Transferable Skills & Art Careers

Envision:

Leaning to picture mentally what cannot be directly observed and imagine possible next steps in making a piece.

Reflect:

Question and Explain: Learning to think and talk with others about an aspect of one's work or working process.

Evaluate: Learning to judge one's own work and working process, and the work of others in relation to standards of the field.

Express:

Leaning to create works that convey an idea, a feeling, or a personal meaning.

Doctors...

If you can make sense of the images in analytical cubism, you most certainly can interpret medical imagery in diagnostics such as parasites in blood smears

For Example....

The skill sets you learn in the arts are applicable to future careers.

Why do the arts matter?

Stretch and Explore:

Leaning to reach beyond one's capacities, to explore playfully without a preconceived plan, and to embrace the opportunity to learn from mistakes and accidents.

Plasmodium (malaria)

Trypanosoma gambiense

(sleeping sickness)

Observe:

Learning to attend to visual contexts more closely than ordinary "looking" requires, and thereby to see things that otherwise might not be seen.

"qualities–related to imagery, visual and drawing skills–have begun to emerge as more successful in today’s digital, image-based world of medicine"

Spacial reasoning

By practicing and studying the arts, you learn transferable skills such as observing, envisioning, reflecting, expressing, exploring, engaging, persisting, and understanding art worlds, that are applicable to a range of jobs and occupations.

Making art, particularly Sculpture and drawing, helps you to develop and understand the relationship between dimensions and how to go back and forth between them.

Engage and Persist:

Learning to embrace problems of relevance within the art world and/or of personal importance, to develop focus and other mental states conductive to working and persevering at art tasks.

Understanding the art worlds:

Domain: Learning about art history and current practice.

Communities: Learning to interact as an artist with other artists )i.e., in classrooms, in local arts organization, and across the art field) and within the broader society.

Develop Craft:

Technique: Learning to use tools (e.g., viewfinders, brushes), materials (e.g., perspective, color mixing).

Studio Practice: Learning to care for tools, materials, and space.

NO JOBS IN

THE ARTS?!?!

What will we be learning in this class?

What about these...

What is your

fingerprint?

Create a fingerprint portrait out of your words and ideas based on the following questions:

1) What is something you are hoping to get out of this class?

2) what is something that you look forward to creating in this class?

3) What are some interests of yours that you can incorporate in your artwork?

4) What are some words that your think define what art is?

• Become familiar with the elements and principles of design and the expressive qualities of various materials by using a range of media, processes, and techniques, and styles.
• Use the creative and critical analysis process and will interpret art within a personal, contemporary, and historical context.

NOW LETS

MAKE ART!!!

“In my own philanthropy and business endeavors, I have seen the critical role that the arts play in stimulating creativity and in developing vital communities….the arts have a crucial impact on our economy and are an important catalyst for learning, discovery, and achievement in our country.”

–Paul G. Allen, Co-Founder, Microsoft

"The rapidly evolving global economy demands a dynamic and creative workforce. The arts and its related businesses are responsible for billions of dollars in cultural exports for this country. It is imperative that we continue to support the arts and arts education both on the national and local levels. The strength of every democracy is measured by its commitment to the arts.”

- Charles Segars, CEO of Ovation

“Arts education aids students in skills needed in the workplace: flexibility, the ability to solve problems and communicate, the ability to learn new skills, to be creative and innovative, and to strive for excellence.”

– Joseph M. Calahan, Director of Cooperate Communications, Xerox Corporation

Dentists...

To get into an American Dental school, you will be writing the DAT. Part of the DAT is the PAT Perceptual Ability Test. Critical to the success of PAT is perceptual ability and spacial reasoning skills.

Interpreting X-rays is a critical skill that can be developed using classes in visual arts

WHY STUDY THE VISUAL ART?

Some schools require a soap carving component, Manual Dexterity Test (MDT), in the application. Components of a Visual Arts education such as sculpture will help with the MDT.