Future Jobs Might be in Design Field
November 20, 2004 | Levent OZLER
Designers and artists interested in the creative industry don't have to go to New York or Los Angeles to find work.
In fact, they might not even have to leave downtown Winston-Salem.
That was the recent message from the area's artistic and creative community, who met to hold a networking forum to encourage more workers to stay in the region for jobs.
Developing the design industry is critical for the area as it attempts to shift its focus from such traditional but declining services as the tobacco and textile industries, said Dale Pollock, the dean of the School of Filmmaking at the N.C. School of the Arts.
For students and others with a creative-design background, "there will be a growing industry here that can accommodate their skills and their training," Pollock said.
About 100 people attended the forum, which was held late Thursday in the Piedmont Triad Research Park. It was sponsored by the Piedmont Entrepreneurs Network.
Jon Kuhn, a Winston-Salem artist and Steve Dunkley, the executive creative director of Trone Advertising in High
Point, also spoke at the forum.
Persuading creative professionals, including students and designers from other industries, not to leave the area
for larger cities could help the area's economy, Kuhn said.
The region has to work harder to advertise its creative indu
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