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Taking steps to establish a successful early career – and knowing how to apply practical skills in a professional context – can be daunting for arts students.
Discover a selection of content with practical advice and real-life examples from across subjects on the Bloomsbury Visual Arts hub, designed to help your students develop the skills and confidence for making the transition into a career in the arts.
Bloomsbury Applied Visual Arts combines visual inspiration with practical advice on everything from idea generation and research techniques to portfolio development – making this the ultimate guide to a visual arts education.
Learn what it means to be a professional illustrator, to work with clients, and to develop an enterprising attitude in finding potential avenues for work in The Professional World of the Illustrator by Derek Brazell and Jo Davies.
From internships to practical enterprise, How to make a living by Alison Branagan looks at interpersonal skills, developing business theory, and also includes a key resource list of where to look for jobs, internships, and careers research.
Bloomsbury Architecture Library offers wide-ranging text and image content, from architectural history to cutting-edge design guidance. Essential reading for professional practice courses as a contextual and historical companion, Tools, Technology, Practice by Barnett George Johnston provides a critical perspective of the profession that is fundamental to understanding current architectural practice.
Written by successful architects, The Business of Architecture: Your Guide to a Financially Successful Firm explores the architecture industry from a corporate business perspective. Transitioning from Academia to Corporate Culture by Kathy Denise Dixon provides a practical approach to designing and building within the remit of a financially successful firm beyond academic research and application.
Get to grips with the practical aspects of the art trade by watching this lively panel discussion on 'Tools for Researching the Art Market' from Bloomsbury Art Markets. The panel includes Dr Johannes Nathan, Editor-in-Chief of Bloomsbury Art Markets, Jonathan Woolfson, Director of Sotheby's Institute of Art, and field-leading experts Dr Kathryn Brown and Professor Frances Fowle.
From our Art Markets, Museums and Collecting collection, Interpretive outcomes by Steve Slack is an essential guide to heritage in practice, covering how best to ensure audiences are actively engaged in interpretation during their visit.
With comprehensive global coverage of the history, theory, and practice of crafts and design, Bloomsbury Design Library supports both practical and theoretical aspects of professional life.
Using an evidence-based understanding of how designers think and work, Design expertise by Nigel Cross considers design expertise in its development from novice to expert.
Further support students by exploring our teaching and learning resources. Across a variety of disciplines on Bloomsbury Visual Arts, our exclusive and specially-commissioned research and learning tools are designed with teachers, students, and researchers in mind.
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