{"id":710,"date":"2021-02-23T12:07:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T19:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/asterix\/?p=710"},"modified":"2021-03-15T08:44:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T15:44:06","slug":"working-hard-or-hardly-working-how-to-start-and-sustain-a-career-in-the-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/asterix\/2021\/02\/23\/working-hard-or-hardly-working-how-to-start-and-sustain-a-career-in-the-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Working hard or hardly working? How to Start and Sustain a Career in the Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tuesday, March 16 \u2013 7:00pm via Zoom<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registration Link:
https:\/\/uleth.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJErceiupj8oHNNiKbAOztXjM93pSJcHW_CT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow do I\u00a0start\u00a0a career in the arts, and how do I sustain it?\u201d\u00a0These\u00a0often-asked questions\u00a0by many Fine Arts students\u00a0have no simple answer.\u00a0For many students, the\u00a0goal\u00a0of pursuing a Fine\u00a0Arts\u00a0degree\u00a0is to\u00a0\u201cbecome an artist,\u201d\u00a0however, simply being\u00a0an artist does not come with a\u00a0paycheque.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Becoming an artist often involves a trade-off between dedicating time and energy to sustaining your artistic practice and working a \u201cday job\u201d in order to pay the bills. Whether new media, drama, music, or visual arts, some clear employment paths in the arts exist, such as graphic designer, actor, singer, or painter, as well as many less obvious including lighting technician, properties master, luthier, and preparator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featuring former BFA students explaining their own \u201clong and winding road\u201d working in the arts, this Intersections event examines the importance, value, and methods of pursuing \u201cday jobs\u201d directly relevant to your artistic practice.   Attendees of this panel-style discussion will hear about some atypical job opportunities in the arts and discuss how, why, and where the panelists found these jobs including both good and bad experiences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While this panel will not tell you \u201chow to get a job,\u201d we will look at important topics such as: <\/p>\n\n\n\n