Over the holiday break you will want to plan for your capstone design or studio arts course in the spring, This should be primarily an organizational exercise, meaning that the majority of what you should try to accomplish before classes resume involves locating, naming (labeling) and filing past works from all of your classes. You will have 5 major areas of focus in that class:
- Revisiting, Refining Previous Projects/Works
- Developing your Personal Brand
- Developing your Portfolio
- Developing your Interview/Presentation Skills
- Planning your Senior Show
In addition, if your project from ARTS 173 was accepted for the NCUR conference, you will need to plan for attending and presenting your project at that conference.
Below—Alum Jo Read talks about starting her career after graduation from Pacific. 10/21/2020 (video begins approximately at the 1 minute mark)
Jo’s LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jo-read/
(you will need to have your own Linkedin Account to find her on Linkedin)
Jo later in her career on 11/15/2023
Find and Organize the Following:
- physical artworks
- digital files of works
- class assignments
- internship/practicum works
- independent studies
- freelance and/or special individual projects
It is important to realize that you do not have one single piece that, right now, is ready to go into your final portfolio. Therefore, it also involves some reflective thinking about what you have accomplished over the past 3 1/2 years at Pacific and how you want to “bring it all together” in the most meaningful way for you.
Refer back to your initial writings concerning your impressions of art and design, and the relationship between the two, that you completed during freshman seminar.
Locate specific information for:
- résumé
- education
- experience
- names, places and dates
- places where you would like to work
- the kind of work you would most like to do
- Job search
- Becoming a Designer
Start thumbnail ideas for your personal logo/visual identity mark.
- be inspired your own work
- be aspirational in terms of what kind of designer do you want to be
- logos
Make sure you have a professional online presence (separate from any social presence). In addition delete any images that would potentially detract from you professionally.
Open a LinkedIn account if you do not have one already.
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