Crystal Phan - 5 Year Year

Website: crystalphan.weebly.com

INTRO

I will earning B.F.A. for photography on May 17, 2014. I will move back to my hometown, Orange County after graduation ceremony. I will plan to go to graduate school but not anytime soon or later. I do have my plans to do during summer. In fall and go on months, I will continue to look for secure jobs, internships, and volunteering for general art events. I hope that I can continue to do art stuff for my passion in photography in Southern California.

Year 1

-         -  Graduation awards & ceremony

-          - Move back to Orange County, California

-          - Plans to do during summer

-          - Looking for jobs, internships, and volunteering

Year 2

-          - 9 to 5 job

-          - Internship if possibly

-          - Volunteering as photographer for clean-up event in west coast

Year 3

-          - Continue to be volunteering and do internship

-          - Doing odd jobs for earn money

Year 4

-          - Thinking about graduate school?

Year 5

-          - Celebrate 30^th birthday

-          - Apply for graduate school?

GRADUATE SCHOOL

I don't plan to go to graduate school anytime soon or later right after graduated with B.F.A. Perhaps in few more years in the future. 

VENUES/CONTESTS

California Arts Council (California only)

-          - Artist Call, Submit, and Contest for competition

-          www.cac.ca.gov/artistcall/index.php?sort=region#8

RAW Artists

-          - Artworks submit for feature artist or artworks

-          www.rawartists.org

Art Walks in Orange County, California

-         -  Local art walk (sort of ‘open house’)

-          http://anaheimoc.org/deals-and-discounts/free-and-almost-free/orange-county-art-walks

-          www.ocartwalk.com/free-art-events-orange-county/

EMPLOYMENT/SELF-EMPLOYMENT/INTERNSHIPS

I don’t have any confirmed jobs or internships yet. But I will do volunteering as photographer for Clean-Up Community Event in West Coast by September of this year if possibly. For employment, it could be harder for me to find a position due to field in fine art of photography. However, I hope that I could be do more internships and volunteering as soon as possible. 

GRANTS/RESIDENCIES/SALES PLAYFORMS

California Arts Council

-          www.arts.ca.gov/newsroom/prdetail.php?id=154

Res Artis

-          www.resartis.org

-          - Residencies: www.resartis.org/en/residencies/

-          - Funding/Grants: www.resartis.org/en/residencies/funding/funding_sources_by_region/north_america