The Art Academy - Breakfast Club Panel Discussion, Topic - Courage and Criticality

Georgie O'Keeffe once stated that "to create one's own world in any of the arts takes courage"

In an age of multidisciplinary art practice no longer governed by grand narratives, what should the role of art education be in preparing artists to confront the challenges they will face outside these institutions of learning?

What if anything can be taught, when the conditions of art practice today, encourage pluralism and democracy with the same measure they demand self-promotion and marketing?

In an ever shifting post-modern condition, is it possible to teach artists today to find their criticality and the courage to create their own world ?

Panel
Chair - Sam Herbert Program Leader of Fine Art Undergraduate
at Kent University
Tai Shan Schierenberg - Artist, judge on Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year and head of painting at The Art Academy, London.
Juan Bolivar - artist, curator & co-director of Lion & Lamb gallery
Chloe Leaper - artist and head of foundation Art Academy, London.