Wednesday, 7 April 2010

Second time's a charm....

FINALLY, I got the invitation letter from the second art school, interview is next week. SO EXCITED I might just pee my pants. And a little nervous... I have a few new things to share in my portfolio, and I feel I'm better prepared for the interview itself as I went back to my old faithful process for interview preparation. I haven't done this for about 10 years for business interviews, but this time is different. So I wrote down a bunch of possible interview questions (thank you, Internet!) and then wrote down some key points for each.

I figure when I write stuff down I'm liable to remember it.

Going a bit further, just in case they ask, I did some research on my "peers" (artists my age) and even found one woman in London (Susan Collis) who left her business career to start an art one - at age 37. She does some really cool stuff where she disguises gems and semi-precious stones (literally) in every-day objects (like a broom, where specks of paint are actually opals inlaid into the wood). I really like it when there's something else to a piece of work besides what you see on first glance; it teaches the viewer to take a second glance, give something another minute of attention, and then they'll be rewarded with something unexpected.

Anyway... I need to CHILL-AX about this interview! It's only my life we'll be talking about...

1 comment:

  1. I'm sure you rocked this interview! The cool thing is you are actively pursuing a career in art. Fact is art is already a part of your daily life today, now just to manage the career change. This will happen!

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