Art is a confused subject with more contradictions that one could count. Each person has their own unique view point on art, which presents a problem for those who yearn to become educated in the field. Using my artistic license combined with an open mind I wish to promote a new learning experience within the world of art.

Many times I have been disappointed by college professors. Some lack experience, some aren’t in their right field, but most are closed minded. Most art teachers I’ve talked with believe in the “right or wrong” ways to invent their creations. Whatever the case may be; the need for a change in the way people learn art is greatly needed. I’ve come across students who lack the understanding of “why” we perform projects in special ways or “why” they bothered taking a class because they dislike art in general. Everyone’s opinion matters and it is the work of everyone which makes art what it is today.

The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist ^{(1 Gill)}.

What is needed is a new way to learn art. Every art related class should consider what they are truly trying to create and how. For example, a web design course should consider ideas such as, “What makes a good website”, “What are good websites already created and why are they successful” and finally, “How will my class go about creating our websites from start to finish?” This is the basic groundwork for what every art professor should consider before applying to teach the course.

Slowly over the past years math has been restructured in the way it has been taught to students from elementary to college. Using some basic logic of how people learn, teachers have learned how to best teach their subject. A good example of this is conceptually abstract parts of math which are hard to explain such as “what is a negative number?” Educators explained these topics with simple comparisons such as the number line, altered subtraction, and simplified rules to manipulate negative numbers as if they were positive. These concepts are very different from the methods taught years ago. Similarly, art education needs to be reformed.

There is no good or bad art, simply design that can be critiqued. Art needs to be graded on a scale of success, ingenuity, cleanliness, efficiency, and attention to project points. When a student demonstrates that he or she can apply what they have learned in class, then they have succeeded.

Citation:

Gill, Eric. “The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist.”