This Is What I Know About Art
Quotes. This Is What I Know About Art
1. use I was working at the Met, there was a lack of diversity in all of my meetings with respect to disability, socioeconomic status, race, etc.”
This quote emphasis in a critical issue in many organizations,not only in art, highlighting the urgent need for inclusive practices that shows representation from diverse backgrounds and mostly if we are talking about art, since art draws on a variety of viewpoints and experiences to represent the richness of humanity, it develops in environments that accept diversity.
2. “When assigned art projects, I would trade my lunch for artwork made by my classmates who I knew had better art skills. Why make my own drawings when I knew someone who could do it better? I like to think of kindergarten as my first workshop in art activism: I refused my teacher's expectations, turning instead to my immediate community of peers so that I would not have to perform labor I had no interest in performing.”
This quotation highlights the power dynamics present in artistic pursuits and illustrates how people negotiate self-advocacy and collaboration in creative environments even in their early years. It questions established ideas of artistic excellence and effort and emphasizes the significance of appreciating and valuing a variety of talents and viewpoints.
3. “For so many young people of color, we feel like we don't have the luxury of exploring the liberal arts-society tells us that we have to take coursework to become high earners to make valuable contributions to the world.”
This quotation highlights the social pressure to put financial success ahead of intellectual interest and personal fulfillment, clearly capturing the social barriers that many young people of color have when pursuing liberal arts education. It demands that society's values be reevaluated in order to acknowledge the essential value and contributions of the variety of viewpoints that liberal arts education fosters.
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