Hello, today I will talk again about my career ... PLASTIC ARTS <3

Well, I chose plastic arts from the university of Chile mainly because of its curriculum, since it was the only university that still taught ceramics. And also, the only one that was still plastic and non-visual arts. The difference between these two is that the plastics are manual arts, painting, ceramics, sculpture, etc. ... the visual arts incorporate technological arts to the curriculum and the truth is that it is not my thing. I wanted to work with my hands straight into the material. And I was very lucky because the year after I joined the mesh changed and those of the new generation will be visual artists.

I had an extracurricular class called art and science and I loved it - I think it's perfect that the university has those courses.

As for the academic load, it is much more than it seems, since each work is very slow, sometimes a drawing can take days and the workshop blocks lasted, in times of no pandemic, 3 hours.

The part of the arts that don't tell you is that the hand is connected to the head and heart so you confront yourself with art, what is good or bad, depends on how you take it. That according to me will make the burden more or less heavy in terms of your university work.

 

 

I'm in third year, so I reached get to know the facilities, and they're pretty deplorable. It has always been a struggle fix the workshops, since many jobs have been lost due to the rains and the poor state of the faculty. Which I find nefarious

In pandemic it has been the same teachers who have moved to buy internet chips from students. And most of them have been a great support. 

In particular I find that I have learned a lot since we have had all the theoretical classes, the first year we spent a lot of time in university's takes and I had almost none of my theoretical. 

I very much appreciate the effort that teachers and students make in maintaining this desire to teach and learn and I hope that the best will be made of this half-rare moment.

See you

 Have you thought about courses after you graduate... ??

Hello everyone

I would like to talk about the courses I would like to take after I finish my Art degree.

It is always important to continue studying, especially because technology continues to advance and if you were left alone with the knowledge that the university gave you, you would be obsolete in 5 years. If not in less.

I would like to study an artistic preservation course; I think I had already mentioned it in a previous post.

But I would also like to study from groups of ceramists, not precisely from university courses, but to have the possibility of going to acquire knowledge of different craftsmen who have dedicated their lives to the craft. They surely have something interesting to say and to teach. Since I think that studies are a very important tool, a basis, but the real learning materializes in "the doing". Mainly I would like to research about local craftsmen and then go further and see how they resemble and how they differ from other in the world.

I am also struck by the art therapy courses, to create a program dedicated to older adults.

In general, I like to learn, I think it is impossible not to learn something different every day and the best learnings do not have a degree or diploma, but if that goes, these would be my post-graduate studies .... Or maybe I venture to another degree, who knows lol .. see you soon

My future Job

 

Hello!! ..for those who do not know, I study Plastic Arts and I want to specialize in ceramics.

When I finish the university, I would like to have my own ceramics workshop to be able to sell my pieces, but I would also like to take a curatorial course, with this work you travel a lot, you know many interesting places. I find it very entertaining, besides it's a good way to learn history. And it pays pretty well (It has to be said).

I like jobs that require patience, I feel it's a different way of meditating.

Anyway, I want to be able to start selling ceramic pieces before leaving univers}ity, the only thing that stops me is the oven, ceramic pieces require several burns, not just one, depending on the surface technique, they may need up to 4 burns, which is expensive to do by an external. and when one puts a price on the pieces, people usually find that they are very expensive, but they do not know the enormous effort behind each of the pieces.

That's why I'd like to have these two future jobs options, the curatorial ones and my ceramic pieces. Although, I know that over time things are changing, but for now, it's what I'd like to have for future jobs. bye