Section 6 Objectives
1 YEAR
- Reputation: Serious Artistic Practitioner
relaunch serious artistic practice in all fields. Maintain focussed and intellectually coherant body of work in whichever medium. Aim for major exposure so as to help build profile across artistic and academic networks operating in. Quality output. - Exhibit
Regular group and then solo shows to define artistic ‘presence’ - Peer Reviews : Magazine Reviews: Competitions:
Raise higher profile through all of above. Network in higher level artworld e.g. Chicago and Swiss networks. Avoid the provincial because it easy trap. - Studio (if required)
Decide if studio approach relevant and rent new space or develop out of studio projects e.g. web delivery or on demand delivery etc. Film, case Photography, shop Multimedia or Criticism – resource driven. - Public Art projects or Artist led iniatives
Goldfactory type initiatives as long as not too time consuming. Instigate new formats? Make sure relevant to own development not ‘social work’. - International
attempt to broaden operational base
3 YEARS
- Payment as Artist
either for work created or experience ( project management, viagra workshop leader etc) Teaching in and outside institutions. - Link to academic teaching / promotion
explore academic pathways linked to raising artistic profile
e.g. NESTA sabbaticals, conferences, exchanges etc. - Move to countryside/seaside
linked to job? Artistic career development
5 YEARS
- Financially secure
- Purchase house / studio