Welcome to Tyler's Life After Tyler podcast page. These podcasts were created by students or by Student Life at the request of Tyler's Dean's Student Advisory Committee, a group of undergraduate students who advises Tyler's administration on issues of importance to them. The students asked for seminars in podcast form so they could listen while commuting or working in the studio. Podcasts are recorded whenever a topic comes up, sometimes at public events, and sometimes by arranged interview. Please check back regularly for new podcasts!

005: A Conversation with Tyler Alum Rebecca Strzelec

Rebecca received her BFA in 2000 and her MFA in 2002 from Tyler in Metals/Jewelry/CAD-CAM. She currently is a Professor of Visual Arts at Penn State Altoona. This conversation was recorded in the Fall of 2016 between Rebecca and current Tyler Metals/Jewelry/CAD-CAM student Kyle Blute. A big thanks to Kyle for arranging this interview and recording it so you all could hear it! (November 21, 2016)

004: Core Competencies

Learn what employers are looking for with this short (10 minute) introduction to core competencies and how knowing more about them can help you get a job after college. (November 7, 2016)

Here's a one-page fact sheet with more information, and a worksheet to help you translate what you've done into a bullet point you can use on a resume using your core competencies.  Also in the show was information about Temple's Career Center.

003: The Artist as Enrepreneur: Freelancing Basics

Freelancing and independent contracting is the wave of the very near future.  This is the first of four workshops to help filmmakers, artists and all creatives prepare to work and compete in the Gig Economy. Workshop Facilitator: LeAnn Erickson, Professor, Dept of Film and Media Arts. Panelists: Bruce James-Freelance Videographer and Producer; Patrick Decaumette- Freelance Film Composer and Sound Designer; Todd Broadbent- Freelance Web Designer. (October 25, 2016)

002: Andrea Pippins: Life After Tyler

Andrea Pippins shares her stories of creative “Life After Tyler.” Andrea is a designer, illustrator, and educator who began harnessing her artistic talent into a BFA in graphic design and later earned her MFA at Temple University, Tyler School of Art and Architecture.  She is a tastemaker, an artist, a designer, and an educator with an eye for bold colors and funky patterns. Her work can be seen in magazines and on television as well as on clothing and stationery. In addition to designing and illustrating, Andrea curates her art and design blog, Fly, a weekly resource to inspire young women to pursue their creative passions. In November 2015, Andrea published her first book, I Love My Hair, with Random House Children’s Books/Schwartz & Wade. I Love My Hair is a coloring book featuring her illustrations celebrating various hairstyles and textures. Her second book, Becoming Me, just released this month, for young women to color, doodle, and brainstorm their way to a creative life. Andrea is based in the Washington, D.C. area, but currently in Stockholm. Check out her work at andreapippins.com. (October 18, 2016)

001: Launching Your Business in the Arts

Find your entrepreneurial spirit and get inspired by a panel of four female business owners who will share their successes and challenges of starting something new. The panel includes Emily Carris, photographer; founder, The Art Dept (gallery and art supply boutique); Marcy Coffey, graphic designer; partner, WFGD Studio (certified women-owned design firm); and Karyn Gerred, painter & professional scenic artist; founder, The Resource Exchange (nonprofit reuse center and workshop space). Also joining us was Kate Cassidy from Blackstone Launchpad to briefly present their resources. (October 11, 2016)