Professional Development: The Artist's Resource Center
Artists today are challenged to think expansively about myriad ways they contribute to society. The Artist's Resource Center (ARC) helps you develop foundations of knowledge and experience as you begin to navigate a successful, meaningful creative practice. Career advising, employment listings, internships, professional practices courses, opportunities for civic engagement and relationship-building with staff are all here for you through the ARC.
Here's what you will find:
Career Advising
The ARC offers one-on-one sessions to help you clarify your goals, identify your skills and access concrete resources about contemporary creative practices. Guidance on resume writing, cover letters, proposals, and engaging in social media technologies such as Facebook and Twitter empower you to take next steps in career-building.
artSource
artSource is a searchable online database with extensive arts-related employment, internships, grants, residencies, exhibitions, public art commissions and community resources. artSource additionally features an ever-growing employer/organization directory, a Resource Library with extensive Web links and a calendar to help keep you organized and informed.
ARC Internships
The ARC provides support and guidance for students seeking to undertake credit-bearing internships. This experiential program helps you connect your studio practice to real-world professional environments with practical hands-on training and skill-building.
Professional Practice Courses
The ARC offers credit-bearing courses that focus on current professional practices that engage artists today.
Art and Civic Engagement
The ARC is committed to the role of art and civic engagement in contemporary creative practice and helps you develop strategies for civic participation within our community, both local and global.
