3.00 Credits
This two part course is designed to prepare a student for professional work with both portfolio development and experiential application. Students who desire to transfer into advanced programs of art and/or intend on professional, competitive employment, will develop high caliber presentations. The first three credits will provide the student with a fundamental set of skills that will be used throughout their developing careers. Self-promotional tools will include: asessing and defining goals, writing an artist statement and/or career philosophy, documentation, presentation and organization of original studio work, resume and personal web page development. The second phase will include a capstone experinece, that may be executing all aspects of an exhibition of their work, developing a product line for resale in an appropriate professional venue, or participate in an internship at an approrpiate professional site such as a museum, gallery or cultural organization.