Jobs for Artists -

Artist will be hired by LA mayor to reduce traffic accidents with pedestrians and cyclists.
Read article here:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-la-mayor-will-hire-an-artist-to-help-reduce-traffic-deaths-20151026-story.html

Art Entrepreneurs - Resources

SEA - Self Employment in the Arts

This is a great source for many web links:

http://www.selfemploymentinthearts.com/#!weblinks/c1oa7

Here's their main page link also:
http://www.selfemploymentinthearts.com

Art Courses at SD City College

ART Courses at San Diego City College

Currently, we offer many advanced level courses in studio arts for students to develop art making skills over time. We encourage students not only to transfer to 4-year institutions for a BA, but we develop students art-making skills for entrepreneurship. Many of our students have started their own businesses in art and design fields. Although it is difficult to be successful only making and selling artwork, most artists enjoy the supplementary income creating art.

Ceramics I, II, III  (ARTF 195A, 195B, 195C)
Handbuilding I, II    (ARTF 197A, 197B)
Industrial and Architectural Ceramic Design I (ARTF 207)

Painting I, II, III, IV (ARTF 165A, B, C, D)
Life Drawing I, II, III (ARTF 210A, B, C)

Sculpture I, II, III (ARTF 175A, B, C)
Crafts I, II, III (ARTF 170A, B. C)

3D Printing at the San Diego Public Library

3D Printing
San Diego Public Library

Link for San Diego Public Library Information and Hours,
http://sandiego.communityguides.com/content.php?pid=493213&sid=5377126


Site to download files for things:
www.thingiverse.com

STEAM (STEM + Art and Design)

What is STEAM? 

Science + Technology + Engineering + ARTS + Math


See website links here to learn more:

http://stemtosteam.org

http://steam-notstem.com


See an article in EdWeek for more discussion,
http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2014/11/18/ctq-jolly-stem-vs-steam.html

PBS article:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/the-movement-to-put-arts-into-stem-education/

"A study by the National Endowment for the Arts shows that students from lower socio-economic backgrounds who actively participated in the arts tended to score better in science and writing, and were more likely to aspire to college."

Also from Slate...
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2015/06/steam_vs_stem_why_we_need_to_put_the_arts_into_stem_education.html

But the STEAM movement isn’t about spending 20 percent less time on science, technology, engineering, and math to make room for art. It’s about sparking students’ imagination and helping students innovate through hands-on STEM projects. And perhaps most importantly, it’s about applying creative thinking and design skills to these STEM projects so that students can imagine a variety of ways to use STEM skills into adulthood.

Arts Entrepreneurship Course at SDCC

San Diego City College currently offers one course:

ARTF 206 Arts Entrepreneurship

Hopefully by Fall 2016, we will be offering two certificate of performances:

Arts Entrepreneurship (6 units)
Advanced Arts Entrepreneurship (12 units)

We are combining our course, ARTF 206 with Business Studies courses to create the advanced certificate. See all the business courses and certificates online at www.sdcity.edu, search in the catalog.

Sustainable Art and Design

Sustainable Art Making

Where can you go study how to be more sustainable as an artist or designer?

Minneapolis College of Art and Design has an online degree for a certificate or a masters. Sometimes they offer free MOOC courses also.
http://mcad.edu/sustainable

San Diego City College will offer a course in 2016 in ARTF 212 Sustainable Art and Design.

Finlandia University, Michigan
http://www.finlandia.edu/integrated-design.html

Philadelphia University
http://www.philau.edu/green/Degree_Options/index.html



San Diego City College students have collaboratively built a website on how to be more sustainable in art making. http://sustainableartstudents.org

What is sustainability? 

There are tons of definitions you can find online. Here's one, http://www.thwink.org/sustain/glossary/Sustainability.htm

The Three Pillars of Sustainability

The principle of The Three Pillars of Sustainability says that for the complete sustainability problem to be solved all three pillars of sustainability must be sustainable. The three pillars are social, environmental, and economic sustainability.