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Job Shadow Outline (Characteristics of Fine Artists (Creative (artistic (•…

- - - - need to be social to sell
  - - - had to make his own name for himself
    - - • Draw shape on stone first- 107-1
        
        ability to do things like free draw
      - “Your creativity needs to be nurtured and protected. Its you most valuable asset.”- Battenfield pg 283-4
      - • Details are incredibly important-14
  - - - often difficult to come up with new ideas
    - - important because a good example of some of the difficulties I would have to face in the art world is the difficulty of being originaly without being controversial. People will always receive criticism but it is what you get out of it that makes it important
  - - - • Limestone has wide range of colors, best carving quality bc predicably due to little grain(99)
      - • Easier if having small stone and at a short table(104)
        
        this may not happen so adapt
      - o Use sand, plaster and ceramic shell molds
      - • Of sculptors earning 100000$, 30% fabricated steel, 20% bronze, 20% wood, 10% stone, 20% several media, 90% said word of mouth was best form of advertising-339-1
      - • use a variety of materials and techniques to create art for sale and exhibition
    - - • Use more and more precise tools and grit for sanding
        • Sealed with tile sealer and waxed with tree wax- 109-1
    - - • Cut/weld/ hammer/ stretch metals to create sculptures-210-1
      - • Use visual techniques, such as composition, color, space, and perspective, to produce desired artistic effects-2
      - • Craft and fine artists specialize in one or more types of art
        • -furniture makers- cut/join/finish wood for handcrafted furniture
        • -public artists-create large sculptures/instalations for public spaces like parks, train stations etc
        • -sculptors design three-dimensional works of art, either by molding and joining materials such as clay, glass, plastic, and metal or by cutting and carving forms from a block of plaster, wood, or stone. Some sculptors combine various materials to create mixed-media installations. incorporate light, sound, and motion into their works.
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- - - - sometimes don't get the space so adapt
  - - - • -1,400 jobs in 2024-3
      - • 237,200 jobs as woodworker in 2014-3
  - - - • Safety is paramount, while working with sculpures that require unfamiliar tools, a multitude of materials, and chemicals-1
    - - • Carver should always use respirator and goggles/facemask, gloves and ear protectors(103)-1
      - when I was in shop, had to wear glasses to protect eyes
- - - - “Many sculptors are literally in love with working in their studio, touching materials; the actual process and progress of working with sculpture is their whole existance.”-p 344
      - it is said that artists gain “psychic income”-5
  - - - importance of art close to home
        
        Sculptor Douwe Blumberg of Independence, Ky built a Pegasus for the Pegasus Parade in Louisville Kentucky
        
        been crafting since February
        
        made from aircraft steel tubing covered in foam and polyester resin
        -shows the sculptures being made close to home and the citywide tradition of horse sculptures
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      - • Often find stones locally-1
    - - University of Louisville
        
        Louisville, 9 art programs
        
        University of Kentucky
        
        Lexington, 15 art programs
        
        Northern Kentucky University
        
        Highland Heights, 5 art programs-8
      - • Bellarmine90’ graduate-14
  - - - I personally experienced this and was explained the importance on solidifying a deal
- - - - no one chooses to be an artist for the money –for me, its good to not be soley focused on money bec money is the root of all evil-4
      - often require support from residencies, workspace programs, indivual gifts, and goods and services for money
        Reason money is given away is bc people asked for it-4
      - • 47,000 kitchen cabinet-14
        
        shows big income all at once unlike normal
    - - 339
        • Incomes vary: in survey towards sculptors, 30%=$5000 or less, 15%= $10000 or less, 17%= $20000 or less, 3%= 30000 or less, 8%= 40000, 6%= 50000, 3%=75000, 14%=100000
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      - • Many sculpors work entirely different vocations while completing a piece of art-342-1
      - “Earning a living soley from sculpture work is the goal of most sculptors. However, ot is not a goal easily fulfilled”- pg 330-1
      - • Median is $ 50,790 in May 2016- (50,790)(30 yrs of estimated career)= $1,523,700 estimated lifetime income
        • lowest 10 percent earned less than $20,820, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $99,670. (20,820)(30 yrs estimated career)= $624,600
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      - • Median hourly wage is $24.42 an hour-2
    - - • Norton hospital sculpture
        o Working since April
        o 7 foot, 5000 lbs
        -14
        personally commisioned
  - - - 329
        • Few sculptors are full time
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      - • Some artists work in museums or art galleries as art directors or as archivists, curators, or museum workers-2
  - - - • Stonehenge early sculptor for likely sun god made without mortar- 13ft tall/ 97 foot diameter-1
      - For example, may not want to use color bc • Color not as important than for paintings(14)-1
      - • Sculpture has many different parts/techniques on one piece so hard to classify artist by medium or technique- 297-1
      - • Develop creative ideas or new methods for making art-2
    - - • Elements of design visually communicated through sculpture taking physical form-1
        
        can choose their own message and how to get it across
      - • Fine Artists create original works of art for their aesthetic value, rather than for a functional one.-2
      - “You know your sculptures are convincing when someone mistakes one of them for a real person. That’s exactly what happened when someone called the cops on Canadian Catholic sculptor Timothy P. Schmalz’s sculpture Jesus the Homeless. Schmalz, 46, of Ontario, is trying to bring little-talked-about subjects out into the open through his art. Especially dear to his heart are the unborn; through his monuments and miniatures of the unborn, he hopes to make visible the hidden pain of those who are victims of abortion.”- pg 14
- - - - Hands on
        
        330
        • Sculptor qualities: perseverance, actually working full time hours, a lot of effort, talent and training
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        • Must be artistic and be imaginative and dewterous to work with tools- both limit work ability with age-2
    - - use things such as investigative meeting to meet people in the social world and grow your connections Forced to interact with people and be social so you can sell products-4
      - • Of sculptors earning 100000$, 30% fabricated steel, 20% bronze, 20% wood, 10% stone, 20% several media, 90% said word of mouth was best form of advertising-339-1
      - “When I think about the people that I see that are happy with what theyre doing, they are people that have good networks with other people.” Jennifer McGregor, director of arts and senior curator pg 315- shows the social aspect of sculptor-4
      - • Lots of collaborative work and different fields-14
    - - • Need good facilities for space to work, storage, safety features, private space, ventilation, display area- 330-1
      - • Work in studios in office buildings, warehouses lofts, at home-2
        
        I like working in open space so this is important
      - • Building prototype museum-14
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        Top 10 Schools of Art and Design- out-of-state annual tuition comparison
        1 Rhode Island School of Design $39,777 #2 Yale University 40,500 #3 School of the Art Institute of Chicago 37,560 #4 VCUarts 22,947 (tie) Maryland Institute College of Art 37,470 (tie) Cranbrook Academy of Art graduate only-6
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        Yale University
        New Haven, CT
        2Tie
        
        University of California—Los Angeles
        Los Angeles, CA
        2Tie
        
        Virginia Commonwealth University
        Richmond, VA
        4Tie
        
        Rhode Island School of Design
        Providence, RI
        4Tie
        
        School of the Art Institute of Chicago
        Chicago, IL
        6Tie
        
        Carnegie Mellon University
        Pittsburgh, PA
        6Tie
        
        Columbia University
        New York, NY
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      - don't need to go far
        
        University of Louisville
        
        Louisville, 9 art programs
        
        University of Kentucky
        
        Lexington, 15 art programs
        
        Northern Kentucky University
        
        Highland Heights, 5 art programs-8
        
        • Bellarmine90’ graduate-14
    - - • artists can learn basic skills in highscool class-2
      - • Some artists learn on the job from more experienced artists-free-2
        
        Jerry Voyles of Elizabeth, Ind., makes large sculptures, a practice he developed after working for years assisting sculptor David Kocka in his studio and installing his pieces around the country-12
        
        example of someone being an apprentice as training
      - • Highscool deploma or equivelant for woodworker-3