Wednesday

A-Z of Becky: X

X is for Exhibitions
I can get away with cheating a little, right? Since xylophones, x-rays and people named Xavier have no part in my life, I've settled for the phoneme rather than the grapheme. This will also be more about art than actual exhibitions. 

Art is a massive part of my identity. As far back as I can remember, I've loved anything creative. In fact, one of my earliest memories is getting blue paint on my slippers at nursery. The problem is, I'm not actually very good at art. This is how I describe it: Put me in a room with a random cross section of people and I'd be one of the better ones. Put me in a room with art students and I'd be the worst one there. My worst grade at GCSE was a C. It was in art. My worst grade at A level was a D. It was in art.
Things looked up when I went to uni though. I originally planned to go to art college but, after studying two art subjects at A level, I never wanted to hold a paintbrush again. Instead, I returned to my childhood dream of being a teacher and specialised in English. After just a few weeks, however, it became apparent that I would never escape my creative longings. I switched to the art specialist course and eventually graduated with a first class degree. My highest grade was in art education, as well as my dissertation. 
It became apparent at university that my artistic knowledge and my understanding of art education was where I excelled. I thrive on studying art, visiting exhibitions, reading up on artists. My favourite artists are mostly postmodern sculptors, a passion that I discovered when taking my sculpture A level. Grayson Perry, Tracey Emin, Antony Gormley and Damien Hirst are just a few of my many favourites. For this reason, the Tate Modern is my absolute favourite gallery. I love that feeling of really connecting with an artwork. Of standing, staring at it and relating to it on so many levels. I once spent 50 minutes looking at Jenny Holzer's Blue Purple Tilt.  
 I'm also very, very, very passionate about art education. It's my thing. Planning and teaching art comes so naturally to me. I'm an close-to-outstanding art teacher. Watching children engaged in creative learning is so inspiring. I love how inclusive art is- It doesn't matter if you can read or write, if you speak English, if you have special educational needs. It doesn't matter if you feel you can draw or not. If you can make marks on a piece of paper, you can create art. Everyone can achieve. 

8 comments :

  1. Ha ha ha I'm just like you! I love art but I can't draw something to save my life!
    I wish I went to more expositions but Chris is the only one who will come with me and only ones he likes and he talks non stop the whole time- annoying! I will make it my mission to go to more this year
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    1. Go alone- I always go alone because I don't enjoy them so much with other people.

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  2. Yayy! I really love it when you talk about art, I'm currently doing an english & journalism degree but my real passion lies with art. I need to get to as many exhibitions as you do!!

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    1. I don't go to as many as I wish I did. I have a never-ending list of exhibitions I want to see but only get to about 1/3 of them.

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  3. Great post! Art is so important, I think a lot of people under appreciate it though.

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    1. I totally agree with you. It's particularly noticeable in education. So many teachers just let art slip under the rader because they don't see it as a real subject.

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  4. I love your comment on the end, it's so true!

    I'm absolutely pants at art though, I wish I was better!

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    1. You can do it! You need to come to one of my art lessons!

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