Food for Thought
Week of September 1st:
Who’s perceptopn of the art is more important, The artist or The viewer?
If an idea has already been explored, should we not explore it for ourselves?
What determines if an artist is successful?
Do you have to have a specific discipline or area to be a successful artist?
Week of September 8th:
If the viewer does not like our art, does that determine it’s worth?
How do we determine what is Fine Art?
Must artists always have passion for what they are making?
Week of September September 15th:
Does art have to have a meaning for the artist to be art?
Does the generation we are from change our ideals about art?
How do you find the balance between doing the art that you want too, and the art that you have to do for school?
Week of September 22nd:
How much of western society art, is stolen or appropriated?
Are there taboo art materials? If so why?
Is it possible to convey a deeper meaning with non-representational art, or should the focus be on emotions?
Week of September 29th:
Why do we create art?
Who do we create it for?
Are there rules to art?
Does education effect how we approach a work of art?
Does our education hold us back in any way?
Week of October 6th:
What is arts relationship with society?
Is it a positive one or a negative one?
Which is more important the process or the result
Week of October 13th:
Does art need a viewer to be art?
Do artists need to have passion for what they make?
How does one have confidence in their art? Does anyone?
Week of October 20th:
Is there such a thing as student art?
How do you determine if your art is good?
At what point does art stop becoming student art, if it is a thing?
Week of October 27th:
Why do we separate artists into groups?
How do we gain knowledge about the modern art world?
Is there a way to be “ready” for it?
Week of November 3rd:
Is there an easy way to balance, creating and life?
How do you continue to create when you feel a lack of passion for it?
Week of November 10th:
Do women get a say if their piece is a femminist work?
If I’m telling a story about my life, and I am a girl, does that make it a femminist piece?
Week of November 17th:
If we rely on the shock factor to invoke emotion, does that cheapen the conversation?
If all we want is to tell a story, is that okay?