Career Paths: a working reference.
What each opportunity type actually provides, how career stages and paths are modelled, planning one to three years ahead, and the realistic portfolio of artist income.
Mapping opportunity types: grants vs fellowships vs residencies vs commissions vs prizes
What grants, fellowships, residencies, commissions and prizes each provide, what they expect in return, and how they stack.
21 min 02Career-stage and path models (gallery / institutional / public / academic / hybrid)
Five career archetypes — gallery, institutional, public, academic, hybrid — their gatekeepers, their rhythms, and how each one compounds.
18 min 03Goal-setting and a 1–3 year practice plan
Turning ambition into a workable one-to-three-year plan: which opportunities to target, at what cadence, and how to protect studio time.
15 min 04MFA vs residency vs self-directed: weighing the choice
Weighing the three routes on the terms that decide it: cost and debt, network and credential, time and critique — by goal and by region.
16 min 05Diversifying income: the realistic portfolio of artist income streams
The income streams working artists actually combine, how they behave over a career, and when to diversify rather than focus.
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