Final Year!

You are all very welcome to your second and final year here at BCFE. There is not doubt that you will find this year even more challenging than the last, with the exciting finale of an exhibition of your work.

Within the context of this unit, we address the practical side of art and design practice, and this will include building an online presence. Take a few minutes to orient yourself to the blog: you will notice that posts from last years' class can be viewed below, and a list of links can be seen to the right of the posts. Tip: if you bookmark this page, it will be easier to return.  Please feel free to leave comments in the comment box below.  Once you do, I will receive an e mail notice, and will respond within a day or so.

I found the results of the survey very interesting, particularly in regard to progression aims.  The majority of you plan on applying to third level, although a few are still uncertain. None of you have ruled it out. Good for you! Over half of you expressed an interest in starting your own business, so we will look at the steps you will need to take in order to do so. Surprisingly, only one of you indicated that you did not want to start a business. A bit of uncertainty is indicated in the class response to the question of whether or not you would like to take commissions and/or apply for exhibitions and/or residencies. We will discuss these issues in due course. I'm delighted to see that all of you have computer access, but some of you could use a bit of help with a few related issues. I will endeavour to help you become more familiar and comfortable in these areas, as it's becoming more commonplace for communications to conducted via the internet.

Last week, I asked you to research an artist from the Sculpture in Context exhibition, and try to locate an artists' statement. You were to then select another artist, and write a statement as if you were the artist. This 250 word statement, typed and double spaced, will be due on Monday, 8th October, in class. I'm looking forward to reading what you've come up with!

Be sure to continually collect promotional items such as brochures, business cards, labels, packaging, literature, &etc. that you like. Right now, you are simply collecting information.  The more you gather on artists working in a direction you can see yourself going, the better.  Put all of this information in your notebook, or a folder you use for this class.

The first time we met, I asked you to write a list of ideas in your course notebook for the Christmas Fund Raiser. We will discuss your ideas in class on Monday. Remember to also print out and bring the results of your Jung Personality Test.

Take care, and see you next week!