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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. Anais Nin

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. Anais Nin. Art Careers: What do you want to do? How do you start?.

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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. Anais Nin

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  1. Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. Anais Nin

  2. Art Careers:What do you want to do?How do you start?

  3. fine artist art directorlayout artistart copy writerarchitectdrafterarchitectural rendererlandscape architectart appraiserart buyerart conservatorpainting restorerart criticart historianart librarian art educatorartist in residence (WSAC programs)arts administrationart therapist cinematographerconcept artist – video games, film designer - fashion designerfabric designergraphic designerfilm animatorstory board illustratorfilm maker gallery operatorgallery installer, staff/ artist liason free lance illustratorchildren’s book illustratorfashion illustratorscientific illustrator. landscape architect .museum curatormuseum directormuseum preparatormuseum registrarmuseum educational staff museum exhibition designerjeweler . photographer urban planner municipal graphic designermural designerproduct designerpackage designerrecord cover designerstore artistaudio visual designer (presentations)website designertoy designertatoo artist display designer

  4. Resource Books for Choosing your Career: Careers in Art, an illustrated guide, Gerald Brommer and Joseph Gatto Great Jobs for Art Majors, Blythe Camenson Opportunities in Arts and Crafts Careers, Elizabeth Gardner Opportunities in Commercial Art and Graphic Design Careers, Barbara Gordon

  5. Don’t worry about your originality. You couldn’t get rid of it even if you wanted to. It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do. Robert Henri

  6. “But can I make a living?”

  7. “Again, can I make a living?” Median Annual earnings (2004) Salaried artists: Art directors – $63,800 Art directors in advertising and related services $66,900 Salaried craft artists - $23,500 Salaried fine artists – $38,000 Medical Illustrators - $59,000 Salaried Multi-media artists and animators overall - $50,300 (in motion picture and video industries - $67,400) (in advertising and related services - $46,800) Self-Employed artists: earnings vary widely. Some charge only a nominal fee while building a reputation for their work. Others, more established, can earn more than salaried artists. Many find it hard to rely solely on income from art. Also, freelance artists must provide their own benefits.

  8. A Teaching Artist? Employment data from college teachers Median wages (2005) $51,240 annual Employment (2006) 1.7 million higher ed teachers 88,000 - art, music, drama Projected growth for college teachers overall (2006-2016) “much faster than average (23%)” Projected need – (2006-2016) 382,000 additional employees Needed: MFA degree and exhibition record Employment data for K-12 teachers Projected growth – as fast as average (i.e. good to excellent) Median wages - $41,000 K-12 art teachers – no MFA needed; need teaching certification or MIT

  9. Plan an Internship! Any city On the job training Resume building Artist’s assistant/apprentice Graphic Design intern Comics publishing Art galleries/museum Washington State Arts Commission programs K-12 Art teacher assistant Community art programs assistant

  10. If I didn’t start painting, I would have raised chickens.Grandma Moses

  11. Guidebooks for building a career: Taking the Leap, Cay Lang How to Survive and Prosper as an Artist: How to Sell Your Work without Selling your Soul, Carol Michels The Business of Being an Aritst, Daniel Grant The Artist’s Marketing and Action Workplan, Jonathan Talbot and Geoffrey Howard Search Amazon.com for specialized books in specific art fields such as video game design, illustration, graphic arts, etc.

  12. First Steps for building a fine artist career: • Document all your work • Make a resume (lots of how-to info on line; just Google “artist resumes”) • Get connected to arts resources news letters for info and show opportunities: Artist Trust Washington State Art Commission Olympia Arts Commission

  13. Document your work • 35mm slides or jpgs? Both. It’s easiest to photograph digitally, correct in photoshop, then have slides made (Photo Services can do it.). • Qualities of a good slide: fill the screen keep the image square photograph on black fabric or mask the slide correct exposure leave out your dog

  14. Eg. Artist TrustPage from Artists’ Assets: A Guide to Artist Resources available from Artist Trust Get Connected Get Info

  15. Example of free information for artists: An email announcement received this week from Olympia Arts Commission: TCTV is now running the "Copyright,for Artists" talk that happened at their studios in March, given by Rebekah O'Hara from Washington Lawyers for the Arts .  If you missed the talk, you can catch it on the following dates and times:Wednesday 5/14/2008, 7:00 AM, Channel 3Friday 5/23/2008, 3:00 AM, Channel 3Saturday 5/24/2008, 6:00 PM, Channel 3

  16. Building a resumeas a fine artistWatch for “calls for work”Put your work out there. Remember: A baby learning to walk falls approximately 300 times before mastering it. Don’t be afraid to fall.

  17. Every authentic work of art is a gift offered to the future. Albert Camus

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