Art schooled
Subtitle: a year among prodigies, rebels, and visionaries at a world-class art college
By: Larry Witham
Edition: 1st.
Publisher: University Press of New England
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lebanon, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9781611680072; 9781611681888
Subjects: College of Art Maryland Institute; Art; Study and teaching (Higher); History
Description: One year in the life of the students, teachers, and artists at one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious art colleges.

What does it mean to be an artist at a time when the art world is becoming increasingly fragmented and disconnected--when the most highly valued art objects are seemingly the most abstruse, visually vexing, and conceptually difficult, or may not be physical objects at all? How does the art of today connect with the art of the past? These questions and more inform and enliven the pages of Art Schooled.In this fascinating chronicle Larry Witham takes readers inside the history, culture, economics, teaching, technique, and competition of one of the oldest and most prestigious art colleges in the country, the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. With rare, privileged access to the personal and professional lives of students, faculty, administrators, and visiting artists, he shows us how young artists develop their talent and vision, learn the ins and outs of the art world, and come to proudly define themselves as artists, even as theory and technology conspire to declare that art as we once knew it is utterly changed.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.