Fine Art Graduate Forum

Fine Art Graduate Forum 

On the 27th of November I took part in the Fine Art Graduate Forum that Leeds College of Art hosted, this was a fantastic day and was full of useful information on how to get into the art world after you leave university. It was really interesting listening to the artist talk about what their doing now and what they have done in between leaving university and to present day. All the artists lead different paths some went on to further education, some had normal jobs but still pursing a career as an artist and some was just a full time artist. Even though I only heard two artists speak about themselves I heard about all the other artists when it finished when all the students was talking to each other. I was a bit worried when a lot of people told me that quite a few Graduates was just working in ordinary shops at the moment as they was struggling to get their foot in the door in the art world. When I heard this I was doubting if I took the right course as taking a Fine Art course is very risky when it comes to getting a career out of it as there are quite limited jobs available, but I love creating artwork and I want to try my best to pursue a career in the arts. 

In the afternoon I had a tutorial with graduate Joe Hancock who is a multidisciplinary artist who creates a vary of art from sculptures to performances to text pieces. Having a tutorial with Joe Hancock was very useful as he told me to look at artist I never heard of that could influence my work in the future and ideas and advice that I could use in my work. 

Climb, Joe Hancock, 2010 

I found the overall day very useful and it was nice to talk to an array of artist to see what their doing now in their careers and to hear what type of artwork they are creating at the moment as it was very helpful and influenced me a lot to pursue a career in the arts. 

Image taken from: http://joe-hancock.com/