Arts Graduate Gifts

Various sporting officials think to themselves: '4 years at West Point for this'...'5 years at MIT for this'...'6 years at Julliard for this.'

The Art Student.

'On your mark. Get set. Create!'

"I think that's one of his early 'blank canvases'. I think there are some bigger ones in the next room."

"You've got a long, long road ahead of you, young man."

The Artist

'It's good - but it's not digital quality.'

' A good idea '

"Make a lot of money."

"I'm afraid you were drawn too big and not centered on the page."

"An unfortunate museum gift shop." "Banksy activity set." "Jackson Pollock coloring book." "MC Escher building blocks." "Claes Oldenburg miniatures." "Marceau Marceau CDs." "Seurat's connect-the-dots aaAAAAA."

"I would like a tube of lemon yellow, cadmium red, cobalt blue, ivory, black, and zinc white, a sixteen-by-twenty canvas, a couple of brushes, and that book 'Painting in Oils'."

Good Luck!

'A depressing thought just came over me. Now we'll have to go out and get a job!'

I will not talk in art class. I will not talk in art class. I will not talk in art class. I will not in art class. I will not talk in art class.

Schools of Art - A Rough Guide.

'Projectile painting.'

Just call me Picasso!

"Don't worry, Miss. I'll soon get the hang of it."

Picasso: The Early Years

"The Leonardos, the Raphaels, Titians, Veroneses, Giottos... Italy wants them back, all 427 of them."

'I still want to be a cowboy.'

'I don't care if Jackson Pollock did start out this way. We are drawing kittens.'

'I'm afraid that the top investment banks are looking for more from job applicants than a 'Top Degree from the University of Hard Knocks'.'

'Hold everything! -- The National Endowment for the Arts changed its mind!'

'I chose my field on what would put the most impressive initials after my name.'

'I took a couple of years off after college to work on my smirk.'

"So, Sandra, what can you tell us about your lovely mood board?"

'I wasted a lot of time in graduate school to get this job.'

"Judging by the number of 'Polar Bear in snowstorm' paintings the class seems apprehensive using color."

Good Luck!

German School

Vincent Van Og.

The Janitor at the Harvard University Alumni Reunion is one of the Gang.

"I like it, honey ... it speaks to what a waste of time your MFA was."