"An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one."-Charles Horton Cooley
I am a senior in high school with a passion. A passion for rhythm, and beauty, for what is abstract, and what has order. As I have grown up, I have noticed my school cuts more and more art classes out of the budget. This comes from the notion that in order to save money, the school must cut the less important things first: Art. There is this misconception that art holds little educational value. But look at it beyond the image. Behind that image was something blank. A person examined that blank canvas and developed a mental idea for how to fill that space with something original. This person is an artist. A person not limited by the realities of our world. One who is able to look beyond what they see in their world and represent it through art is a true genius. Let those who have the ability use it. Allow free thought and creativity. This is why I am writing this blog. The image of a struggling artist needs to stop, they are not the people who are struggling. Society is struggling. Like Charles Horton Cooley said, "An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one."
I don't think they've cut that many art classes man.
ReplyDeleteThis is very inspiring for young artist Sam good job
ReplyDeleteyeah they have man. like they've cut the budget so much each class has to share one canvas practically.
ReplyDeleteThat's not cutting classes and I think that's a little bit of an over exaggeration.
ReplyDeletewell they cut teachers and, now there's only one painting II class, and some other stuff.
ReplyDeleteWhat other stuff? I count 13 classes out of our 126 classes are strictly based on art. That's roughly around 9% of our classes. That's pretty good. and under fine arts i think there is about 40. So around 25% of our schools education is based off of fine arts. I just don't really see a huge issue. Please though, do elaborate.
ReplyDeleteThere's a difference between our fine art class, and the art he is talking about.
ReplyDeleteThe fine arts are from painting, to this class we're in.
But he is talking about the painting. Brush strokes. Making your mind's image a reality.
So in the end, how many teacher teach how to dip a brush in a pool of paint, and make a plain white canvas into an awe inspiring image?