2 talks from this week

On Wednesday Eva Roberts spoke a bit about her life and her career. She showed some of her work and some work of her students. It was interesting to see the different kinds of projects, I wish we could have done the book cover design project where they had to reference a certain period in time, but maybe someday. After the presentation we discussed the benefits of portfolio reviews and going for whatever it is you want. I found this to be really valuable advice. I hadn't really given much thought to getting my portfolio reviewed, besides sophomore review of course. I've never gone to a portfolio review event before but I'll definitely go to one my junior/senior year. 

I also went to a talk on Tuesday given by Rita Organ on alternative careers for artists within a museum setting. She talked about the different kinds of opportunities within museums and how to go for those careers. She strongly encouraged doing an internship with a museum. She told us about her own experience of getting an internship and her career. She also talked a bit about the many different departments of museums and one of them was exhibit development and design. This is the department that figures out all the various details of exhibits such as lighting, spacing, and the actual content. This made me pretty excited since I love museums and it seems like such a worthwhile and interesting career path.

Both of these talks have helped me get back my motivation to do work and be excited for the future. It's already the end of the week and the month is going by so quickly. Sophomore review will be here soon as well, and I'm ready for it.

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I'm a sophomore at Herron School of Art and Design at IUPUI pursuing a degree in Visual Communication. This blog is dedicated to my research, activities, and findings related to my VC classes.