When you first took the plunge and enrolled in Concordia’s Fine Arts program you may have thought the world was your oyster. Finally, some recognition for your talent and an acceptance among a community of students who, like you, opted for a culturally enlightening education in the creative world of Fine Arts.
You could study and learn from engaging professors, refine your technique, experience your first vernissage and some of you may have even sold your first paintings or sculptures to a local gallery or family member. Things couldn’t be better right? Of course they couldn’t, but now the joyride is over and it’s time to graduate. Reality-check, people.
Of all the disciplines to study, Fine Arts is perhaps the most challenging because of the uncertainties students face when they graduate. As your education comes to an end, so does the comfort acquired in a sheltered academic environment.
“When you are a student your rewards are grades, so you work for grades,” said Bettina Forget, a German artist married to a Qu
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