Internships
Internships
Hannah Israel
Professional Practice Workshop
Vanderbilt University
Department of Art
November 5, 4 - 7 pm
Taking Charge Of Your Professional Life
- How to assess, plans, and take action
- How to assemble the essential
Tools to support your work
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- Exhibition
Circulating Your Work
- How to get started: Peer Networking, Readiness and Creating your own opportunities
- How to introduce your work to the professional community.
Researching and exhibiting in Nonprofit Spaces
- How to build long-term Professional Relationships
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November 7, 4 - 7 pm
Supporting your work
- How to earn and manage money
- How to find even more support
Grants/Residencies/Gifts
- How to read and work with fine print/ The business of art
Maintaining Your Practice
- How to structure your Day to Day operations
- How to build a community to Survive being alone
WORKSHOP AGENDA
Text Book Resource for the workshop
The Artist's Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love
Paperback – June 9, 2009
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A comprehensive guide for both emerging and mid-career artists to pursue a career in the visual arts.
Providing real-life examples, illustrations, and step-by-step exercises, Battenfield offers readily applicable advice on all aspects of the job. Along with tips on planning and assessment, she presents strategies for self-management, including marketing, online promotion, building professional relationships, grant writing, and portfolio development.
Each chapter ends with an insightful "Reality Check"
interview, featuring advice and useful information from high-profile artists and professionals.
The result is an inspiring, experiential guide brimming with field-tested techniques that readers can easily apply to their own career.