Tuesday, April 23, 2013

ART AND CONCERN

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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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