Last class, we discussed the purpose of art in society and Cockerton's argument that art provides a kind of truth of the human condition. Yet, artists and artistic groups are chronically underfunded (e.g., the federal government recently announced $30 million more for the Canada Council of the Arts)
Do you think, given Cockerton's argument, the arts should receive greater public (and private) financial support than they currently do? How should artists and artistic groups convince Canadians that their work is worthy?
About Me
- Nitin Deckha
- PhD - cultural anthropology. Did research in London England Worked in advertising in New York and consumer research in Toronto before taking up teaching Some things I want to do: travel down the western coast of India, from Mumbai to Kerala; drive a Vespa in Italy; visit Singapore, Dubai and Santiago, Chile
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I believe that the arts would create more status if they recieve greater public and private financial support. Society, today, seem more concerned about jobs that involve the common good of helping the greatest number of people (example: doctors, lawyers, corporate jobs, factory workers, etc). People who study art are the ones helping themselves and not others (generally speaking). Sure, we do jobs for clients and help people out, but not in a tangible way. Our visuals may help people mentally (make them happy, interested, inspired) but not physically.
Then again, we are the ones who help people with everyday tasks—conveying graphics or pieces of art that are intended to provide direction. By creating more status, people will recognize that artists are just as important as everyone else in the working world. They need us to make their lives easier and not so much chaotic.
Artists should not have to convince Canadians that their work is worthy. In fact, they (Canadians) should be the ones thanking us for making their lives manageable and inspiring.
Without us, the world would be flat.
Arts should be given more funding. Cockerton argues that the arts is a guiding path for us to make decisions about what is real. We use fiction to judge our own lives, making us seek out what we think is true and what is not. It also allows us to realize that we are the same in many ways. By reading or looking at someones art, we discover that others cry, laugh, and love just like we have. As a result of this feeling that we are not alone, a sense of community is built.
The only way to convince Canadians that their work is worthy is by supporting them. Go out to the galleries and purchase original artwork.
To quote nik - the world would be flat. There is no question that the human emotion is extended deeply through which ever medium/ art genre artists compose with. Yes there are benefits to receive funding, which provides more jobs and further expand the industry, yet more importantly it would allow for exploration of expression.
The term art tends to be taken lightly, forgotten by the general public, blind to such a variety of talent. Artists should not have to convince Canada for any sort of funding. The work should all speak for itself.
I think arts should receive greater financial support. Art is a very important part in our society. Art provides a kind of truth of the human condition, brings up new trends, and spreads culture. Arts such as paintings, architectures, books, movies, musics relects culture in a certain period of time and a certain place. We know history through art, know what's going on around us, and learn things in other parts of the world.
Arts also bring up issues that we need to pay atention to. For example, in Canada, a country stands for multiculturalism, arts speak for minority groups and help exchange culture.
Artists and artistic groups should always be innovative and entertaining while serving its purposes as above mentioned.
When an artist charge us more than hundred thousands for a painting (Which might actually cost merely a week's worth of man-hour, may be the artist is saving some for his uncertain future) should government ask for more taxes from them?
I am not against any sort of public or private funding for artists as long as it justifies the sense of priority. Imagine the situation where an artist is working on a series of paintings at the comfort of his government funded studio depicting the misery of poorly funded child daycare system!
I don’t think artists groups need to convince Canadian Tax payers that their works worth more government or public funds. A self-respecting citizen should know how art and culture influence our life. All the artist need now is a necessary infra-structure to promote their works.
The purpose of art in society is to give an open door for people to exhibit their feelings and emotions. Historically, artists have been the ones to approach political and social issues by making media that spoke out in ways that the general public could not. For example, the way that the public is against war and G. Bush, the Dixie Chicks spoke out. They ere rejected by some, but praised by many others.
The arts should always receive government funding. This allows the creative mind to exist and expand, rather than have a very rigid and fully academic curriculum.
Subliminally, artists and groups convince Canadians that their work is worthy, on a daily basis. In television, radio, music and magazines, work by Canadians is seen every day. The success of this strategy should speak for itself for the worthyness of Canadian arts and artists.
I agree with Cockerton and believe that arts should receive greater public (and private) financial support than they currently do. When it comes to cutbacks art classes are usually the first to receive the ax as opposed to business. People tend to believe that art is good for nothing and nothing good ever comes out of art. Years from now when we see those business students start up their own companies who will help them form corporate identities? Artists. The arts (drawing, design, painting, etc.) is a collection of actions and objects created with the intention of transmitting emotions and/or ideas.
I don’t think artists and artistic groups have to convince Canadians that their work is worthy. Good art never goes bad.
I think that the arts should receive greater public and private financial support than they currently do. The creation of art is integral to the maintenance of our culture. It is important to the Canadian identity that we produce our own television, movies, music, etc in order to create a sense of who and what our country is. Our art is what distinguishes us from other countries. It reinforces our beliefs and values. Art is also important in its ability to question our beliefs and values. It is what enables us to think.
Lindsay
I believe that arts should be given more founding. To determine whether art is worthy or not, one must first study the elements of art. Every carefully made artist piece should have a certain amount of value. Private fundings as well as governmental should contribute to Canadian Art, to encourage the use of art.
The arts should receive greater public and private funding than they currently do. As Lindsay said, the arts are important to create our culture. With no art, we would be a very bland society with nothing around us to spark emotion, we would merely exist. There have also been countless studies done that show that when someone is involved in some art form or other have higher mental capacities and it may help them to learn in some situations.
I agree with Cockerton. Art should receive more funding. I think it is not the work of artists to convince the public and the other groups to be supported. The gouvernment should assure this by education and helping the artist to express themselves.
Art is a way of communication emotinally; a way of discover the world; the human and realities.
When you are interested in art the way you see the world changes, the way to interprete things change, you see everything deeply, not only simple judgments by facts.
This makes the world more inspring more interesting. A medicine can offer a living, a lawyer can rescue us from prison or a soldier can protect the boundries but only an artist can feed our souls.
So we and gouvernment should support artists as much as we give important to our souls and our path in this world. So how much worth our souls?
I agree with Cockertons argument because at does provide a kind of truth, as well as emotion and realism. by viewing art we relate such peices to ourselves and it helps us seek out our own individuality.
I do beleive that art is underfunded, because it is underfunded it is not as noticed as most art should be. Art does much more then some people think and artists should not have to convince people that their work it worthy it should be greatly noticed and compensated to produce futher work of its kind because of the effect art has.
I agree with nik without us the world would be flat, there would be no sense of expression or feeling in the world
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