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ART STUDENTS TO GET 'REALITY CHECK' OCT. 7
Local
professionals will offer real-world lessons for Art Career Day
PORTSMOUTH
, Va. - (Oct. 4, 2005) - It's one thing to earn a degree in the
arts. It's another to earn a living afterwards.
Six professionals who
earn their living in artistic fields will give Tidewater Community
College students a peek into the real world during Art Career
Day on Friday, Oct. 7, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The art, design
and photography pros will make half-hour presentations, after
which students can ask questions and meet one on one with the
artists. The lineup and schedule are:
10 a.m.: Arts Administration
by Katherine Huntoon, Old Dominion University
11 a.m.: Photojournalism
by Leo Kim, The Virginian-Pilot
1 p.m.: Graphic Design
by Athena Huddleston, Chartway Federal Credit Union
2 p.m.:
Art Education by Betsy DiJulio, Virginia Beach Public Schools
3 p.m.:
Fine Arts by Bob Sites, Norfolk State University
4 p.m.: Multimedia
by Walt Taylor, Stratum New Media, Inc.
The presentations
will focus on helping students learn how to identify jobs in their
discipline, ask questions and find information, connect with the
professional community, define required preparation and resources,
and understand typical challenges and rewards of work.
Art Career
Day will be held in Room 208 of TCC's Visual Arts Center , 340
High Street , Olde Towne Portsmouth.
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Laurie White |
Media Relations |
757-822-1085 |
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Tidewater Community College
is the second largest of the 23 community colleges in the Commonwealth
of Virginia, enrolling more than 36,000 students annually. The 37th
largest in the nation’s 1,600 community-college network, TCC
ranks among the 50 fastest-growing large community colleges. Founded
in 1968 as a part of the Virginia Community College System, the
college serves the South Hampton Roads region with campuses in Chesapeake,
Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach as well as the TCC Jeanne
and George Roper Performing Arts Center in the theater district
in downtown Norfolk, the Visual Arts Center in Olde Towne Portsmouth
and a regional Advanced Technology Center in Virginia Beach. Forty-four
percent of the region’s residents attending a college or university
in Virginia last fall were enrolled at TCC. For more information,
visit www.tcc.edu
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