Wednesday, April 24, 2013

24 April school-wide seminar--Isaiah Zagar

I'd like to share with you all the general thrust of our seminar: what is art worth to you and, more to the point, how much are you willing to lay out for it?

We began with the Isaiah Zagar (see the Wikipedia entry on him as well as this video promoting his work) bio and body of work but swiftly moved on to questioning how one's art/hobby/etc is monetized and can become a living.  We discussed Kickstarter projects and, specifically, I gave them the example of the Darshan Project which is a photography project aimed at creating devotional icons.  Throuhout were questions of 'how will I know that you'll make the art I've donated to/paid for,' 'what do I get in return' and 'it's your art, why should I bother?'

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