Today at 2 o'clock I attended an open seminar at Leeds University for the Expo 13 scheme, it's to get students involved with careers in the arts and showcases seminars, careers fairs & workshops. The seminar I went to was simply titled Art & Design; and there were 2 guest speakers, professionals from the Art & Design industry that told us about there experiences. Brian Tweddle, a sculptor, told us about the current types of projects he's been working on. His work was more theatrical than what I expected, he mainly specialises in directing groups of people to work on installations that he's designed, there's a massive interactive quality to what he does. The other professional was David Craig, a designer with his own design consultancy. His work was closer to what I tend to specialise in, but still very different, which opened my eyes to just how massive our creative industry is. David designs spaces, he is experienced in the field of architecture, and brings this as another tool on his workbench. A lot of the visual material he showed up was 3D rendered autoCAD pieces finished off in photoshop.
I'm pleased I went today, I learned some advice from these people that is adaptable to any career in Art & Design: Speak to a lot of people, and try and make lots of contacts. Say yes to a lot of people.
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