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Art Prof Teaching Artists Jordan McCracken-Foster and Alex Rowe discuss whether drawing is an innate talent, or a skill that can be learned. People often times refer to drawing as a talent, and yet can developing drawing skills simply be a matter of hard work and practice?

Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artists Jordan McCracken-Foster and Lauryn Welch discuss how toxic ideas and misconceptions about the professional world that are pushed onto students by professors at art school. These concepts can become misleading and harmful to students when they enter the professional world after graduation

Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artists Jordan McCracken-Foster and Deepti Menon talk about what social life is like for students in art school. Topics addressed include how academic life and social life intersect (and when they don't) and the importance of fostering strong connections with other students.

Art Prof Clara Lieu and Art Prof Teaching Artists Lauryn Welch and Deepti Menon discuss situations where they could not relate to their professors in art school. Topics such as initiatives students can take to navigate tough situations as well as what teachers can do to reach out and connect to students are discussed.

Art Prof Clara Lieu and RISD students Mary Kuan and Lauryn Levette from the RISD Anti-Racism Coalition discuss racism at art schools. Topics include racism experienced in student/faculty dynamics during critiques, racial gaslighting, the artistic impact racism has on BIPOC students, (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) the facade of social justice school administrations project while a culture of racism persists at the school.

Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artists Deepti Menon and Eloise Sherrid discuss whether artists should provide their services without any financial compensation in order to increase awareness of their work as an artist. When is it worth your time? Is it ever worth your time? Are there certain circumstances under which this is a good opportunity to pursue?

Art Prof Clara Lieu and Art Prof Teaching Artists Lauryn Welch and Cat Huang discuss how to find the right art school for you. You can't always trust a school website or even campus visit to really determine whether an art school is going to be a good fit. Prof Lieu, Lauryn, talk about other ways you can get a true look at what each art school is like.

Art Prof Clara Lieu and recent Calarts animation graduate Clarisse Chua discuss the art school admissions process specific to the Calarts application. Watch on YouTube. Clarisse talks about the nuts and bolts of how the Calarts Animation program is structured, and her experience there producing her student animated films.  

Art Prof Clara Lieu and Art Prof Teaching Artist Alex Rowe debate illustrator J.C. Leyendecker's artwork. Watch on YouTube. In "Crit Clash," we assign a point of view to each artist for the purposes of this debate. In this case, Prof Lieu is arguing against Leyendecker and Alex is arguing for Leyendecker. This isn't necessarily what Prof Lieu and Alex think in real life by the way, so you might see them making statements they wouldn't normally make!

Art Prof Clara Lieu and Art Prof Teaching Artist debate Maurizio Cattelan's artwork "Comedian" from the 2019 Art Basel exhibition in Miami Beach, Florida. Watch on the Art Prof YouTube. In "Crit Clash," we assign a point of view to each artist for the purposes of this debat. In this case Lauryn is arguing for the banana, Prof Lieu is arguing against the banana. These views are not necessarily what Prof Lieu and Lauryn think about the banana in real life by the way, so you might see them making statements they wouldn't normally make!