On January 15, 2016, I was invited to be a guest on the Beijing City Broadcasting Education brand column "Study Abroad Face to Face" to explain the application for studying abroad in American art. If you have any questions about studying abroad, you can contact 751151402 (please note "Study Abroad" when adding Consultation, where to see me). Art study abroad (Fine Arts) can be divided into three categories. The first category is visual arts, including Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography, Film, printmaking, etc. The second category is auditory arts, including music,? Drama, spoken literature, etc. The third category is performing arts, which are in the form of performances, but all have visual and auditory elements. Art comes from the higher priority of life. In European countries, it also emphasizes the traditional pursuit of beauty and the expression of human wisdom; American art, on the basis of tradition, pays more attention to practical applications. As a country of immigrants, the United States’ diverse culture, spirit of tolerance, free creative atmosphere and good protection of intellectual property are all factors that promote and ensure that this country’s art can take the lead. Therefore, high-quality art colleges and universities also attract international students from all over the world to study. According to Open Door data released by the Office of Education under the U.S. State Department in support of IEE, more than 300,000 Chinese students went to study in the United States in 2015, of which 5.6% chose art-related majors. There are approximately 17,000 Chinese in the United States. Study art-related majors. The layout of the art industry in the United States shows the following characteristics. The east coast is a gathering place for fashion design, with a large number of fashion and design companies and artists; the west coast is famous for movies and animation, such as Hollywood, Disney, etc.; the central part is famous for the publishing industry.
Art schools in the United States can be divided into two major categories. One is comprehensive universities, which have art schools and provide art projects ranging from undergraduate, master to PhD. Bachelor?of?Fine ?Art?in?design/animation,bachelor?of?art?in?design,?bachelor?of?science?in?art?history,?master?of?fine?art?in?design,?master?of? Music, master of music education, doctor of music or a PhD degree in a certain art field. The other type is specialized art colleges. These colleges have all kinds of weird names. If you don’t know the situation, you might think they are pheasant universities just by looking at their names, such as Pratt Institute, Parsons The New School for Design, etc. In fact, they are authentic. A well-established American art school specializes in cultivating artistic talents, offering degrees from undergraduate to master's degrees, such as Bachelor?of?Fine?Art?in?design/animation,bachelor?of?art?in?design,? bachelor?of?science?in?art?history,?master?of?fine?art?in?design,?master?of?music,?master?of?music?education, etc. In art schools in comprehensive universities, undergraduate students are still trained according to American general education concepts during their freshman and sophomore years. Therefore, art majors will also take courses in humanities, science and art in accordance with school requirements during their freshman and sophomore years. Juniors and seniors will take specialized art courses. The majors and courses provided by professional art colleges are all centered around art majors, so students will comprehensively study art-related majors in their freshman and sophomore years, with only a small number of English writing, art history and other humanities courses. A large proportion of the courses are studio-based.
In comprehensive universities, the proportion of studios is very low, and more are limited to theoretical studies, such as courses Drawing and History, etc. However, in comprehensive universities, you can develop your own interests broadly, and you can choose arts + management, etc. Art + CS, art + anything, but professional schools do not have this advantage, because the majors and courses offered focus on art. Therefore, it is conceivable that in professional art schools, a large number of talents who love art gather together, and the artistic atmosphere of the school is stronger, which is more conducive to the cultivation of creation and artistic thinking, while comprehensive universities will not be so obvious. These are their own characteristics. You can’t say which one is better or worse. You can only choose the one that suits you. Because both types of schools have cultivated a large number of well-known artistic talents. ?
What is the difference between Bachelor?of?Fine?Art and Bachelor?of?Art/Science and Master?of?Fine?Art and Master?of?Art/Science? The former course will have a lot of studio learning, while the latter will have less studio and more theoretical learning. When applying for art majors, in addition to transcripts, language scores, financial certificates, documents, etc., you also need to provide a portfolio. The portfolio plays a very important role in the art study abroad application. Some people say that it will play more than 50% of the role according to the proportion, which shows its importance. Based on my many years of application experience, everyone must not ignore the idea of ??comprehensively examining students when applying to study in the United States. Pay too much attention to portfolios, spend a lot of money to hire help, and ignore the overall consistency of documents, background, and works, which will ultimately affect the application results. When applying to study abroad in the arts, the language requirements are not very high, unlike business studies which start at RMB 100. When applying for undergraduate studies in art, some schools also need to submit SAT; due to the applicant's age and experience, more attention will be paid to the student's past performance and interest in art (note: that is, motivation, I translate this word as interest), works Set professionalism is not a special consideration. On the contrary, for postgraduate applications, the portfolio is much more important, because it is a concentrated expression of the applicant's four-year application for five years of university (architecture), and for art graduate students, schooling and work are similar, and they gain experience by participating in projects and producing works. Learn to improve yourself, so professionalism will be a key assessment factor. Graduate students studying art abroad are often reluctant to take the GRE/GMAT exam. For majors in American universities, if the project is not purely about studying art, such as painting history research, art management, architecture, graphic design, etc., then GRE/GMAT is generally required. of. The portfolio can be submitted through a third-party platform recognized by American universities such as Slideroom, or you can mail a VCD or upload it to Youtube (do you want to curse someone?), please refer to the school's official website for details. Of course, with the increase in the number of Chinese students studying abroad, many universities in the United States will come to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places in China to hold interviews in person, such as Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Boston University School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Johns Hopkins University. Peabody Conservatory of Music. Participating in an interview with the school admissions officer in person is much better than a recorded video, and you can better showcase yourself. However, you need to be reminded that this event is organized by a Chinese company, and there are very many people for interviews. You must register as early as possible. Follow the website (http://www.usaschoolsofmusic.org/xxjj/hpjsxy/) for details. Studying art abroad is the pursuit of beauty. Such a high-end thing will of course cost a lot of money. A tuition budget of $60,000/year is more appropriate. However, it should be pointed out that American art majors also have a great chance of receiving scholarships. For those who are interested in art, but due to special national conditions such as deciding their major in advance for the college entrance examination, they can apply across majors. For example, there is a postgraduate program in architecture that provides projects to people who have not previously majored in architecture, but have a certain foundation.
Studying art in the United States is a big topic. Each sub-project included can be written in an article. I will only talk about it in general to give you a general impression. At the end, I will summarize one of the factors that attracts international students from China and the world in American art projects: in addition to cultivating the artistic skills of artistic talents, it also pays more attention to the cultivation of artistic innovative thinking of art professionals.
Cultivation in this area is worth learning. This kind of cultivation does not forcefully tell us to cultivate artistic and innovative thinking, but silently and quietly penetrates into daily teaching activities.