2 thoughts on “Sarah Watson from Carousel asks: Do I need to go to university to be an artist?”
Hi Andy kee here! Designer and Maker of The Oska Brights Film Awards. My arts life is working is based around developing and leading Arts projects with Other Artists. I think the training I have had as Both visual artist and A youth worker With Shape London and Wandsworth youth Service has helped me to develop my creative self and others.
for me the answer is no, I’m a self-taught artist too & someone who went to a special needs school and my work is doing well. I’m a filmmaker/artist/writer & blogger, I feel as someone who has a learning disability there isn’t enough access or opportunities to study art in a university setting. This I feel is tied to the ability barriers in some way. I feel for me because I didn’t have that proper access to university or art school I had to create my own space & my own culture. I often wonder if I feel alone in feeling this, because I as a person with a learning disability feel that it is important for space to be created for people like me.
for me the answer is no, I’m a self-taught artist too & someone who went to a special needs school and my work is doing well. I’m a filmmaker/artist/writer & blogger, I feel as someone who has a learning disability there isn’t enough access or opportunities to study art in a university setting. This I feel is tied to the ability barriers in some way. I feel for me because I didn’t have that proper access to university or art school I had to create my own space & my own culture. I often wonder if I feel alone in feeling this, because I as a person with a learning disability feel that it is important for space to be created for people like me.
Matthew Kennedy