Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

community artisttoconceptual artist

A community artist already meets 36% of what the conceptual artist role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From community artist
36%
Overlap1
To conceptual artist
14 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
68.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

36%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

68.2/ 100

1 Share of the conceptual artist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the community artist profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A conceptual artist role treats 6 of its required skills as things a community artist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • art history
  • contextualise artistic work
  • define artistic approach
  • discuss artwork
  • intellectual property law
  • labour legislation

What stands in the way is 12 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A conceptual artist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a community artist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held discuss artwork communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage artistic project management skills
  • already held participate in artistic mediation activities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held present exhibition communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held develop artistic project budgets information skills
  • already held develop educational resources communication, collaboration and creativity

All 14 carried skills, including the 6 the conceptual artist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 23 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 8 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held adapt artistic plan to location required
  • required, not held create artwork required
  • required, not held define creative components required
  • required, not held develop an artistic framework required
  • required, not held identify artistic niche required
  • required, not held maintain an artistic portfolio required
  • required, not held make artistic processes explicit required
  • required, not held select artistic materials to create artworks required
  • optional, not held assess each stage of the creative process optional
  • optional, not held create pen-and-paper images optional
  • optional, not held design greeting cards optional
  • optional, not held develop animations optional
  • optional, not held provide input to collaborators to guide their work optional
  • optional, not held use artistic materials for drawing optional
  • optional, not held design graphics optional
02 information skills 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held gather reference materials for artwork required
  • required, not held monitor art scene developments required
  • required, not held study artistic techniques required
  • optional, not held assess conservation needs optional
  • optional, not held monitor sociological trends optional
03 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held iconography required
04 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure safety of exercise environment optional
05 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held plan art educational activities optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a conceptual artist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 14 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held art history knowledge
  • already held contextualise artistic work skill
  • already held define artistic approach skill
  • already held discuss artwork skill
  • already held intellectual property law knowledge
  • already held labour legislation knowledge
  • already held develop artistic educational activities skill
  • already held develop artistic project budgets skill
  • already held develop educational resources skill
  • already held keep personal administration skill
  • already held manage artistic project skill
  • already held manage personal professional development skill
  • already held participate in artistic mediation activities skill
  • already held present exhibition skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assess conservation needs optional
  • optional, not held assess each stage of the creative process optional
  • optional, not held create pen-and-paper images optional
  • optional, not held design greeting cards optional
  • optional, not held develop animations optional
  • optional, not held ensure safety of exercise environment optional
  • optional, not held monitor sociological trends optional
  • optional, not held plan art educational activities optional
  • optional, not held provide input to collaborators to guide their work optional
  • optional, not held use artistic materials for drawing optional
  • optional, not held design graphics optional
31 held skills the conceptual artist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adopt a person-centred approach to community arts skill
  • not needed by the target role approve reports for artistic project skill
  • not needed by the target role assess community arts programme resources skill
  • not needed by the target role assess data collected to improve community arts programme skill
  • not needed by the target role assess your competencies in leading community arts skill
  • not needed by the target role balance participants' personal needs with group needs skill
  • not needed by the target role be a role model in community arts skill
  • not needed by the target role collaborate with stakeholders in leading community arts skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with target community skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate artistic production skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate community arts activities skill
  • not needed by the target role define roles of supporting team for community arts programme skill
  • not needed by the target role demonstrate technical expertise of your dance style skill
  • not needed by the target role develop a coaching style skill
  • not needed by the target role develop artistic coaching programme skill
  • not needed by the target role develop cultural activities skill
  • not needed by the target role direct community arts activities skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate supporting team in community arts program skill
  • not needed by the target role help the programmer define an artistic vision skill
  • not needed by the target role identify sources on potential target communities for art skill
  • not needed by the target role interact with an audience skill
  • not needed by the target role manage participants' expectations in arts skill
  • not needed by the target role participate in music studio recordings skill
  • not needed by the target role read scripts skill
  • not needed by the target role record lessons learnt from your sessions skill
  • not needed by the target role research your target community skill
  • not needed by the target role study community as a target community skill
  • not needed by the target role theatre techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use pedagogic strategies for creativity skill
  • not needed by the target role work with respect for own safety skill
  • not needed by the target role work with supporting team in community arts programme skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held iconography required
Index

Other moves recorded from community artist

Full index of moves from community artist

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.