Reflection Although I am not planning on going to an art school I felt like this was a very insightful and interesting talk, especially since my sister is now a sophomore at VCU for art. I like how we had many people having a conversation about the arts in college rather than one person speaking on the subject, I felt like hearing all the different perspectives about their different paths added a lot to the subject. My sister had a pretty similar path to Eli, as she wanted to go to art school because it's her passion but her style of art is not what people typically want. When she took AFO she felt like she was doing mostly busy work because it wasn't exactly what she wanted to do. She favors drawing fossils and extinct animals which is pretty unusual, except she found her place in scientific illustration.
I learned that professors in college for art are more of mentors than teachers telling you what to do. They give you an assignment but you're completely in charge of the idea, it's partially self directed. It was interesting to me how some people felt like there was a lack of representation in professors and peers causing a lack of connection. It makes complete sense, as ones self shows up in their work and without a connection from student to teacher theres a barrier between the work and the content. I didn't really realize how amazing the VCU facilities are, even though my sister goes there. The fact that they have open spaces for students to create is amazing because everyone gets creative impulses at different times and should have the resources available to them to create what they want. What I mean is that their art-making-time shouldn't be restricted to a buildings schedule (for the most part). I thought Jack's input was particularly interesting and real. And I've heard similar things from my sister. I feel like VCU tries to get everyone who isn't a real artist out of the program with AFO, even though the difficulty truly depends on the teacher. I also thought that hearing about the architecture program was very different because I've never really thought about that career before. Describing as a creative outlet with clear directions and guidelines makes complete sense and is a very different way of looking at it to me. Overall, hearing about everyones experiences and input about art schools was very informative. I feel like I could never do anything similar to the work they do in school. I'd prefer to keep it as a hobby, as I wouldn't want art to turn into work rather than a creative outlet. Having an art class for me now is motivating me to continue creating, and I hope to do something similar in the future so I can continue building my portfolio, but I don't think I'll be attending anything as extensive as an art school. mad respect to the people who do
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I decided to re-do the lines again and I feel better about where this piece is going but I still don't like the simplicity and cleanliness of it. I want it to be more messy and hectic but this has been a fun experiment with a slight change of style.
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Julianne
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