Creative Careers, unlocking art school admissions: a parent's toolkit

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On this page, you’ll find the Creative Careers Toolkit – all the resources that are discussed in the book, for you to download at each stage.

 

Wishing you and your young person all the best with their studies and applications.

Creative Careers resources

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Creative Pathways – a publication by Dundee City Council that provides lots of useful information to help you and your young person think about the wide variety of jobs that exist within the creative sector.

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Creative and transferable skills

Employability and transferable skills illustration – skills your young person will embed in their creative learning [originally produced by and with permission from University of Winchester]. 

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How to avoid the top 10 mistakes holding you back from getting into art school. – learn what students/applicants consistently do that has a devastatingly negative impact on their applications.

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Employability and transferable skills ebook

Employability skills ebook – learn more from the Employability and transferable skills illustration for practical applications in art and design.

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Above is a preview to Portfolio Oomph’s Pinterest board on Sketchbooks. Click below to visit the board in your browser.

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Above is a preview to Portfolio Oomph’s Pinterest board on Drawing. Click below to visit the board in your browser.

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reflection image

Reflection questions – for your young person to make more of their work and creative process by reflecting frequently with this worksheet. 

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interview questions

Interview questions – get your young person interview ready, ensure that they are well prepared and perform their best at interview. 

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TED talk Cindy Foley ‘Teaching art or teaching to think like artists.’

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planning document

Planning document – organisation is key, gather course information in one place, easy to access. 

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