Artists’ education

I have just made up my mind that the fact that I get humanitarian education at the moment makes me the victim of supposal that my artistic accomplishments are for my academy. I would be able to smile visely and reply «If only you knew what they did to me…How did they try to make a parody of bad state out of me». And everybody will have a right to laugh at me and tell me «You just haven’t understood how did it affect you right». 

Although I study mostly for getting my diploma at the end, the fact that I would be even more respectful artist without it can’t get out of my head now. But the statistics is always an indicator. You can easily figure out how many of students haven’t became anyone, and how many — have. It’s only the question of involvement. But the fact that almost everyone has a familiar to each other manner of drawing is clear. They don’t teach you how to draw. They dictate you how to think. And that’s the worst thing about my university.  

 Take another sphere from art, the system is unavoidable. You’ve just to learn to think in its conditions. As for art, you have to adopt your own way of embodiment an idea to your own way of perception. It takes years to delve in the system enough to figure out your own personality in it. 

 Let’s get closer to the problems in my academy.At the end of the every study year I commit to attending the defense of graduates from my costume department. And every year I become more and more convinced that graduates' diplomas look more like useless reports than like the work of their entire lives, with the immeasurable effort and creative initiative invested in them. 

 The things that truly matter are fleeting and incidental in the learning process, as they aren't given enough time. The learning process is structured in such a way that students first meet academic requirements, and only then scrape together bits of their lives to mark their cursor and give themselves the false impression that they're still moving in the direction they need to go and that their voices are being heard. Art education must be delivered with great responsibility, as it touches on a multitude of nuances that must be considered. For example, art education must be multifaceted, as it is, first and foremost, about cultivating human consciousness, and its essence lies in instilling in the student a whole spectrum of perspectives that are closely intertwined and form a coherent web called a worldview. Secondly, mentorship by faculty is essential, serving the development of each student's individual vision. If this were the case, students would truly feel empowered to invest their whole souls in both their academic and final projects. And finally, The main goal of art education is to form a person with his own experience and approach to the world, and not one who has memorized given templates. 

 At the end, I can’t omit all the good sides of my education here. Students are truly being taught a good old-fashioned way of drawing, with nuances, of course, but a sensible person will always be able to distinguish a real diamond from a fake. And ultimately, many teachers no longer think in terms of reports and are moving away from soulless systems, developing their own teaching methods, which is encouraging. Finally, we ourselves are our own main mentors and teachers throughout our lives, so it is important to remember at the right moment the resounding expression of Mark Twain, «I never let school interfere with my education, ” no matter how difficult it may sometimes be.