Project description
The main issue of our communities is that most of the students that graduate from an Art School will encounter difficulties. These may refer to trying to find a job, being able to withstand criticism of their art , coping with praise, or choosing the right career path.
A piece of art may be garbage in one’s eyes and a masterpiece in others'. The students' art and work needs to sell, otherwise they will not be able do make a decent living. Our students need to develop their passion, however, they must understand the needs, demands and rules of the present job market. Our project will treat their artistic development as a way to give them future careers.
Therefore we wish to give our learners the basis to how to become great artists. A real professional artist knows history of art, he knows different artistic techniques of modern and ancient times. An artist must be skilled - he must have ideas about artistic world - be ready to experiment, try sth new to really know what he wants to do in life. Apart from it, artists need to know languages to be able to sell their work worldwide, as well as be literate in modern technologies, as they are the symbols of our times and the future.
Apart form it, there are only a few very old people that still master some traditional techniques of (painting on glass, ceramics, sculpting on wood etc.) that have no appendices, no one to share their skills and knowledge to. We want to create links between them and our students. This way we will keep our traditions alive, and we will give our students the chance to learn new stuff.
We live in a world where it is easier to carry on other people’s ideas, blend with the crowd and work in a factory or corporation doing and wishing for the same things as others. This project is an idea of how to wish to stand out, how to give wings to your attitude, a way to express yourself, a way to think out of the box and to know it’s the right way. This project is a chance for our new generation to give life to their ideas not fearing the risks, not limiting their options.
Although, some of the schools involved in this project have had others related to Art, this one is exceptional as it refers to Art as a source of living, Art which gives employment. Through this project we plan to give our students better odds in their future, give them more skills and true qualifications that will help them become complete artists. Students will be able to learn and understand the job market of artistic professions, so when it comes to choosing the career they will be able to make conscious decisions. The project will have an ongoing impact on their knowledge of artistic jobs.
*Moreover, the need for the project has been based on a result of a study carried out by the oordinating school, however, the situation in other countries is similar. The career path of the all 44 school graduates has been researched and it has turned out that only 20 % chose artistic career, 16% history of art or culture studies, and the majority of 64% chose careers absolutely not connected to what they had been studying at art secondary school for 4 years, including economics, sports, pedagogy, IT or work in offices or shops. This is not what we aim for our students, we want them to pursue art and continue their development in the field. We need to show the future graduates more options, and help them in their choices. The full study findings are placed at www.liceumplastyczne.elblag.com.pl.