t-2001 plans
On this page: [Job Exercises (to increase marketability)
[Job Ideas (on-going research/job search)
[Art Projects (to build a consistent portfolio)
[Economics ($$$ goals)
Economics
Art Snobbling societies: $50 join Contemporary,
$35 join Carrolton/FB &/or Addison
Slides: $350 15 prints, and then cake them
3 paintings
digital shoot of the "basics", then cake them
the murals (first set) (5x)
vids for EACH art work or "set"
Car: $200 brakes
$200 insurance + inspection
Wardrobe: $100 decent pair of shoes -- comfortable.
Health: $100 Bali's membership (check on it being transferable)
Get a new doctor or else just quack-up on the meds -- sheesh!
Paint at least 6 "marketable" paintings on canvas, and then build
stretchers for them. $1200 each.
Art Projects
1) Drawing. Make "sets" of each work that tie in with
EXISTING print things. Do studies for the drawings
and make a mini-portfolio on EACH project (as if it were
an entire semester project). WORK HARD now, have an EASIER LIFE LATER
(isn't that what you tell your kids??)
2) Make vids (see #3 & #4 under Job Exercicses)
Job Exercises
Exercises designed to broaden the old portfolio....
1. Using projector, tracings, etc. Prepare "design" idea sheets
and work them up using various media, including: cloth
swatches (design board, collage, texture), pure-charcoal drawing,
wash & charcoal, mixed ink drawings, use acrylics as if they
were oil paint and not the anathema of the "serious artist".
2. Prepare a catalog for each show in the metroplex, with
photographs, label information, catalog entries should include
prepare a virtual tour.
3. Prepare vids, mix sound, narrative, music to produce professional
looking tours of the museums. these should be in the style of
PR (public relations) info films about the city/college/etc.
4. artsy stuff. "Walking Foot Productions presents" -- xyz gallery,
zysy artist, the xxxists art movement. these should be mini films
of 15 minutes in length.
5. Mail at least 20 parcels using Fed Ex, as well as local postal
systems. Learn what to write where on the mailers. Learn how to
track the item, do the follow up that it was received.
6. Do volunteer work for various art schools, including tours,
in-class demos.
Job Ideas
"Great Jobs for Art Majors", Blythe Camenson,
ISBN 0.07.140903.0 (Chicago, 2003).
702.3'73 -- or 331.CAM, N6505.C33
10 Personal Traits
Creative
Hardworking
Honest
Philosophical
Analytical
Interested in learning
Educated/cultured
Animated
Cartoonist
Humanist
Personal Values -- working environment
not too stressful/physically demanding (echh!)
inter-work with people
get to be helpful
cataloging, research, report writing
documentation
Ecconomic needs.
Appt $500 (probably less isn't too reasonable)
Car $60 (insurance)
$40 (gas)
$10 (general)
Bus $25 (nice to have)
med $100 (dep's on med plan, ???)
art $200 (prob pretty reasonable)
books $50 (hard habit to break)
??? $100 (???)
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$1000 + $200/month "savings" ? ?????
Long Term goals
Stability (keep creating, keep surviving, don't die)
Travel (approx $2000 a year (nice, v. nice to have)
Savings?
Skill-base
English Language (writing/editing/reporting/research)
again with the literate skills, typing, etc.
Maths/sciences/eng'r/computers
Artististic k-base, etc.
Need further work on
Craft skills (eg, bookbinding/restoration)
Art skills (colours, painting, materieals, etc -- on-going)
Marketable skills!!!!
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Cat sitting.
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Heather T. She takes her responsibilites v. seriously, "For
95% of the people that i sit for, their cats are
their children. So, i treat them as if they were
my own."
DOWNERS: need to be bonded, legal hassels, etc, dead pet, and other good news.
Owner's name:
Pet(s)'s name(s):
Food and feeding schedual:
Special requirements:
Where are the cat box liners, diotomacious earth, etc.
Play things?
Emergency contacts: Cel phone:
Hotel/location:
When to call (to report in)
Vet's name:
Other trusted neighbor/friend to contact:
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Art assistant
starving artist (working on the qualifications for this one)
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Abstracter / Researcher
"The art of abstracting", by Edward T. Cremmins, (Arlington, 1996)
www.nfais.org
Guide to Careers in Abstracting & Indexing, Ann Cunningham
(Philadelphia, 1992)
AIIP -- Assoication of Independent Information Professionals
10290 Monroe, No. 208
Dallas, TX 75229
voice: 609.730.8759
web: www.aiip.org
Information Industry Association
555 New Jersey Ave, NFW #800
Washington, DC 20001
voice: 202.639.8262
Special Libraries Assoication
1700 18th St., NW
Washington, DC 20009
voice: 202.234.4700
www.sla.org
Investigative Reporting
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search on: Steve Weinberg (u. of mo., columbia)
Center for Investigative Reporting
500 Howard St., 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
voice: 415.543.1200
tollfr: 800.733.0015
Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE)
Missouri School of Journalism
138 Neff Annex
Columbia, MO 65211
voice: 573.882.2042
web: www.ire.org
web2: www.reporter.org
National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting (NICAR)
Missouri School of Journalism
138 Neff Annex
Columbia, MO 65211
voice: 573.882.0684
web: www.nicar.org
doulas of north ameriica
web: wwww.childbirth.org
web: www.icea.org
======================================== And then back to art......
"Career opportunities in art, rev'd ed. by Susan H. Haubenstock
and David Joselit, ISBN 0.8160.2891.5 (New York, 1994)
"Because many are career areas are so competitive, it may be
helpful to note where jobs can be found most easily. In general,
the commercial (profit-making) side of the art world is more
open to new-comers than the non-profit side. It is easier to
get a job in a gallery than in a museum. It is easier to get
a mob at an auction house, than in a school art department.
Business-related art careers are more plentiful, esp within
a successful and growing concern. Govt agencies and museums
depend on appropriations and donations for funds, and they
tend to hire fewer people and to have less to pay them with."
Loc. cit, p.xiii.
printmaker -- jobs as technical assistants or lab assitants in print studios.