Should I go to Art School?

[Mark from Plano]

Originally Posted by thekunk07

i went to art school and it mostly gives you access to rich fucktards dedicated only to extending adolescence.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

 

[Joffrey]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

You don't seem to be a guy that orients around money or financial security, so why not?

I don't think it was intended, but this made me cringe.

 

[thekunk07]

it was, i should have stayed at upenn. instead I owe 50k and learned to paint with a sock.

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by Jodum5

I don't think it was intended, but this made me cringe.

I like making people cringe.

If you are into money and a good shot at financial success/security, you don't go to art school. Unless the Great Recession has so changed the social geography that I'm completely wrong and now it does?

 

[Nouveau Pauvre]

Originally Posted by Jodum5

I don't think it was intended, but this made me cringe.

Because of how true you know it is?

 

[edmorel]

The stuff you've been selling here on SF would actually get you into Art school? seriously?

 

[Dr Huh?]

Maybe you should focus on night classes instead? That way you can focus on the classes you want to take and less on the ones you don't want/need.

 

[GQgeek]

Originally Posted by thekunk07

it was, i should have stayed at upenn. instead I owe 50k and learned to paint with a sock.

but didn't it work out in the end?

 

[thekunk07]

yeah, but i graduated thinking the world was burning to buy my paintings and I had no job skills and it's a minor miracle that I am a moderate success (whatever that is)

 

[Douglas]

MICA is so, so gay.

My little bro went to art school and today he is a practicing artist. He is a legit realist painter, and does portraits, landscapes and the like, and ekes out a living. I think he will eventually be successful, given some of the recognition he has garnered to this point. FWIW, he went to a top tier school I think considered even better than MICA, especially for more technical disciplines. He says art school is a giant waste of time. He later went through more academy type training which he says was far better than art school for the technical skills. He claims he was a better painter than all but one or two of his profs.

At art school you do a lit of theory learning and mental masturbation. Lots of focus as well on modernism. So for what he wanted, I think it was a waste. If you want gallery Fred though, it might be more useful. If you want access to tools, you may be able to do that cheaper, even at MICA, in a non-degrees fashion. As for getting a career in the arts, like a museum curatorship or something, you need a lot more education than just two years at MICA.

Ultimately, speaking professionally, it's not going to get you a lot. But I know you tend more towards modern stuff; which is definitely the focus, so at a minimum, you might at least enjoy it.

In spite of his views, my bro is currently angling for a professorship at MICA so at least you might help pay his salary.

 

[StephenHero]

No No No No No No No No No. Still.

 

[NorCal]

Yes. Sell pot to make the tuition.

 

[Pantisocrat]

yes. Art schools provide 1. technical equipments for your work 2. opportunities for display 3. potential affiliated market, alumni + community + internet venues 4. opportunities to network (with other artists) 5. opportunity to study nude models.

 

[Pantisocrat]

seriously do it.

 

[kwilkinson]

Probably not a good idea. But then again, that shouldn't really be a reason for you to decline.