tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814200235459632416.post2248666724580695082..comments2024-01-05T07:22:47.705-08:00Comments on We can shoot too: Re: The Boom is Over. Long Live the Art!J. Wesley Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13978967238356104467noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814200235459632416.post-518955406262725522009-02-16T13:23:00.000-08:002009-02-16T13:23:00.000-08:00Spot on with your #3 comment. I wanted to ask, "wh...Spot on with your #3 comment. I wanted to ask, "what color is the sky were you live?"<BR/><BR/>On #6 I don't think "opening up" education is the answer, but rather opening up what we teach in what we already have. In other words, teaching students to use what they have already learned in the other wide spectrum of courses, that they are required to already take, and put it to use. In my mind this is a teaching opportunity and not so much a need for an educational bureaucracy overhaul-though I'm not necessarily against that on some issues.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08444411926014215667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814200235459632416.post-21171205706083523252009-02-16T08:44:00.000-08:002009-02-16T08:44:00.000-08:00As a recent BFA Photo graduate, I completely agree...As a recent BFA Photo graduate, I completely agree with you that not much has changed in regards to expectations of art students following graduation. Outliers exist, but the vast majority of artists and creatives end up carving their niche somewhere beyond the fine art pool. <BR/><BR/>As for securing a "day-job" and "making them an energy source, not a chore", I found the David Edwards book, <B>Artscience</B> - <I><BR/>Creativity in the Post-Google Generation</I>, particularly enlightening, even if it does approach the subject from more of a science first point of view. <BR/><BR/>http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/EDWART.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814200235459632416.post-27187393619191545552009-02-16T06:12:00.000-08:002009-02-16T06:12:00.000-08:00I thought this quote was salient as well, especial...I thought this quote was salient as well, especially given the number of photography collectives, zines and online galleries that have emerged in the last few years. <BR/>"At the same time, if the example of past crises holds true, artists can also take over the factory, make the art industry their own. Collectively and individually they can customize the machinery, alter the modes of distribution, adjust the rate of production to allow for organic growth, for shifts in purpose and direction. They can daydream and concentrate. They can make nothing for a while, or make something and make it wrong, and fail in peace, and start again."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com