Arts Graduate Mugs

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."

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

The Artist

' A good idea '

"Make a lot of money."

"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'."

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

Good Luck!

'Projectile painting.'

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

Schools of Art - A Rough Guide.

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

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

Picasso: The Early Years

Just call me Picasso!

'I still want to be a cowboy.'

'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'.'

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

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

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

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

'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.'

Good Luck!

German School

The Best Art Teacher in the World.

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

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