![]() With these words in my head, I contacted several other artists, some recent graduates like myself as well as some art world veterans who seem, to me, to have figured it out.Īdam Levin, Writer / Creative Writing Teacher, 37Īli lander-shindler, Graphic Designer, 24 His message: if art is what you live and breathe and you can't function without it, then art school is where you belong. In so many words, he said, if you have a backup plan outside of the arts, then that's the direction you are headed, because art will not be the easy option. I remember the retiring president of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) making a speech on the first day of my orientation. What drives us towards an unstable paycheck and a murky career path?įor many artists, it isn't as much choice as something resembling a divine direction, or at least a calling. In search of real answers, I sought to talk to some artists who might answer questions for the class of 2014 (and their nervous parents.)įirst I wanted to know why other people go into the arts. I'm just over a year out of undergradute school, and I can still come up with a dozen answers to the question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Developing a convincing platform to explain my less than stable career choice can be rather stressful. ![]() It's really fulfilling, right? Well, that would be nice. What happens after art school? We all become famous and earn loads of money from making and creating. ![]()
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