Andie on fri 2 jun 00
Just my two cents, but I wish every day that I had, if not necessarily the
art degree, the four years in the studio. I was primarily Pre-Med with an
English (writing) double major, and transferred schools at the end of my
degree. They made me take an extra minor to fulfill residency requirements,
and I figured art would be something that wouldn't hurt my GPA. I walked in
to a ceramics class, and never left. After graduation I was so depressed to
have nowhere to throw, my husband decided he'd rather have a poor artist for
a wife than a miserable doctor, so we spent what was cash of the Grad school
money on a shed, a kiln, a wheel, and 4000 lbs of clay, and compromised by
getting me in to a part-time Graduate Alternative Med program. I couldn't be
happier, but having only had 14 hours of ceramics in school and only one two
official professors, I can tell you that there are many, many things I wish
I knew that I would have learned in a BFA program, that I'm constantly
embarrassing myself by approaching every potter I know to find answers for.
I also know that the BFA students at my school ended their four years with a
minimum of four gallery shows, two of them solo, at least one sponsored by,
promoted by, and held at a local or somewhat nearby gallery, which I would
give my eye teeth to have behind me.
Andie
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