Careers and Report Topics
- The report must be written on: “A chosen aspect of the appropriate creative industry”.
- These could be a career, work experience, experience of a trade show, business plan, self-employment or freelance work, shop report.
- Must make sure you are going to achieve the learning outcomes which are outlined in the brief.
- Careers that could be a potential report topic:
- Designer
- Designer maker
- Teacher
- Stylist
- Buyer/merchandiser
- Gallery owner/curator
- Illustrator
- Art therapist/community arts
- Self-employment/freelance
- Arts event organiser
The report should:
- demonstrate your understanding of my selected career and what I would do in that job.
- information on how I would gain a place in that specific job.
- knowledge of how the industry is structured.
-Primary research from current professionals in the industry
Different careers require different research.
Research areas:
Internet:
- Skillset
creativeskillset.org/fashion_and_textiles/careers
- Trade associations
- interiortextiles.co.uk
- texi.org
- creativeboom.co.uk
- For next week update blog with today's lecture notes and further research.
- Begin thinking about area for report.
- Contact potential work experience if basing report on that.
- do some Research into inspirational designers and designer makers.
Career identification group task
As I unfortuently missed this first lecture due to illness I gathered what I had to do from a friend and filled out the career form to my own personal preference since I wasn't in a group to be given one.
Therefore I chose a textile designer to research into as I feel this is where my future could potentially lie and therefore would benefit me by knowing these specifications.
I found this task really beneficial as it allowed me to research in depth my potential future. From my research I learned that quite a lot of textile roles cross each other. Therefore it is important to specifically find which area I could specialise in and also where my qualities/skills would suit best.
I also found several websites that could help me find further information/inspiration on my chosen career. I especially liked www.embroidersguild.co.uk this website was full of diverse stitching and embroidery techniques, full of beautiful inspiration.
I feel like in future I should revisit this sheet and see if my career option has changed. Therefore even if it does I have a guideline to help me research into that career instead and use this as a guideline.
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