In class MOn Oct 30th

Review Art


Bring your art experiments to class.


Senior Projects Proposals


Questions about your CV?


Find out how to shoot for your portfolio.

In class Mon Oct 23rd

Review your art test

Art Opportunities:

NYC Bus Trip

  The Art and Art History Department bus trip this fall is Saturday, November 11th. The bus will leave the Anderson parking lot at 6:55 am and return around midnight. (leaving NYC at 8 pm) The cost is $35 and can be paid in the Business Office on the second floor of Bresee Hall. Once you have paid, your seat is reserved. If you have questions please direct your emails to Office Manager Brooke Chilson at artandarthistory@hartwick.edu (Do NOT use any other email.) Drop off and pick up is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art- 5th Avenue and 83rd Street.  (FYI- There is no saving of seats. In order to reserve a seat, you must pay.)

Pine Lake Photo Contest

Student Juried Show (has Cash and art supply based prizes)

Fund for Excellence (get up to $500 for your senior art project)

Getting together an idea for your Senior Project !

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 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 MOn Oct 9th

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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What have you been making?

In Class Mon Oct 2nd

Going to the Artist Talk