of information did they want when applying to the school?

Were there an interesting programs you came across?

In class Wed Sept 9th

My upcoming show:

Hand in your list of questions to Joe!

Project 1

Find 3 graduate programs that look interesting to you and go through the process of applying for one. Submit the materials to me on Sept 25th for review. You will get the materials back for future submission to the graduate school should you choose that route.

Lets talk graduate school!

- What can a MFA get you?

- How to apply.

* Word of Advice: Always follow all the directions exactally!

- Where to apply.

- Grants, Loans, GTF/Teaching Fellowships

Upcoming Events
Tomorrow Alumni Show Opening 4:30-6pm

3D software (if your interested)

Makerware - set up for printing

Meshmixer - alter and add models together. set up for printing

Sculptris - model and sculpt in 3d

123D Design - App Store for Macs - design and model 3d

123D Make - App Store for Macs - print 3d models on cardboard

Welcome 1st day!

Welcome to Art411 Art Theory & Practice.

What is "art"? Who is an artist? What does an artist do?

This class is for senior studio art students who have successfully passed the Junior Review. The goal of this class is to answer the question "What do I do with an art degree once I graduate from college". It is an interactive seminar where you are expected to ask questions and research answers.

Our semester involves:

As a student who is about to graduate from art school, what questions do you have about making art and working as an artist after college?

* Make a list of 10 things you want the class to cover.

What do you expect to do during your first year after college?

* Write down your goals as an artist during your first year out of college. Be honest.

* What job would you like to have? How do you want to make money?

What Questions do you have about the Senior Show?

- The purpose of the show.

- Making a plan (it can change)

Summer 2015!

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