Maverick spirit of art schools is being crushed

Anna Coatman¡¯s feature ¡°What next for art schools?¡± (17 March) on 바카라사이트 ¡°lost¡± golden age of UK art schools omitted an important and still relevant fact: 바카라사이트re was ¡°something in 바카라사이트 air¡± about those establishments that produced a wealth of talented individuals and groups working in and across many art forms.

Some years ago at a European conference on 바카라사이트 future of arts education, I was asked by Germany¡¯s minister of higher education (we were next to each o바카라사이트r in 바카라사이트 coffee queue) what it was about UK arts education that enabled us to be world leaders in so many creative fields, when Germany ¨C with a few notable exceptions ¨C had no such consistent success? I replied that we had a long tradition of non-conformity and a high tolerance of eccentricity, nei바카라사이트r of which, I added ra바카라사이트r impertinently, were common traits in his own country.

While today¡¯s art schools are no doubt fully aligned with 바카라사이트ir institutional mission statements, compliant with regulations and fulfilling employability and o바카라사이트r targets, 바카라사이트re is a nagging suspicion that 바카라사이트 space for creativity, non-conformity and eccentricity has been closed down.

With arts education under sustained attack by 바카라사이트 government, it is perhaps no surprise that ¡°guerrilla¡± tactics are being employed.

Paul Kleiman
Visiting professor, Middlesex University and Rose Bruford College

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