The world is full of artists who have not been recognized for their work and are unable to make a living with what they want to do, but for for those who put in the time and effort it is possible. In the past, being an artist was a fantastic job and they could easily be recognized if they were good enough, but in the present, it is harder to even build a living wage off of it or gain recognition, but it is possible. The first thing a new artist should do is attend to college for a degree in the arts, then exploring different jobs in the arts that they enjoy and are superior at, and that job should bring in a wage that gives them middle class living because they are putting effort and passion into their work. There are plenty of different jobs …show more content…
A normal amount of schooling for a career in the arts is four plus years, which is a bachelor's degree. The classes an artist would have to take are different for everyone because of what they go to college for, but the general classes an artist must take are the following, “ First Year Seminar, Language, Arts, Literature, Performance, Human Experience and Society, Experiential Learning, Writing Intensive Requirement, and Speaking Intensive Requirement,” (“Requirements for Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science Degrees”). After the enterprising artist completes the requirements for the bachelor's degree, plus whatever other classes they would have to take for the degree they went to college for, the climbing artist would have to find apply for a job that meets the requirements of a living wage. The term living wage is defined as, a wage that is high enough to maintain a normal standard of living. A normal standard of living is fluid, but for most people, it is middle-class …show more content…
Atiya is an entrepreneurial artist, which is an experienced artist who coaches young artists to understand the career they’ve chosen and how to make a living wage from it. Atiya has helped many young artists in their career path with suggesting classes and giving business advice, especially since he is associate director of Minnesota-based organization Springboard for the Arts, which gives him more access to artists fresh out of college. Before Atiya became the associate director for the Springboard for the Arts he worked as many different careers as he could so that he could properly help new artists. Atiya goes on to explain how business and art are the most commonly mixed practices and what he discusses a lot with the young artists, “ On a pretty regular basis, I talk with artists about how to present their work and ask for payment, about how to push back on unpaid opportunities, and how to negotiate without burning bridges.” ( Maribel Lopez “Carl Atiya Swanson Teaches Artists How to Succeed as Entrepreneurs”). Atiya enjoys helping young artists succeed and showing them the proper steps to make their living wage of middle class
...long career provides a lighthouse of hope to all artists who labor in the dark, uncertain of their efforts but determined to express their voice." (Schneider, 129).
Many artists find themselves struggling to find their identity in the beginning and then when you have discovered yourself it can be hard to come up with ideas to fit the mold as what the public sees them as. This then leads to what people call the struggling artist’s life due to the fact that without making a product there is no income to flow into the household. These three authors: James Fenimore Cooper, Charles Dickens, and Johanna Spyri all went through the tough times of finding an identity or how to take personal experiences and then turn them into a story that readers would enjoy. Going
Many states throughout North America don’t require art classes such as art, dance, drama, and music. While many other states require credits of art classes in order to graduate from high school. Schools in New York City note the problem they have by not requiring art classes in high school. Administrators from New York schools admit that “low income areas in NYC look to cut out art education because of tight budgets” (Raleigh). Many schools are making art classes either optional or taking them out completely because they don’t have the funds to keep them. The many schools throughout North America that require art credits to graduate from high school note the problem the rest of the schools have by making them optional or taking them out altogether. Many people say that art classes teach kids many skills
Art is effective at being hands-on and knowledgeable, but his workers find their work repetitive. Because of their simple and straightforward work workers tend to complain about being bored and that Art does not understand what they are going through. So even though Art is constantly involved with his workers, they are not enjoying their work.
Artists are people who express their feelings and emotions on something they have created. They work there lives on these imaginative pieces, some for a living some just out of the pure enjoyment. Those who make a living on selling their art have to work very hard at making their selves known, for some there art never becomes know they work immensely but to no avail. These artists, some of which could keep up with those who are very famous, have their art fall into an abyss where there art is never heard of or even seen. In today’s world artist have many of ways of putting their selves out there and becoming known in the art industry. Social media and just the internet alone have helped “starving artist” become very well known in the art world.
"Why the Arts Matter | Americans for the Arts Action Fund." Americans for the Arts Action Fund. Web. 03 Apr. 2012. .
Fine arts classes benefit students and schools alike. Fine arts are needed courses, not just as electives but as core classes that promote learning and creativity in the lives of students. There are three different styles of learning: auditory, visual, and kinesthetic. Fine art provides an avenue for all of these learning styles to be utilized during one class period; therefore, all students are able to understand and benefit from the curriculum. In a normal academic setting all types of learning may not be used, so a percentage of the classroom will not understand the lessons as well as it could have if it had arts incorporated into the class. It may seem impossible to include arts into an academic setting, but it is possible, effective, and fun. According to Barry Oreck, it has been proven that students learning molecular bonding through a dance had a more proficient understanding of the concept. He states, “We have found that if you learn something through a theater game, you can still answer a test question” (new horizons Dickerson 3). This statement proves that arts are extremely important and beneficial. With fine arts, students have a safe environment to express themselves, a motivation to stay in school, and higher test scores. The fact that fine arts are needed is evident, but will schools respond or live in denial?
The Importance of Arts Education Jane Alexander, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), once said, “Many children are missing out on something which gives their education context, gives their lives depth and meaning, and prepares them to be the future workforce.” This “something” that she spoke of is music and art education. Unfortunately, she is entirely correct. We are currently seeing a dramatic cut in arts education curriculum in our public schools due to the limited amount of time and funding. In many cases, budget cutbacks mean arts education cutbacks.
Swapan is an artist from Sasthitala. He is 30 years old. He is Brahmin and engaged in clay art from last 15 years. He has chosen this occupation himself and has an aim to establish himself in traditional clay art of Krishnanagar. He wants to become an auto genius in this clay art. But now he has an opinion that there are more struggles in doing this art and income is very less. He has a showroom in Kolkata which is going in loss also. He also demands some government funds and resources. He says that these financial helps by government may help him in gaining good market and income.
Being an artist was not automatically hereditary and any talented adolescent boy could join a studio as an apprentice. The training period each child underwent was usually extensive and demanding:
Art education is defined as a specific occupational area where the subject art is taught within a public or private school system. Because art classes are publicly funded, classes are provided to students who show artistic talent and those who do not (Salmon 103). The use of art can be dated back to the days of the Neanderthal, and until the Italian Renaissance, art was only considered culturally important and was not taught (DeHoyas). At the birth of the United States of America, male and female students were taught different forms of art, where the boys’ art was typically more functional. The teachings of art were ofte...
Cato, T. (2001, January1). Reasons to support art education. Retrieved September 18th, 2002 from http://www.gaea.armstrong.edu/. Promotes the teaching of art education in Georgia. Calls for research into art education to show its benefits and advantages.
Imagine a painting of your life, what colors would be there? How would you show the different times in your life? Would you shade the areas where you had a hard time or use lines to show that? Being a artist that never truly finishes their work would be hard. When you are young, your enthused about painting. As you start to get older, all you want to do is visit with friends, so you miss that part of your life. Then you get back on track and work like crazy to make up wasted time. But you think to yourself “Will I ever finish my masterpiece or will it end when I do?”
All in all, artists are still regular people just like everyone else in this world. However, they might live glamorously and have all the money in the world but at the end of the day they just want to have a quiet life. However, it is hard for them to have quiet life when the world treats them as modern GODs that are perfect and have no flaws at all. If, they make a mistake they criticize them. Why? They aren’t perfect at all, no one is. The world shouldn’t focus on an artist’s life at all, they lose focus on what matters the most in this world.
Art classes throughout kindergarten and up to my junior year in college have taught me so much about expression, performance and making a statement. Learning and practicing art introduces a new way of processing information, and approaching problems. In my