ART AND CONCERN
My view is a pessimist one, it's a concern I have regarding
the career I have chosen as a minority art student. Art was given to me by my
father who I watched when I was a adolescent in Haiti, designing church
banners, painting drums and so on. Soon enough he passed those responsibilities
to me as I developed a more refined skills in drawing. Then I came to the
states to live with my mom, I did not get the same support from her because she
was alone, raising five of us. Nevertheless I kept on going from high school to
college to now university. And now I am on the verge of accomplishing my BFA
degree, I came to grasp the hardship of being a minority artist in an art world
which has not changed ever. There is feeling that we are not needed, being a
fine artist in general is less relevant than it used to be before the
technology age. Our works are being done graphic designers, movie directors,
and fashion designers. Again and again we see so many graduate art students go
outside in the world and never heard from them again. And most of them have to
take second jobs just to keep up with life's expenses. Everybody is doing art
at high volume but less are being shown or bought. We are being stuck with a
skill that is not in demand, and the field is not welcoming to new artists
especially minorities. I have read a few chapters from Caroll Michels' book How
to Survive and prosper as an Artist, in which she mentions that the art world
is in need of a structural change and artists need to take control of their
careers and stop the dog-eat-dog tactics they have been using. I have already
attended many lectures by working artists on how to survive as an up-and-comer,
very depressing.
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