Professional Studies (PRS300) (4CrPts). Third Year Professional Practice assignment.

An assessable component of Professional Studies.

1. Compile as a PowerPoint/PDF presentation.OR (you do not need to do both)2. Create a comprehensive Blog or personalwebsite. Either task should include examples of:

• CV (Your artist profile information only) This will be rudimentary at this stage, be creative.

• Artist Statement or Press release, 150 – 200 words maximum.

• Cover letter for gallery or grant application.• 6 - 12 edited examples of recent work indicating, Title/Date//Medium/Dimensions, and appropriately resized as Jpeg

images for Web, PowerPoint/PDF. You may base the content of your Statement/Press release on your proposal for the

self-directed project in your major discipline.

Recommended reading:

Refer to NASNOTES blogsite for links to listed gallery websites and to access examples of Press release, Artist statement and CV.Gruen, John. The Artist Observed. Chicago: a cappella books, 1991. Sussler, B, ed. Speak art! : the best of Bomb magazine's interviews with artists. New York: New art publications, 1997. pressPLAY: Contemporary Artists in Conversation 1995 - 2005. London: Phaidon,2005.Weintraub, L. Making Contemporary Art How Today’s artists think and work. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003

Websites:http://firstdraft.org.au http://www.stacksprojects.com/stacks-history.htmlhttps://kronenbergmaiswright.com/ http://lindaweintraub.com http://bombmagazine.org/ https://www.artslaw.com.au/about/ (Arts Law)https://visualarts.net.au/ (NAVA)https://nasnotes.wordpress.com (Professional Practice resource files and links)

Assignments: accepted by email John.Bloomfield@nas.edu.au

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