Role Models

Name:
Donna

Title:
Artist/Exhibit Support Technician
I work in a museum which focuses on bringing artists
and scientists together to create interactive 
exhibits and teach people about science and fun 
things in life.

Path:
After working in youth/social services for about
8 years, I returned to school to study and got a 
master's degree in Fine Art. In a few years I 
learned and got experience in a variety of art 
fabrication processes through school and my own
art-making practice.  I have skills in woodworking/
furniture making,welding, analog electronics,
multimedia, and music composition.  I submitted a
sculpture with my resume and poof, here I am.

Comments:
If you love working with your hands and building
things, learn as much as you can about the different
ways to make things with various materials.  Then
start building things with those skills.  Read
lots of magazines and books that talk about 
those skills.  Go to places like museums or 
amusement parks or the theater that make you think
about what you are building.  Be serious about 
your tools and materials - they don't have to be
expensive, just good quality for what you are doing.