Whether it is painting the next soon-to-be unforgettable masterpiece of the century or engineering a state-of-the-art technological system for the next millennium, everyone has a craft that is worth sharing for the world to witness and to appreciate. It doesn’t have to be a traditional drawing or a musical composition in order for something to be considered an art. Art, as a creativity, is an activity we do by its very nature, thus transcending beyond its utility. Art helps us express, communicate, and connect with the world and these are few of the many reasons why I wanted to start the ‘My ART is…’ photography campaign.
One of the major goals of ARTS NC STATE and the ARTS Village is to encourage students of all majors and studies to become more involved and engaging in the arts community within and out of the college campus. The goal of this small campaign was to simply ask random students and staff around campus to participate by writing what they consider their art to be on a white erase board and present it for a picture to be taken.
There were many good and well-thought responses. And some were just simple and conventional. One of the participants said that making breakfast sandwiches was their art, another inscribed ‘making people feel’ as their art. Someone even believed ‘art theft’ is an art. Overall, I was amazed by the responses the participants had given me. It made me believe that even though some creations or concepts that wouldn’t be considered conventional art may be considered a genuine craft by someone else, thus what is considered ‘art’ only blurs the line even more.
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Everyone has an art.
Whether it is painting the next soon-to-be unforgettable masterpiece of the century or engineering a state-of-the-art technological system for the next millennium, everyone has a craft that is worth sharing for the world to witness and to appreciate. It doesn’t have to be a traditional drawing or a musical composition in order for something to be considered an art. Art, as a creativity, is an activity we do by its very nature, thus transcending beyond its utility. Art helps us express, communicate, and connect with the world and these are few of the many reasons why I wanted to start the ‘My ART is…’ photography campaign.
One of the major goals of ARTS NC STATE and the ARTS Village is to encourage students of all majors and studies to become more involved and engaging in the arts community within and out of the college campus. The goal of this small campaign was to simply ask random students and staff around campus to participate by writing what they consider their art to be on a white erase board and present it for a picture to be taken.
There were many good and well-thought responses. And some were just simple and conventional. One of the participants said that making breakfast sandwiches was their art, another inscribed ‘making people feel’ as their art. Someone even believed ‘art theft’ is an art. Overall, I was amazed by the responses the participants had given me. It made me believe that even though some creations or concepts that wouldn’t be considered conventional art may be considered a genuine craft by someone else, thus what is considered ‘art’ only blurs the line even more.