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Wed 06 Jun 2009A good year for art graduates but what does the future hold now?
VISUAL ART:IT’S BEEN A GOOD year for the art schools. Apart from the calibre of individual graduates, the graduate shows have been impressive in terms of their overall quality and their professionalism. All of which begs the question of what is going to become of the graduates. That question has always been there.
Fine art education has traditionally occupied a slightly anomalous position, outside the academic mainstream. But over the last couple of decades it has become increasingly integrated into academia and locked into a formalised system of qualifications, a network of specialisation, diplomas, undergraduate and masters degrees, and PhDs.
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