Professional Practices for Creative Practitioners

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How does a creative professional find and maintain work? What can a student do to prepare? What are common expectations and what can be negotiated? How is value determined and rewarded? These are a few of the questions students ask as they begin to think of their lives beyond graduation. This is an upper level course for art majors and others preparing to graduate and enter the job market.. This course will consist of in class workshops and lectures, several guest lecturers, weekly reading and writing assignments and a final multi-platform portfolio and resume presentation designed to help each student gather the conceptual and practical tools they need to clarify and then realize their own creative employment goals.