There was a poster hanging in the hallway at the art college I attended that was a call for artists/ artisans to come to New York City to apprentice as a mason/ sculptor on one of the cathedrals there in the city.
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"Should I get a degree in art?"
Hoo boy, I get asked this question a lot. I’d quit the small art college I was attending in the 80s to work for an illustrator as his ghost painter. Back then, I’d have said an art degree was a waste of time. After I’d graduated from college with my bachelor’s degree in the early aughts, I was pretty darned sure that a college degree was the best thing anyone could do for their life in general. Later I earned my master’s at MICA and the experience was…
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Ass-in-the-seat Time
Students, artists in particular, get frustrated with the seeming lack of speed on their journey to “success” (whatever that might mean). And I get it. I quit art school (the first time in the 80s) with one semester to go because I was offered a job “ghost” painting with a professional illustrator. I mean, the choice of go to school or make money and art….
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