Canadianartschool.ca: Tips for a Successful Winter Term
A view of an art-school studio / photo Moodboard / Agency Collection / Getty Images
Our site for art and design careers and education, canadianartschool.ca, has just posted more real-world success stories and tips to help students achieve a great winter term. Whether you’re putting together an application portfolio, trying to land a dream internship, or simply building your own creative path, it has the information you need. Recent highlights include:
• A profile of internationally renowned Toronto fashion designer Jeremy Laing, who interned and volunteered in several different places as a student to gain experience and round out his education.
• A look at successful magazine photographer Miguel Jacob, a self-starter who took a year off from teaching to see if he could make a career with his creative passion and has since been published in Fashion, LouLou, Wish and Fashion Quarterly.
• Lessons from Heffel art appraiser Lindsay Jackson, who found that a combination of higher education and intensive networking helped her reach her career goals.
• A question-and-answer session on grad-school options with Concordia University professor Raymonde April.
• Advice on how to make extracurricular activities count on your art-school application, from Terry Bailey, director of admissions at the NSCAD University.
• Key principles for making a start as a visual artist, as gleaned by Renato Vitic, director at Calgary artist-run centre Truck Contemporary Art.
Find all this and more on canadianartschool.ca, or sign up for our biweekly education e-newsletter to stay in the loop about the latest tips on the site.
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