27.8.08
After final considerations to not make this public, the time has come for the world to see the type of school we're dealing with these days at the Art Institute of Tampa. In this issue we're going to talk Design:First off. In a world where we, as designers, have the freedom of choosing what to design, when to design it, and how to do it, brings us to the magical question... Are we really free?
In our school, we follow some guidelines on which we base ourselves when creating our project. However a guideline does not tells us how to design it. Therefore we should have the liberty on designing it to our liking. However, if we dare to do such a thing we are immediately punished by a so called "constructive criticism" which really is the opinion on one person and his liking.
Now how can we solve this problem? Because either way if we are not punished during class, when we get to our "Portfolio Reviews(Issue on this coming soon!)" We are told that our designs are not to the Art Institute Standards.
Let me ask couple of questions: When we are in the school, aren't we always called Artists? If we are, then why is our art being bashed. If we take a look in history we can see a couple of Artists who became genius of art, but were thought as crazy people. To name one famous one, Picasso.
His art revolutionized the world. Artists focused more on the realism, because that's what they thought it would be fine art. However, Picasso, change all that by giving the artist the liberty of putting anything he or she wants into the canvas and it would make it into masterpiece.
So what can we learn from here? We go to this school, because we are artists. This school's, so called, "standards", are just a way to try and justify the opinion of one person.
We are artists. We all have our own unique style. Everybody is different...we are not to be judged by one person.
Remember, whoever you may think that doesn't have the "standards" can one day be the Picasso of the Future.
You should realize that under the best circumstances a proper teacher is gong to critique your work. Many students see that as "bashing" their work or curtailing their creativity. This is all obvious immaturity. You have to accept criticism in order to become a "better" artist. Teachers everywhere not just at the art institute are tasked with pushing a student beyond their current means and ideas. The author would benefit from acknowledging that. The design standard put forth at AII are without question based on careful researched of established industry standards. They are not a result of some arbitrary ego. Also remember Picasso just ripped off African folk art to make his "original" mark on western art. It had little to do with his "freedom" to choose his "own" design ethic. One could successfully argue "all" art is derivative.
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