Are Resumes Art..?
October 9, 2010
I am an artist. And I’ve resigned myself to the fact that all those perriferal, non-artistic things that help an artist to succeed cannot be ingnored. In preparation for today’s Open Studios event, I’m updating and printing out my resume.
At the risk of being overly philosophical (…me? Never!), or possible to assuage my negative feelings towards doing such things, I try to percieve things like this as art. Some are easier than others. Sorting through reciepts for tax purposes is not art. I think I need not elaborate on that. But preparing your resume? I’m beginning to warm up to the artistic end of that.
Admittedly, I can enjoy it more now that I don’t need it to find a day job, and can focus on my artistic accomplishments. But there’s still so much to consider. Font, size, color, orientation, and that’s before we even get to content…
I could tout my skills and assets. But I could be lying (so thinks the reader). Or perhaps that just seems pretentious. No, best to stick with accomplishments. Hm. I had fifteen pieces in this show, but it was invitational; I had one piece in this juried show, and I only have room for one on the page (remember the cardinal sin of resume writing: Thou shalt not spill over unto a second page).
Do I list retail hangings in the same section as gallery exhibitions? (I say ‘nay’, there’s a big difference.) Surely I don’t need to mention that I’m a working artist- I’ve got exhibitions in 2010, right? These questions use to worry me, not I just enjoy them on the same level as a composition on the picture plane.
I suppose I’m just trying to be more zen.
Nice resume. I love it. I’ve seen some of these works in the mentioned places, very proud, Indeed!
(You think he would have bought one, the cheap bastard) Next time I’m up……I promise.