The Career Services Office
This office is here to provide students in the visual and performing arts with the tools to build and invent their own creative careers.
We provide presentations and individual appointments to help you explore all your options. We take field trips and bring arts and industry experts in to discuss marketing and self-promotion, grant writing, and how to start your own business. We are here to discuss your career goals, promotional, and job application materials. If you've got a question or would like to make an appointment, please feel free to contact us.
Fall 2008 Career Services Presentations
The Exploring Careers in the Arts Noon Lecture Series
- September 25 Vandoren Artist Rep Michael Holmes in the foyer of KCPA's Festival Theater
- September 30 Percussionist Rocky Maffit in the foyer of KCPA's Festival Theater
- October 1 Graphic Novelists John Jennings and Damian Duffy in 229 Art + Design
- October 22 Dance Studio Owner Christine Rich in the foyer of KCPA's Festival Theater
- November 3 Pricing Fine Art with Laurie Hogin in 62 KAM
Please Join the Class FAA 300 for
- November 3 Introduction to Self Employment Taxes
- November 10 Arts Administration Panel Discussion
- November 17 Copyright Law in the Visual Arts (by webcam)
- December 8 Aligning Grant Requests with Funders' Goals
All FAA 300 presentations are held in room 302 Architecture from 5:30pm until 6:50pm.
Campus Career Center Presentations
The campus' Career Center has a full schedule of interviewing, salary negotiotiation, professional etiquette, and career fair workshops.
FAA300: Entrepreneurship and Self-Promotion in the Arts
This class focuses on tailoring written and verbal presentations to a variety of audiences. Students explore case studies of self-supporting artists, create a partial business plan for an arts-related venture, build a self-promotional package, conduct job searches and apply for arts-administration or design positions. Guest lecturers include experts in copyright law, grant writing, and tax issues for the self-employed. This is a 3-credits with a large work load.
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